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Referee's report by George Udny Yule, on a paper 'A contribution to the mathematical theory of epidemics' by William Ogilvy Kermack and A G McKendrick

Reference number: RR/35/131

Date: May 1927

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. His report is 'not of much value' as as the paper is a bit over his head. However, the paper seems to draw some interesting conclusions.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1927].

Endorsed on verso as received 25 May 1927.

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RR/35/131
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May 1927
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George Udny Yule, Referee's report by George Udny Yule, on a paper 'A contribution to the mathematical theory of epidemics' by William Ogilvy Kermack and A G McKendrick, May 1927, RR/35/131, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_35_131/referees-report-by-george-udny-yule-on-a-paper-a-contribution-to-the-mathematical-theory-of-epidemics-by-william-ogilvy-kermack-and-a-g-mckendrick, accessed on 15 November 2025

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