A matter of privilege: infant mortality in the Garrison Town of Gibraltar, 1870-1899 |
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Authors: | Sawchuk Lawrence A Burke Stacie D Padiak Janet |
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Institution: | University of Toronto, Scarborough, Canada. |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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