Temperature, Disease, and Death in London: Analyzing Weekly Data for the Century from 1866-1965
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Temperature, Disease, and Death in London: Analyzing Weekly Data for the Century from 1866-1965. / Hanlon, W. Walker; Hansen, Casper Worm; Kantor, Jake.
In: The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 81, No. 1, 03.2021, p. 40-80.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Temperature, Disease, and Death in London: Analyzing Weekly Data for the Century from 1866-1965
AU - Hanlon, W. Walker
AU - Hansen, Casper Worm
AU - Kantor, Jake
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Using novel weekly mortality data for London spanning 1866–1965, we analyzethe changing relationship between temperature and mortality as the city developed.Our main results show that warm weeks led to elevated mortality in the latenineteenth century, mainly due to infant deaths from digestive diseases. However,this pattern largely disappeared after WWI as infant digestive diseases became lessprevalent. The resulting change in the temperature–mortality relationship meantthat thousands of heat-related deaths—equal to 0.9–1.4 percent of all deaths—were averted. These findings show that improving the disease environment candramatically alter the impact of high temperature on mortality.
AB - Using novel weekly mortality data for London spanning 1866–1965, we analyzethe changing relationship between temperature and mortality as the city developed.Our main results show that warm weeks led to elevated mortality in the latenineteenth century, mainly due to infant deaths from digestive diseases. However,this pattern largely disappeared after WWI as infant digestive diseases became lessprevalent. The resulting change in the temperature–mortality relationship meantthat thousands of heat-related deaths—equal to 0.9–1.4 percent of all deaths—were averted. These findings show that improving the disease environment candramatically alter the impact of high temperature on mortality.
U2 - 10.1017/S0022050720000613
DO - 10.1017/S0022050720000613
M3 - Journal article
VL - 81
SP - 40
EP - 80
JO - Journal of Economic History
JF - Journal of Economic History
SN - 0022-0507
IS - 1
ER -
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