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Migration, Mortality and Medicalisation: investigating the long-run epidemiological consequences of urbanisation 1600 - 1945

Migration, Mortality and Medicalisation: investigating the long-run epidemiological consequences of urbanisation 1600 - 1945

Migration, Mortality and Medicalisation: investigating the long-run epidemiological consequences of urbanisation 1600 - 1945

Publications and outputs

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Publications in print or online early

  • Aidt, T., Davenport, R.J. & Grey, F. 2022. 'New perspectives on the contribution of sanitary investments to mortality decline in English cities, 1845-1909', Economic History Review, Online Early, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ehr.13195
  • Davenport, R.J. 2021. 'Nineteenth century mortality trends: a reply to Szreter and Mooney', Economic History Review, 74(4): 1096-1110, http://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13109
  • Newton, G. 2021. 'Diagnosing rickets in early modern England: statistical evidence and social response', Social History of Medicine, 35(2): 566-88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkab019
  • Davenport, RJ. 2021. 'Mortality, migration and epidemiological change in English cities, 1600–1870', International Journal of Paleopathology, 34, 2021: 37-49 https://europepmc.org/article/MED/34146819
  • Davenport, R.J. and Saito, O. 2021. 'Population and human development since 1700', in Broadberry, S. & Fukao, K. Cambridge economic history of the modern world, 1700-1870, Cambridge University Press.
  • Davenport, R.J. 2020. 'Cultures of contagion and containment: the geography of smallpox in Britain in the pre-vaccination era', in V. Petit, K. Qureshi, Y. Charbit & P. Kreager (eds.) The anthropological demography of health (Oxford University Press). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK565433/
  • Davenport, R.J. 2020. 'Patterns of Death, 1800-2020: global rates and causes', in P.N. Stearns (ed.) The Routledge History of Death since 1800 (Routledge Histories). https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43003
  • Jaadla, H., Shaw-Taylor, L.M.W. & Davenport, R.J. 2020. 'Height and health in late eighteenth-century England', Population Studies, Online Early: https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2020.1823011
  • Jaadla, H., Potter, E., Keibek, S. and Davenport, R.J. 2020. 'Infant and child mortality by socio‐economic status in early nineteenth‐century England', Economic History Review, Online Early: https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.12971
  • Davenport, R.J. 2020. 'Urbanisation and mortality in Britain c.1800-1850', Economic History Review, 73(2): 455-485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ehr.12964
  • Davenport, R.J. 2019. 'Infant feeding practices and infant survival by familial wealth in London, 1752-1812', History of the Family, 24(1), 174-206, https://doi.org/10.1080/1081602X.2019.1580601
  • Davenport, R.J., Satchell, M. & Shaw-Taylor, L.M.W. 2019. 'Cholera as a sanitary test of British cities, 1832-66', History of the Family Special Issue on Water and Sanitation, 24(2), 404-438, https://doi.org/10.1080/1081602X.2018.1525755
  • Davenport, R.J., Satchell, M. & Shaw-Taylor, L.M.W. 2018. 'The geography of smallpox in England before vaccination: a conundrum resolved', Social Science and Medicine, 206, 75-85, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.04.019
  • Reid, A. & Garrett, E. 2018. 'Mortality, work and migration. A consideration of age-specific mortality from tuberculosis in Scotland, 1861-1901', Historical Life Course Studies, 6, 111-132, http://hdl.handle. net/10622/23526343-2018-0007?locatt=view:master
  • Jaadla, H. & Reid, A. 2017. 'The geography of early childhood mortality in England and Wales, 1881-1911', Demographic Research, 37: 1861-1890. [PDF]
  • Davenport, R.J. 2016. 'Urban family reconstitution – a worked example', Local Population Studies, 96 Spring: 28-49. [PDF]

Publications in press

Working papers​ and reports

  • Davenport, R.J. & Satchell, M. 'Malaria, migration and merry widowers in the Essex marshes 1690 – 1730'. [PDF]
  • Davenport, R.J. 2022. 'Urban shitscapes and the late decline of infant diarrhoeal mortality in England and Wales: evidence from Medical Officer of Health reports, 1895-1911'. [PDF]
  • Newton, G. 2019. 'Data mining family history society burials', Cambridge Working Papers in Economic and Social History, June 2019, no.34. [PDF]
  • Davenport, R.J., Satchell, M., Dunn, O., Newton, G. & Shaw-Taylor, L.M.W. 2019. 'New methodologies for the estimation of urbanisation in England c.1670 and c.1761'. [PDF].
  • Davenport, R.J. & Smith, R.M. 2019. 'The early history of public health from an evolutionary perspective', Open Access Government, October 2019: 292-294. https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/history-of-public-health/74610/
  • Davenport, R.J. & Smith, R.M. 2019. 'Cholera, water quality and public health in early Victorian cities', Open Access Government, April 2019, pp. 256-7. https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/cholera-water-quality-public-health/59952/
  • Davenport, R.J. & Smith, R.M. 2019. 'Epidemiological interactions between rural and urban populations and the consequences of urbanisation', Open Access Government, January 2019: 224-225, https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/urbanisation-rural-urban-populations/52140/
  • Davenport, R.J. & Smith, R.M. 2018. 'Migration, mortality and medicalisation: investigating the long-run epidemiological consequences of urbanisation 1600 - 1945', Impact, June 2018: 60-62, https://doi.org/10.21820/23987073.2018.3.60
  • Davenport, R.J. 2015. 'The first stages of mortality decline: a perspective from evolutionary biology', working paper, Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE), University of Warwick. [PDF]
  • Davenport, R.J. 2015. 'The first stage of the epidemiological transition in British cities: a comparison of Manchester and London, 1750-1820', in R.M. Smith and E.A. Wrigley (eds) Population histories in context: past achievements and future directions [PDF]

