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Ephemera: Doris Edith May Orridge’s Autograph Book, Essex School Chums, and a Christmas Football Game at the Front (no, not that one)

Aug 20, 2023 · 13 min read · Autograph Book Essex Leigh-on-Sea School-chums 1912 1914 Cartoons Arthur Morland Thomas Oswell Bury Royal Welch Fusiliers 3rd Brigade 1st Division Wrexham Ernest Ronald Shuttleworth Doris Edith May Orridge Royal Warwickshire Regiment 143rd Brigade 4th Division 48th Division Sheffield Somme Heidenkopf Redoubt First day of the Somme George Meborn Hubbard Football at the Front Sergeants Dinner Bayencourt Western Front London Regiment Givenchy Neuve Chappelle ·
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For the third entry in the series, a very battered, missing its front cover — as well perhaps half of its original contents — autograph book which once belonged to a Doris Edith May Orridge (1896 -1988), who attended St Margaret School, a mixed aged and sex, boarding school in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. She attended with her …

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AYIT Part 4: An overview of Infant Mortality in England and Wales: 1870-1910

May 22, 2023 · 25 min read · infant mortality rate England and Wales 1870-1910 1800s 1900s Jay Winter Chris Galley MoH Local Medical Officers for Health Respiratory Diseases Bronchitis Artificial Food Breast Feeding Health of Towns gastronomical diseases Climate Change Still Births Robert Koch Robert Woods William Budd Tuberculosis Liverpool Sheffield Victorian Era Edwardian Era epidemiology public policy stillbirths Maternal Health IMR Factors ·
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With thanks to Chris Galley for taking the time to answer my questions. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) — the number of infant deaths under the age of one per thousand births — is a useful indicator of both the health of a population and of its supporting health infrastructure and welfare (discussed in brief in parts 2 and …

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