ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic Mortality in England and Wales </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:4350</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigator</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Johnson, N.<br>University of Cambridge. Department of Geography<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> July 2001 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Johnson, N., <i> 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic Mortality in England and Wales</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], July 2001. SN: 4350, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4350-1 </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> Crown copyright held jointly with Niall Johnson. Crown copyright material reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 4350 . 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic Mortality in England and Wales<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Johnson, N. , University of Cambridge. Department of Geography</h5> <h3>Principal Investigator:</h3> <h5>Johnson, N. , University of Cambridge. Department of Geography</h5> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>The aim of this project was to examine various aspects of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in Britain, particularly in England and Wales. The research was undertaken as part of the depositor's PhD project entitled <i>Aspects of the historical geography of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic in Britain</i> for the University of Cambridge.<br></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>This data collection consists of weekly influenza mortality figures (number of deaths and crude death rate) for all counties, county boroughs, London boroughs, urban districts and metropolitan boroughs in England and Wales, for the duration of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic.<br> <br> Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.<br></h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'> Time Period Covered:</i> 22 June 1918 - 10 May 1919 <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> 1996 - 2000 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> England and Wales <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> (A)Counties; (B)London Boroughs; (C)Metropolitan Boroughs; (D)County Boroughs; (E)Urban Districts <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Administrative units (geographical/political) <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Textual data; Numeric data; Aggregate (macro) level </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> Subnational <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Influenza deaths in England and Wales, 22 June 1918 - 10 May 1919 </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Time Series <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> No sampling (total universe) <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 333 (obtained) Records <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Transcription of existing materials; Compilation or synthesis of existing material <br><i class='myclass'>Data Sources: </i> Complete transcription of: <i>Supplement to the Eighty-First Annual report to the Registrar General - Report on the mortality from influenza in England and Wales during the epidemic of 1918-19</i> (Published 1920): Table XX. - Influenza 1918-19 - Deaths, and Annual Death rates per 1000 of Civilians living in Administrative Areas (a) during the whole Epidemic (June 23-May 10); (b) in each wave of the Epidemic (June 23-September 14, September 15-January 25 and January 26-May 10); and (c) in each week of the Epidemic Period. (pp.48-80). </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> History Data Service, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: hds@essex.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 31 July 2001<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5>Crown copyright held jointly with Niall Johnson. Crown copyright material reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office.</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>4 January 2012</h5> </body></html>