What are the health benefits of a constant water supply? Evidence from London, 1860-1910

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Nicola Tynan, Dickinson College; Yuanxiaoyue Yang, University of Copenhagen

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Project Citation: 

Tynan, Nicola, and Yang, Yuanxiaoyue. What are the health benefits of a constant water supply? Evidence from London, 1860-1910. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-05-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E140401V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary In this project, we investigated the health benefits of a 25-year improvement in water quality as London transitioned from a system of intermittent water supply (IWS) to a constant water supply (CWS). We assessed the mortality effects of London’s transition from an intermittent to a constant water supply between 1871 and 1910, as the proportion of London households with access to CWS (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) rose from less than 20 to nearly 100 percent. We used waterborne disease mortality data for the Registration County of London corrected for institutional deaths by William Luckin, Graham Mooney and Andrea Tanner as part of their Mortality in the Metropolis, 1860-1920 project. We combined this with data on constant service and population shares for London's eight water companies, census data on district level population and demographics, and Registrar General data on deaths from non-waterborne causes.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms water utilities; public health
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage London
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1860 – 1910
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 1/2018 – 4/2021; 7/1999 – 7/1999
Universe:  View help for Universe Persons living in London between 1860 and 1910.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; census/enumeration data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Waterborne disease mortality data was provided by William Luckin, Graham Mooney and Andrea Tanner and collected as part of their Mortality in the Metropolis, 1860-1920 project. July 1999. Funded by The Wellcome Trust. Center for Metropolitan History, https://archives.history.ac.uk/cmh/projects.html#1920.

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source
  • Mortality in the Metropolis, 1860-1920 project. Center for Metropolitan History, https://archives.history.ac.uk/cmh/projects.html#1920
  • Census of England and Wales for 1861-1911
  • Annual Reports of the Local Government Board, 1876-1910
  • First Annual Report of the Metropolitan Water Board
  • Registrar General’s Annual Reports for 1860-1910
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Registration districts, Individuals
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit Registration district

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