Public Health Measures and Mortality in U.S. Cities in the Late Nineteenth Century
In this paper we examine the decline in mortality rates by cause of death in U.S. cities during the last decade of the 19th century. Causes of death are grouped according to their probable relationship to specific public health measures. The reduction which occurred in the death rates from some dise...
Gespeichert in:
| Veröffentlicht in: | Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal 1978-03, Vol.6 (1), p.27-54 |
|---|---|
| Hauptverfasser: | , |
| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
| container_end_page | 54 |
|---|---|
| container_issue | 1 |
| container_start_page | 27 |
| container_title | Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal |
| container_volume | 6 |
| creator | Condran, Gretchen A. Crimmins-Gardner, Eileen |
| description | In this paper we examine the decline in mortality rates by cause of death in U.S. cities during the last decade of the 19th century. Causes of death are grouped according to their probable relationship to specific public health measures. The reduction which occurred in the death rates from some disease, e.g., typhoid and diarrheal diseases, can probably be attributed in part to the provision of sewers and waterworks. Large declines also occurred in the death rates from tuberculosis and diphtheria, but the relationship between the declines in these diseases and public health practices designed to combat them is more ambiguous. We therefore conclude that public health measures had some impact on the decline in mortality, but that these measures do not provide a complete explanation of the mortality decline. |
| doi_str_mv | 10.1007/BF00888565 |
| format | Article |
| fullrecord | <record><control><sourceid>jstor_proqu</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_60834495</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><jstor_id>4602436</jstor_id><sourcerecordid>4602436</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c3015-622a19b0f45f687a8fbff2733825d0e26b993384c8923951ab5f33dad981b7c23</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNpd0EtLAzEQAOAgCtbqxbOHgOBB2DpJNq-jLtYKrYra85LdJnTLdleT7KH_3khFwcsMw3wzDIPQOYEJAZA3d1MApRQX_ACNCJc005rwQzQCBpBJxfQxOglhAwCESDlCry9D1TY1nlnTxjVeWBMGbwM23Qoveh9N28Qdbjq8nLxNcNHEJjVTGdcWz020-KnpbLS2S8NFioPfnaIjZ9pgz37yGC2n9-_FLJs_PzwWt_OsZkB4Jig1RFfgcu6Ekka5yjkqGVOUr8BSUWmdirxWmjLNiam4Y2xlVlqRStaUjdHVfu-H7z8HG2K5bUJt29Z0th9CKUCxPNc8wct_cNMPvku3lYRqKrXIc5HU9V7Vvg_BW1d--GZr_K4kUH4_t_x7bsIXe7wJsfe_MhdAcybYF0N5cm4</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>1292796446</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Public Health Measures and Mortality in U.S. Cities in the Late Nineteenth Century</title><source>Jstor Complete Legacy</source><source>Springer Nature - Complete Springer Journals</source><source>Sociological Abstracts</source><source>Periodicals Index Online</source><creator>Condran, Gretchen A. ; Crimmins-Gardner, Eileen</creator><creatorcontrib>Condran, Gretchen A. ; Crimmins-Gardner, Eileen</creatorcontrib><description>In this paper we examine the decline in mortality rates by cause of death in U.S. cities during the last decade of the 19th century. Causes of death are grouped according to their probable relationship to specific public health measures. The reduction which occurred in the death rates from some disease, e.g., typhoid and diarrheal diseases, can probably be attributed in part to the provision of sewers and waterworks. Large declines also occurred in the death rates from tuberculosis and diphtheria, but the relationship between the declines in these diseases and public health practices designed to combat them is more ambiguous. We therefore conclude that public health measures had some impact on the decline in mortality, but that these measures do not provide a complete explanation of the mortality decline.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0300-7839</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1572-9915</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1007/BF00888565</identifier><identifier>CODEN: HMECAJ</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation</publisher><subject>Censuses ; Cities ; Diphtheria ; Diseases ; Epidemiology ; Heart diseases ; Mortality ; Mortality Rates ; Nervous system diseases ; Nineteenth Century ; Public Health ; Tuberculosis ; United States of America ; Urban Population ; Waterworks</subject><ispartof>Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal, 1978-03, Vol.6 (1), p.27-54</ispartof><rights>Copyright 1978 Plenum Publishing Corporation</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><oa>free_for_read</oa><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c3015-622a19b0f45f687a8fbff2733825d0e26b993384c8923951ab5f33dad981b7c23</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c3015-622a19b0f45f687a8fbff2733825d0e26b993384c8923951ab5f33dad981b7c23</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4602436$$EPDF$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/4602436$$EHTML$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,776,780,799,27846,27901,27902,33752,57992,58225</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>Condran, Gretchen A.