title: A matter of privilege: infant mortality in the Garrison Town of Gibraltar, 1870-1899.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto, Scarborough, Canada.
authors.forename: Lawrence A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Sawchuk
authors.forename: Stacie D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Padiak
mesh_terms: D005192:Family Health; D005876:Gibraltar / Q000453:epidemiology*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history*; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*