Florence Nightingale: The Biostatistician
Table 2
Nightingale’s Scientific Society Presentations
| Year | Presentation |
|---|---|
| 1860 | International Statistical Congress (London): two presentations advocating uniform hospital statistics and referencing her uniform classification system and forms. |
| 1861 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Dublin): proposed seven primary elements for tabulating hospital sickness statistics. |
| 1862 | Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: published statistics of the various hospitals adopting her forms |
| 1863 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Liverpool): two presentations on hospital construction and sanitation from her extensive experience in and study of hospital systems in Germany, France, Ireland, and the Crimea. |
| 1863 | International Statistical Congress (Berlin): outlined the minimum requirements of a report form for the nature and result of surgical operations, including hospital cost and practical end results. |
| 1863 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Edinburgh): reported statistics on the causes of high mortality among native races during British colonization. |
| 1864 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (York, England): an extension of the 1863 paper, examining mortality of the aboriginal races in Australia. |
| 1873 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science: “How some People have Lived and Not Died in India,” a summary of 10 years of progress in instituting sanitary reforms in India. |
| 1877 | Nineteenth Century magazine: “The People in India” gave principal facts about the Indian famines, compiling statistics starting in 1874 on the effect of irrigation on life and health in India. |
