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100			_aAnderson, D.M. Charles, K.K. and Rees, D.I _934004
245			_aReexamining the contribution of public health efforts to the decline in urban mortality
260			_aAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics
300			_a14(2), Apr, 2022: p.126-157
520			_aUsing data on 25 major American cities for the period 1900⁠–⁠1940, we explore the effects of municipal-level public health efforts that were viewed as critical in the fight against foodborne and waterborne diseases. In addition to studying interventions such as treating sewage and setting bacteriological standards for milk, which have received little attention, we provide new evidence on the effects of water filtration and chlorination, extending the work of previous scholars. Although water filtration is associated with an 11⁠–⁠12 percent reduction in infant mortality, none of the other interventions under study appear to have contributed to the observed mortality declines. – Reproduced
773			_aAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics
906			_aPUBLIC HEALTH
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