Urban Mortality Change in England and Germany, 1870-1913

Addressing the question of when towns ceased to be greatly more unhealthy than rural areas, this work contains discussions of disease categories and issues concerning the different structuring of data in the British and German national contexts. Although the focus is on urban health conditions and epidemic control, these are related to a wide range of social factors. The text has insights on, for example, urbanization and professionalism, and provides an exposition of some major theories concerning the social determinants of diseases.