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Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality

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Using data on 25 major American cities for the period 1900-1940, we explore the effects of municipal-level public health efforts that were viewed as critical in the fight against food- and water-borne diseases. In addition to studying interventions such as treating sewage and setting strict bacteriological standards for milk, which have received little attention in the literature, we provide new evidence on the effects of water filtration and chlorination, extending the work of previous scholars. Contrary to the consensus view, we find that none of the interventions under study contributed substantially to the observed declines in total and infant mortality.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11773

Classification
Wirtschaft
Health and Economic Development
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Subject
public health
mortality
chlorination
filtration
pasteurization
sewage

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Anderson, D. Mark
Charles, Kerwin Kofi
Rees, Daniel I.
Event
Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
(when)
2018

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Anderson, D. Mark
  • Charles, Kerwin Kofi
  • Rees, Daniel I.
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2018

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