systematic fashion. Using newly digitized mortality data at the municipal level for the period 1900-1917, we explore the … requirement was associated with a 6 percent decrease in pulmonary TB mortality, while the opening of a state-run sanatorium was … associated with an almost 4 percent decrease in pulmonary TB mortality. However, these and other anti-TB measures can explain, at …

affected public health by pairing annual mortality data for over 600 registration districts, spanning 1869 to 1910, with …

This study provides new evidence on the impact of air pollution in a high-pollution high-mortality setting: London over … the century from 1866-1965. I identify pollution effects by comparing detailed new weekly mortality data to the timing of … mortality effects of pollution. As a result, success in reducing the disease burden in London in the 20th century lowered the …