Mortality in Merthyr: Why were disease mortality rates in Merthyr Tydfil so high during the nineteenth century, c. 1840 to 1890?

Holmes, Neil (2021). Mortality in Merthyr: Why were disease mortality rates in Merthyr Tydfil so high during the nineteenth century, c. 1840 to 1890? Student dissertation for The Open University module A329 The making of Welsh history.

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