A Matter of Privilege
Infant Mortality in the Garrison Town of Gibraltar, 1870-1899
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6080177 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lawrence A Sawchuk (University of Toronto Scarborough), Stacie D A Burke, Stacie Burke (0000-0001-8141-5790), Janet Padiak |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 399-429 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/036319902236626 |
| PMID | 14674436 |
| OpenAlex | W2021665566 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 14 |
The British colony of Gibraltar offers an opportunity to compare the infant mortality rates of the civilian and military populations inhabiting a small-scale urban setting from 1870 to 1899. Both groups shared the same poor-quality housing, the same sanitary infrastructure, and the same environmental inseparability. Sufficient water supply, in particular, proved to be a daily struggle for the families living on the Rock. Privilege for the military meant that service families had preferential access to a pure water supply after the installation of a water-condensing plant as well as to a better quality supply of water and milk. The availability of these privileges to one group, and not the other, is associated with a marked decline in infant mortality in the second half of the study period
Environmental health · Geography · Infant mortality · Political science · Population · Potable water · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Water supply · Demography · Engineering · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law · Medicine · Environmental Engineering
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2005 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |