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What year did the case fatality rate originate as a named epidemiological measure?

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The Wikipedia article on case fatality rate cited on this entity defines the measure, distinguishes it from the population mortality rate, and gives historical examples such as the 1918 influenza pandemic and rabies, but names no first use, no originating publication and no individual credited with introducing the term or the name case fatality rate.

What would resolve this A source tracing the term case fatality rate to a specific epidemiological publication and naming when it entered standard use, or a scholarly consensus that the term developed gradually with no single point of origin.
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