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Crimmins-Gardner, Eileen</creatorcontrib><title>Public Health Measures and Mortality in U.S. Cities in the Late Nineteenth Century</title><title>Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal</title><description>In this paper we examine the decline in mortality rates by cause of death in U.S. cities during the last decade of the 19th century. Causes of death are grouped according to their probable relationship to specific public health measures. The reduction which occurred in the death rates from some disease, e.g., typhoid and diarrheal diseases, can probably be attributed in part to the provision of sewers and waterworks. Large declines also occurred in the death rates from tuberculosis and diphtheria, but the relationship between the declines in these diseases and public health practices designed to combat them is more ambiguous. We therefore conclude that public health measures had some impact on the decline in mortality, but that these measures do not provide a complete explanation of the mortality decline.</description><subject>Censuses</subject><subject>Cities</subject><subject>Diphtheria</subject><subject>Diseases</subject><subject>Epidemiology</subject><subject>Heart diseases</subject><subject>Mortality</subject><subject>Mortality Rates</subject><subject>Nervous system diseases</subject><subject>Nineteenth Century</subject><subject>Public Health</subject><subject>Tuberculosis</subject><subject>United States of America</subject><subject>Urban Population</subject><subject>Waterworks</subject><issn>0300-7839</issn><issn>1572-9915</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>1978</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>K30</sourceid><sourceid>BHHNA</sourceid><recordid>eNpd0EtLAzEQAOAgCtbqxbOHgOBB2DpJNq-jLtYKrYra85LdJnTLdleT7KH_3khFwcsMw3wzDIPQOYEJAZA3d1MApRQX_ACNCJc005rwQzQCBpBJxfQxOglhAwCESDlCry9D1TY1nlnTxjVeWBMGbwM23Qoveh9N28Qdbjq8nLxNcNHEJjVTGdcWz020-KnpbLS2S8NFioPfnaIjZ9pgz37yGC2n9-_FLJs_PzwWt_OsZkB4Jig1RFfgcu6Ekka5yjkqGVOUr8BSUWmdirxWmjLNiam4Y2xlVlqRStaUjdHVfu-H7z8HG2K5bUJt29Z0th9CKUCxPNc8wct_cNMPvku3lYRqKrXIc5HU9V7Vvg_BW1d--GZr_K4kUH4_t_x7bsIXe7wJsfe_MhdAcybYF0N5cm4</recordid><startdate>19780301</startdate><enddate>19780301</enddate><creator>Condran, Gretchen A.</creator><creator>Crimmins-Gardner, Eileen</creator><general>Plenum Publishing Corporation</general><general>Plenum Publishing Corp</general><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>HBMBR</scope><scope>JHMDA</scope><scope>K30</scope><scope>PAAUG</scope><scope>PAWHS</scope><scope>PAWZZ</scope><scope>PAXOH</scope><scope>PBHAV</scope><scope>PBQSW</scope><scope>PBYQZ</scope><scope>PCIWU</scope><scope>PCMID</scope><scope>PCZJX</scope><scope>PDGRG</scope><scope>PDWWI</scope><scope>PETMR</scope><scope>PFVGT</scope><scope>PGXDX</scope><scope>PIHIL</scope><scope>PISVA</scope><scope>PJCTQ</scope><scope>PJTMS</scope><scope>PLCHJ</scope><scope>PMHAD</scope><scope>PNQDJ</scope><scope>POUND</scope><scope>PPLAD</scope><scope>PQAPC</scope><scope>PQCAN</scope><scope>PQCMW</scope><scope>PQEME</scope><scope>PQHKH</scope><scope>PQMID</scope><scope>PQNCT</scope><scope>PQNET</scope><scope>PQSCT</scope><scope>PQSET</scope><scope>PSVJG</scope><scope>PVMQY</scope><scope>PZGFC</scope><scope>7U4</scope><scope>BHHNA</scope><scope>DWI</scope><scope>WZK</scope></search><sort><creationdate>19780301</creationdate><title>Public Health Measures and Mortality in U.S. Cities in the Late Nineteenth Century</title><author>Condran, Gretchen A. ; Crimmins-Gardner, Eileen</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c3015-622a19b0f45f687a8fbff2733825d0e26b993384c8923951ab5f33dad981b7c23</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>1978</creationdate><topic>Censuses</topic><topic>Cities</topic><topic>Diphtheria</topic><topic>Diseases</topic><topic>Epidemiology</topic><topic>Heart diseases</topic><topic>Mortality</topic><topic>Mortality Rates</topic><topic>Nervous system diseases</topic><topic>Nineteenth Century</topic><topic>Public Health</topic><topic>Tuberculosis</topic><topic>United States of America</topic><topic>Urban Population</topic><topic>Waterworks</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Condran, Gretchen A.