Seminars and conference papers

  • Jaadla, H. & Davenport, R.J. 'Infant and child mortality by socio‐economic status in early nineteenth‐century England', Economic History Review Workshop on Infant and Child Health, March 2021.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'The surprising efficacy of public health interventions in the early stages of the mortality transition in England: an evolutionary perspective on non-linearities in the relationship between public health investments and health outcomes', Economic History seminar, London School of Economics, March 2021.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'The surprising efficacy of early public health interventions', British Society for Population Studies annual conference, September 2020.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'Smallpox', Following Past Pandemics into the Long Run, Royal Economic Society webinar, May 2020.
  • Jaadla, H. 'Wealth and adult male height in the late 18th century Dorset', Workshop on Historical Demography, London School of Economics, January 2020.
  • Jaadla, H. 'Infant and child mortality by socioeconomic status in early 19th century England', Centre for Economic Demography, University of Lund, November 2019 (invited).
  • Jaadla, H. & Davenport, R.J. 'Wealth and adult male height in late 18th century Dorset', British Society for Population Studies annual conference, Cardiff, September 2019.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'The decline of infant mortality in England and Wales, 1912-39', British Society for Population Studies annual conference, Cardiff, September 2019.
  • Jaadla, H., Potter, E., Keibek, S. & Davenport, R.J. 'Infant and child mortality by socioeconomic status in early 19th century England', European Society for Historical Demography, Pécs, June 2019.
  • Davenport, R.J., 'The first stages of the epidemiological transition: a perspective from evolutionary biology', European Society for Historical Demography, Pécs, June 2019.
  • Davenport, R.J., 'The early origins of the Mortality Revolution: a perspective from evolutionary biology', Wolfson College Science Society, Cambridge, June 14th 2019 (invited).
  • Aidt, T., Davenport, R.J. & Grey, F. 'A new perspective on the role of public investment in sanitation and mortality decline in urban England 1870-1911', Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, Cambridge, May 2019 (invited).
  • Davenport, R.J., 'Population trends, a brief overview', Peace in the Anthropocene Oxpeace conference, Oxford, May 2019 (invited).
  • Jaadla, H., Potter, E., Keibek, S. & Davenport, R.J. 'Infant and child mortality by socioeconomic status in early 19th century England', Economic History Society conference, Queen's University Belfast, April 2019.
  • Davenport, R.J., 'Urban graveyards, urban penalties, and healthy cities', Beijing University, Beijing, April 2019 (invited).
  • Davenport, R.J., 'Migrants, microbes and medicalisation: a long-run perspective on urban-rural mortality differentials', Local Population Studies Spring conference, Sheffield, April 2019 (invited).
  • Jaadla, H., 'Infant and child mortality by socioeconomic status in early 19th century England', Workshop on Historical Demography, London School of Economics, February 2019.
  • Davenport, R.J., Aidt, T. & Gray, F. 'Water and health: new evidence from British cities, 1870-1911', Workshop on Historical Demography, London School of Economics, February 2019.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'Cultures of contagion and containment? The impact of local public health measures in England c.1650-1800', History of Medicine seminar, University of Exeter, November 2018 (invited).
  • Jaadla, H., Potter, E. & Davenport, R.J. 'Infant and child mortality by socioeconomic status in early 19th century England', British Society for Population Studies annual conference, Winchester, September 2018.
  • Davenport, R.J., Aidt, T. & Gray, F. 'Why do historical expenditures on water supply correlate poorly with mortality outcomes? New evidence from British cities, 1870-1911', British Society for Population Studies annual conference, Winchester, September 2018.
  • Newton, G.H. 'Data mining English Family History Society burials 1600-1949', From Sources to Data: historical people in the digital archive workshop, Cambridge, 4th July 2018.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'Pre-census population estimates with high spatial resolution', ENCHPOPGOS conferences, Faculty of History, Cambridge, Sept 2017.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'Why sanitary interventions fail sometimes', Cambridge Public Health Showcase, Cambridge, May 8 2018.
  • Newton, G.H. 'Geographical variations in English mortality regime change 1550-1950: new evidence from data mining English Family History Society records', British Society for Population Studies annual conference, Liverpool, September 2017.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'Seasonality of measles epidemics and the endemicisation of infectious diseases in Britain, 1650-1911', British Society for Population Studies annual conference, Liverpool, September 2017.
  • Garrett, E.M. & Reid, A.M. Geography and gender: young adult mortality in town and country. Scotland 1861-1901. IUSSP Seminar on Urban Health Transformations, Cambridge, July 2017.
  • Reid, A.M. & Garrett, E.M. 'Doctors and the measurement of maternal mortality in late nineteenth century Scotland: an urban-rural comparison', IUSSP Seminar on Urban Health Transformations, Cambridge, July 2017.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'Cholera epidemics as a 'sanitary test' of British towns, 1832-1900', IUSSP Seminar on Urban Health Transformations, Cambridge, July 2017.
  • Davenport, R.J. & Saito, O.'Population and human development since 1700'. Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World book conference, Oxford July 7th 2017.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'The first stages of the mortality transition in England: a perspective from evolutionary biology', Posthumus conference, Radboud University, Nijmegen, June 2017.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'Cholera epidemics as a 'sanitary test' of British towns, 1832-1866', Economic History Society conference, March 31st 2017.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'Cultures of contagion and containment: the geography of smallpox in Britain in the pre-vaccination era', Anthropology of Health conference, Oxford, March 2017.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'Spotty data and historical smallpox patterns', GISc forum, Department of Geography, Cambridge, 2 February 2017.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'The urban graveyard phenomenon and its ubiquity or otherwise before the Demographic Transition', Defining and Identifying Historical Towns Workshop, Cambridge, 5-6 October 2016.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'The geography of smallpox in Britain before vaccination', European Society for Historical Demography biennial conference, Leuven, 21-24 September 2016.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'Cholera as a 'sanitary test' of British cities, 1832-66', British Society for Population Studies annual conference, Winchester, 10-12 September 2016.
  • Newton, G. ''The English Disease': rickets after 1600 - diagnosis, environment and social customs of childcare', British Society for Population Studies annual conference, Winchester, 10-12 September 2016.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'The first stages of the Mortality Revolution: a perspective from evolutionary biology', Mortality Workshop, Cambridge, 18-19 July 2016.
  • Newton, G. ''Rickets, as the women call it': diagnosis and detection of a new disease after 1600', Mortality Workshop, Cambridge, 18-19 July 2016.
  • Smith, R.M. 'Migration, mortality and medicalisation: investigating the long-run epidemiological consequences of urbanisation', Mortality Workshop, Cambridge, 18-19 July 2016.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'Smallpox in Britain', Norfolk Family History Society Annual Meeting, Norwich, 17 Oct 2015.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'Smallpox in Britain', Cambridge Family History Society monthly meeting, 12 Sept 2015.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'Standards of living and urban mortality in Britain 1800-1860', Annual British Population Studies conference, Leeds, September 2015.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'The geography of smallpox in Britain', Cambridge Association for Local History, 7 May 2015.
  • Davenport, R.J., and Boulton, J. 'Standards of living and urban mortality in Britain 1800-1860', Annual Economic History Society conference, Telford, March 2015.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'Smallpox and migration', Annual Meeting of Minds, Cambridge Infectious Diseases, Cambridge, 13 November 2014.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'Infant mortality in industrialising communities 1600-1850', Local Population Studies Autumn conference, Cambridge, 1 November 2014.
  • Smith, R.M. 'Migration, mortality and medicalisation: investigating the long-run epidemiological consequences of urbanisation: 1600 – 1945', Local Population Studies Autumn conference, Cambridge, 1 November 2014.
  • Davenport, R.J. 'The first stage of the epidemiological transition in British cities: a comparison of Manchester and London, 1750-1820', Population histories in context: past achievements and future directions, Cambridge, 16 September 2014.

