Deciphering Global Epidemics: Analytical Approaches to the Disease Records of World Cities, 1888–1912 (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography, Series Number 26)

Cliff, Andrew; Haggett, Peter; Smallman-Raynor, Matthew

ISBN 10: 0521472660 / ISBN 13: 9780521472661

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1998

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• Title: Deciphering Global Epidemics: Analytical Approaches to the Disease Records of World Cities, 1888?1912 (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography, Series Number 26)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521472660
• ISBN 13: 9780521472661
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book uses data collected in the American journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for some 350 cities from around the world to look at trends in global mortality at the turn of the twentieth century, a period that witnessed some of the most dramatic changes in city growth on an international scale. The diseases considered are diphtheria, enteric fever, measles, scarlet fever, tuberculosis and whooping cough--as well as death from all causes. The data have never before been systematically analyzed and they give important insights into patterns of mortality from these diseases.

Book Description

This book uses American data collected for some 350 cities from around the world to look at trends in global mortality at the turn of the twentieth century, a period which witnessed some of the most dramatic changes in city growth on an international scale. The diseases considered are diphtheria, enteric fever, measles, scarlet fever, tuberculosis and whooping cough--as well as death from all causes. The data have never before been systematically analysed and they give important insights into patterns of mortality from these diseases.