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

Reference number: RR/54/10

Date: September 1935

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

'Possibly' recommended for publication in Proceedings. There isn't great value in the abstract but other parts have already been published in Proceedings.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 16 September 1935.

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RR/54/10
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September 1935
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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. Part IV' by William Ogilvy Kermack and A G McKendrick, September 1935, RR/54/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_54_10/referees-report-by-george-udny-yule-on-a-paper-a-contribution-to-the-mathematical-theory-of-epidemics-part-iv-by-william-ogilvy-kermack-and-a-g-mckendrick, accessed on 15 July 2025

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