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University of Portsmouth: Research Shows How Londoners Used Death Data to Survive the Plague
February 17, 2026
PORTSMOUTH, England, Feb. 17 -- The University of Portsmouth issued the following news:

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New research shows how Londoners used death data to survive the plague

What a 350-year-old diary reveals about public health power

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New research by the University of Portsmouth reveals that during the Great Plague of 1665, Londoners used published death figures to make daily, life or death decisions, reshaping how governments managed publ . . .

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