Supplying London's Workhouses in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
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Mortality in mid nineteenth century Britain
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عنوان ژورنال: The London Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0305-8034,1749-6322
DOI: 10.1080/03058034.2015.1127696