The de jure/de facto enigma. The impact of unregistered attendees and absentees in nineteenth and early twentieth century Belgium on urban mortality figures • Tina Van Rossem, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University ; Patrick Deboosere, Vrije Universiteit Brussel ; Isabelle Devos, Ghent University

Social mobility and mortality in Southern Sweden (1813-1910) • Paolo Emilio Cardone, Sapienza Università di Roma and ISFOL ; Joan Pau Jorda, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED), UAB ; Chiara Sanna, Università degli Studi di Sassari

Russian model of epidemiologic transition: historical peculiarities (late XIX - first half of the XX centuries) • Denis Ananyev, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences ; Vladimir Isupov, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences ; Vladimir Lamin, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Anthropometric traits at military medical examination associated with demographic family characteristics • Dany Chambre, Independent Researcher ; Anne Herm, Tallinn University ; Gianni Pes, Università degli Studi di Sassari ; Michel Poulain, Tallinn University and Université Catholique de Louvain

The transmissibility of influenza pandemics. The case of 1889-1890 and 1918-1920 in a large urban environment: a spatial analysis of Madrid, Spain, by borough and district • Diego Ramiro-Fariñas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) ; Yolanda Casado, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) ; Sara García Ferrero, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)