Causes of Death in 1632 London

30 Morbid Minutes

Society & Culture, True Crime, History

4.8 • 731 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Bills of Mortality originated in the late sixteenth century as a way for parish networks to track weekly plague outbreaks. Eventually, over time, this medical journal evolved to become a standard practice, documenting annual mortality statistics. Much of the terminology and disease nomenclature used is now considered vastly outdated by today's medical standards. In this episode, Elyse and Jessica go through the list of causes of death, trying to explain and translate with historical context. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to make this your most adventurous year yet. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp - go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your first month. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:08.9	I'm Elise Willems.
1:10.1	And I'm Jessica Vasami.
1:11.4	About a year or so ago, a document called Causes of Death in London, the Diseases and Casualties,
1:17.3	this year being 1632, started getting a lot of traction and interest online, mostly by me,
1:23.4	but by a lot of other people, too.
1:25.5	Yes, it was a list chronicling and cataloging deaths of the time
1:29.8	taken from the 17th century medical journal called the Bills of Mortality. The Bills of Mortality
1:35.4	started as a notice of sorts in the late 16th century concerning plague outbreaks. It would let people
1:40.9	know if there was an outbreak happening. And it was originally a weekly data compilation pulled together by various churches.
1:48.0	Clergy would count and aggregate how many people died and by what cause of death.
1:52.2	For example, death during childbirth.
1:54.0	Eventually, the bills of mortality evolved to become a standard practice tracking annual mortality statistics.
2:00.2	And this was back in 1632. so why are we talking about it now?
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