One day about Christmas time, when the holly and mistletoe were much in evidence, Mr. Blank Threestars happened to be reading the reports of his own speeches at Spring Gardens, and unconsciously closed his eyes.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 107, December 22, 1894 by Various

Week ending Griping in the guts Convulsions All deaths Births 1718 Aug. 12 34 226 653 355 19 23 239 645 383 26 25 256 693 347 Sept. 2 28 265 668 350 9 27 245 725 388 16 26 221 653 336 23 27 213 639 367 30 24 182 632 361 1719 Aug. 11 32 215 688 354 18 29 243 670 342 25 28 245 755 371 Sept. 1 27 233 726 362 8 17 229 735 393 15 22 218 728 379 22 14 202 663 360 29 17 161 639 372 If these two tables be compared with the tables already given for the summers and autumns of 1669 and 1670, it will be found that the figures under “griping in the guts” and under “convulsions” have exactly changed places, the hundreds of the former in 1669-70 becoming tens in 1718-19, and the tens of the latter in 1669-70 becoming hundreds in 1718-19.
— from A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 2 (of 2) From the Extinction of Plague to the Present Time by Charles Creighton