title: Getting it right? Lessons from the interwar years on pulmonary tuberculosis control in England and Wales.
abstract: This paper examines morbidity and mortality patterns in interwar England and Wales, using previously under-explored primary archival source materials. These materials help us understand not only what local authorities could and did do, but also the reasons for the marked variations in the ability of different authorities to manage the problem. We identify where and why there were problems and also how and why some authorities were more successful than others in dealing with the disease. Wealth was not an issue. We find a combination of pro-active preventative measures was significant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics and the Centre for Historical Economics and Related Research at The University of York,UK.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bowden
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics and the Centre for Historical Economics and Related Research at The University of York,UK.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadler
mesh_terms: D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D015980:Public Health Practice / Q000266:history*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology