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Title
Urbanization and Public Health: A Study of the Spatial Distribution of Infant Mortality in Baltimore, Maryland, 1880
Author
Hinman, Sarah E
Degree
Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Geography (Arts and Sciences), 2002.
Advisor
Christopher G Boone
Pages
88p.
Abstract

This thesis asks if land use is a factor affecting infant mortality patterns in the late nineteenth century using 1880 Baltimore, MD as a case study. Infant mortality rates remain high in late nineteenth century cities. Land uses in these cities tend to be mixed with industries locating near residences. Using 1880 Vital Statistics Death Records, the 1876 Hopkins Atlas, and the 1890 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas, a geographic information system is constructed to display the spatial distribution of infant deaths. The resulting infant death and land use data are analyzed using spatial statistics, grid, and visual analysis. Industrial land use in 1880 Baltimore appears to have had little affect on infant mortality patterns. The patterns are uneven and tend to cluster in low-lying areas. This study of infant mortality provides a glimpse into the state of public health and the urbanization process of late nineteenth century American cities.

Subject Headings
Geography
Keywords
infant mortality; land use; Baltimore, MD; public health; urbanization

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