RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Dr William Farr of Shropshire (1807–1883): obstetric mortality and training
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F67
OP F69
DO 10.1136/fn.87.1.F67
VO 87
IS 1
A1 P M Dunn
YR 2002
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/87/1/F67.abstract
AB William Farr, chief statistician to the General Register Office for more than 40 years, was the most significant medical epidemiologist and statistician of the Victorian era. Often working behind the scenes, he helped to bring about many advances in hygiene and public health as well as developing a modern approach to the classification of disease and the collection and analysis of medical information data.