Early Death: Mortality among Young Children in New York, Chicago, and New Orleans

The high mortality of nineteenth-century cities included excess summer mortality among infants and young children. Data from New York City, New Orleans, and Chicago from 1870 to 1917 and earlier data from New York City permit an examination of this high summer mortality and its decline during the ea...

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Published inThe Journal of interdisciplinary history Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 315 - 354
Main Authors Condran, Gretchen A., Lentzner, Harold R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 238 Main St., Suite 500, Cambridge, MA 02142-1046, USA MIT Press 2004
The MIT Press
MIT Press Journals, The
Subjects
Age groups
Annual reports
Breastfeeding
Childhood
Children
Children & youth
Cities
Death
Deaths
Infants
Milk
Mortality
New Orleans Louisiana
Chicago Illinois
New York City New York
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Summary:The high mortality of nineteenth-century cities included excess summer mortality among infants and young children. Data from New York City, New Orleans, and Chicago from 1870 to 1917 and earlier data from New York City permit an examination of this high summer mortality and its decline during the early twentieth century in relation to changes in infant feeding practices, sanitation projects to improve water supplies and methods of waste disposal, and efforts to improve the quality of milk.
Bibliography:Winter, 2004
ISSN:0022-1953
1530-9169
DOI:10.1162/002219504771997881