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Crimmins-Gardner, Eileen</creatorcontrib><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segment 14</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segment 31</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - West</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - International</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - MEA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Midwest</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Northeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Southeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - North Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Southeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - South Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - UK / I</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Canada</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - EMEALA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - North Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - South Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - International</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - International</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - West</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segments 1-50</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - APAC</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Midwest</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - MEA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Canada</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - UK / I</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - EMEALA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - APAC</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Canada</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - West</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - EMEALA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Northeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Midwest</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - North Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Northeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - South Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Southeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - UK / I</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - APAC</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - MEA</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts (pre-2017)</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts (Ovid)</collection><jtitle>Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Condran, Gretchen A.</au><au>Crimmins-Gardner, Eileen</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Public Health Measures and Mortality in U.S. Cities in the Late Nineteenth Century</atitle><jtitle>Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal</jtitle><date>1978-03-01</date><risdate>1978</risdate><volume>6</volume><issue>1</issue><spage>27</spage><epage>54</epage><pages>27-54</pages><issn>0300-7839</issn><eissn>1572-9915</eissn><coden>HMECAJ</coden><abstract>In this paper we examine the decline in mortality rates by cause of death in U.S. cities during the last decade of the 19th century. Causes of death are grouped according to their probable relationship to specific public health measures. The reduction which occurred in the death rates from some disease, e.g., typhoid and diarrheal diseases, can probably be attributed in part to the provision of sewers and waterworks. Large declines also occurred in the death rates from tuberculosis and diphtheria, but the relationship between the declines in these diseases and public health practices designed to combat them is more ambiguous. We therefore conclude that public health measures had some impact on the decline in mortality, but that these measures do not provide a complete explanation of the mortality decline.</abstract><cop>New York</cop><pub>Plenum Publishing Corporation</pub><doi>10.1007/BF00888565</doi><tpages>28</tpages><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record> |
| fulltext | fulltext |
| identifier | ISSN: 0300-7839 |
| ispartof | Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal, 1978-03, Vol.6 (1), p.27-54 |
| issn | 0300-7839 1572-9915 |
| language | eng |
| recordid | cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_60834495 |
| source | Jstor Complete Legacy; Springer Nature - Complete Springer Journals; Sociological Abstracts; Periodicals Index Online |
| subjects | Censuses Cities Diphtheria Diseases Epidemiology Heart diseases Mortality Mortality Rates Nervous system diseases Nineteenth Century Public Health Tuberculosis United States of America Urban Population Waterworks |
| title | Public Health Measures and Mortality in U.S. Cities in the Late Nineteenth Century |
| url | https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-29T19%3A13%3A18IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-jstor_proqu&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Public%20Health%20Measures%20and%20Mortality%20in%20U.S.%20Cities%20in%20the%20Late%20Nineteenth%20Century&rft.jtitle=Human%20ecology%20:%20an%20interdisciplinary%20journal&rft.au=Condran,%20Gretchen%20A.&rft.date=1978-03-01&rft.volume=6&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=27&rft.epage=54&rft.pages=27-54&rft.issn=0300-7839&rft.eissn=1572-9915&rft.coden=HMECAJ&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/BF00888565&rft_dat=%3Cjstor_proqu%3E4602436%3C/jstor_proqu%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=1292796446&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_jstor_id=4602436&rfr_iscdi=true |