Gleaning up the cities: Application of the first comprehensive public health law in sweden<sup>1</sup>

Nelson, Marie C; Rogers, John

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“…Following the last cholera epidemic in Stockholm in 1853 (leaving 3,000 dead), public pressure for improved sanitation resulted in the establishment of a new city sanitation office that was charged with managing the efficient disposal of human excrement and cleaning streets and yards belonging to the city. A new sanitation ordinance was established in 1874 (20). Sanitation routines were reviewed and revised to increase effectiveness and efficiency.…”

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The Dialectics of Childhood Diarrhea Mortality

Burström¹,

Öberg²

2006

Int J Health Serv

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As in European countries a century ago, diarrhea is a major cause of child mortality in poor countries today. In Stockholm at the turn of the 19th century, political commitment, infrastructural investments in water and sanitation, and enforcement of sanitary improvements by a strong implementing organization helped eliminate diarrhea as a principal cause of death among children. These interventions also had an equitable impact on social class differences in diarrhea mortality, but not on overall mortality; overall mortality declined, but class differences remained. General infrastructural improvement and health education coupled with targeted interventions to vulnerable children may be successful in improving child health and reducing social differentials in mortality. Specific health care interventions may need to be complemented by infrastructural investments to improve water and sanitation if diarrhea mortality is to be further reduced in poor countries today.

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“…The historical decline of infant and child mortality in European countries has been extensively studied (15,16). Swedish studies have also addressed the issue, as well as the importance of health reform to the decline (17)(18)(19)(20)(21). However, only a few studies have investigated the mortality decline in Stockholm (22,23).…”

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The Dialectics of Childhood Diarrhea Mortality

Burström¹,

Öberg²

2006

Int J Health Serv

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“…Previous studies of infant mortality in Stockholm from 1878 to 1925 5 showed a transition over time in the age structure and cause-specific composition of mortality analogous to the country typology described 1 ; diarrhea and pneumonia initially were the main causes, and as they declined, neonatal causes subsequently increased in relative importance. [9][10][11][12][13] However, few studies have investigated the mortality decline in Stockholm. Specific analyses of the historical decline of child mortality may shed light on the potential equity impact of interventions to reduce child mortality.…”

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“…12 Sanitation routines were reviewed to increase the effectiveness and efficiency in the work. A new sanitation ordinance was established in 1874.…”

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Equitable Child Health Interventions

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Today, many of the 10 million childhood deaths each year are caused by diseases of poverty--diarrhea and pneumonia, for example, which were previously major causes of childhood death in many European countries. Specific analyses of the historical decline of child mortality may shed light on the potential equity impact of interventions to reduce child mortality. In our study of the impact of improved water and sanitation in Stockholm from 1878 to 1925, we examined the decline in overall and diarrhea mortality among children, both in general and by socioeconomic group. We report a decline in overall mortality and of diarrhea mortality and a leveling out of socioeconomic differences in child mortality due to diarrheal diseases, but not of overall mortality. The contribution of general and targeted policies is discussed.

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“…In the introduction and expansion of technological systems like water and sewer systems in the cities, the question of where to draw the line between the public and private domains became crucial. Conflicts over property rights and who should have access to the piped water and sewerage were common (Nelson & Rogers, 1994).…”

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The Growing Pains of the Pipe-Bound City

Hällström

2002

Public Works Management & Policy

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This article concerns the extension of water supply and sewerage in the Swedish industrial city Norrköping in the late 19th century. These technological sanitary systems were originally built for the city itself, but as the city grew the question of expanding them to the suburbs became crucial. It was the suburbs that asked for these urban services, but the city was often unwilling to help. From an ideological point of view, the border of the city's planned area became a dividing line between the public and private domains of the city. The middle-class southern suburb was connected to the water and sewer systems fairly easily, which was due to its attractive topography and inhabitants. The working-class northern suburb, on the other hand, was seen as a dirty area that was to be held at arm's length.

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Gleaning up the cities: Application of the first comprehensive public health law in sweden¹

Cited by 12 publications

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The Dialectics of Childhood Diarrhea Mortality

The Dialectics of Childhood Diarrhea Mortality

Equitable Child Health Interventions

The Growing Pains of the Pipe-Bound City

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The Growing Pains of the Pipe-Bound City

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