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Database of Individual Mortality Data for Brussels, Liège and Schaerbeek (1910)
Type
Equipment (E-resource)
Acronym
URBAN DEATHS
Code
APP/00117
Date of commissioning
01 January 2018 → …
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Modern and contemporary history
    • Socio-economic history
  • Social sciences
    • Mortality and health
Keywords
Brussels Mortality Schaerbeek Liège History
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Description

The database Urban Deaths includes personal data derived from death certificates in the cities of Brussels, Liège, and Schaerbeek for the year 1910 (4,900 individuals, 275 variables). Available information on the deceased includes occupation, residence, age, place of birth, and more. In Liège and Schaerbeek, the data only apply to individuals who died in these cities but had their official residence elsewhere.