bill of mortality

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Noun edit

bill of mortality (plural bills of mortality)

  1. An official statement of the number of deaths in a place or district within a given time.
    • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, [], published 1853, →OCLC:
      [] the legion of bills in the suit have been transformed into mere bills of mortality []
  2. A district required to be covered by such a statement.
    a place within the bills of mortality of London