ross: Weekly deaths from bubonic plague in Bombay in 1905--06
Description
Kermack and McCormick (1927) provided data on the number of plague deaths per week in Bombay in 1905--06 (Bombay is the former name for the Indian coastal city Mumbai. It is the capital of Maharashtra and is one of the largest cities in the world.).
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Data provided kindly by S.P. Ellner (Cornell University)
References
W.O. Kermack and W.G. McCormick. A contribution to the mathematical theory of epidemics. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series A, 115:700-721, 1927.