Weekly deaths from bubonic plague in Bombay in 1905-06 — BombayPlague1905

This dataset, BombayPlague1905_df, is a data frame containing the number of plague deaths per week in Bombay in 1905–06. The data was originally reported by Kermack and McCormick (1927). Bombay is the former name for the Indian coastal city Mumbai, which is the capital of Maharashtra and one of the largest cities in the world.

Usage

data(BombayPlague1905_df)

Format

A data frame with 32 observations and 2 variables:

Week: Week number of the observation period (integer)
CumulativeDeaths: Cumulative number of plague deaths (integer)

Source

Data taken from the primer package version 1.2.0

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'BombayPlague1905_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the IndiAPIs package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame object. The original content has not been modified in any way.