British statistician and epidemiologist (1807-1883)

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Vital statistics : a memorial volume of selections from the reports and writings of William Farr / edited for the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain by Noel A. Humphreys.

The medical dictator, and other biographical studies / Major Greenwood ; with an introduction by Austin Bradford Hill.

William Farr's influence on Florence Nightingale / G.C. Cook and A.J. Webb.

The disease detectives. Pt. 1, Epidemiology I; the Broad Street pump.

Dr. Farr : [editorial].

William Farr (1807-1883) and the "human unit" / Victor L. Hilts.

Report on the mortality of cholera in England, 1848-49.

The British medical almanack, 1838; with a supplement / Edited by William Farr.

A treatise on the nature and treatment of scrofulous diseases : containing directions for combating every form of scrofula with success, illustrated by cases / [William Farr].

A medical guide to Nice : containing every information necessary to the invalid and resident stranger : with separate remarks on all those diseases to which its climate is calculated to prove injurious or beneficial, especially consumption and scrofula. Also observations on the climate of Bagnères de Bigorre, as the most eligible residence for consumptive patients / by William Farr.

Report to the Registrar General on the International Statistical Congress at Vienna / by William Farr.

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William Farr

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Works

Report on the mortality of cholera in England, 1848-49.

A treatise on the nature and treatment of scrofulous diseases : containing directions for combating every form of scrofula with success, illustrated by cases / [William Farr].

Report on the mortality of cholera in England, 1848-49.

Report to the Registrar General on the International Statistical Congress at Vienna / by William Farr.

Frequent collaborators

William Farr

Images by William Farr

Images featuring William Farr

Works

Report on the mortality of cholera in England, 1848-49.

A treatise on the nature and treatment of scrofulous diseases : containing directions for combating every form of scrofula with success, illustrated by cases / [William Farr].

Report on the mortality of cholera in England, 1848-49.

Report to the Registrar General on the International Statistical Congress at Vienna / by William Farr.

Frequent collaborators

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