Related recent publications

  • Boulton, J., and Davenport, R.J., 2015. 'Few deaths before baptism: clerical policy, private baptism and the registration of births in Georgian Westminster: a paradox resolved', Local Population Studies, 94(1): 28-47. [PDF]
  • Davenport, R.J., Boulton, J., and Schwarz, L., 2016. 'Urban inoculation and the decline of smallpox in eighteenth century cities: a reply to Razzell', Economic History Review, 69(1): 188-214. [PDF]
  • Davenport, R.J., 2013. 'Year of birth effects in the historical decline of tuberculosis mortality: a reconsideration', PLoS ONE 8(12): e81797, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081797.
  • Davenport, R.J., Boulton, J. and Black, J. 2012. 'Neonatal and maternal mortality in the workhouse of St Martin in the Fields, 1725-1824', working paper, [PDF]
  • Davenport, R.J., Boulton, J., Schwarz, L., 2011. ' The decline of adult smallpox in eighteenth-century London', Economic History Review, 64(4): 1289-1314. [PDF]
  • Newton, G.H. and Smith, R.M., 2013. 'Convergence or divergence? Mortality in London, its suburbs and its hinterland between 1550 and 1700', Annales de Démographie Historique, 2013(2): 17-49 [earlier draft version].
  • Newton, G.H., 2011. 'Infant mortality variations, feeding practices and social status in London between 1550 and 1750', Social History of Medicine, 24(2): 260-280, doi: 10.1093/shm/hkq042.
  • Reid, A., Garrett, E., and Szreter, S., forthcoming 2015. 'Residential mobility and child mortality in early twentieth century Belfast', in D. Ramiro-Farinas, M. Oris, L. Pozzi (eds) New approaches to death in the cities during the health transition, Springer.
  • Reid, A., Garrett, E., Dibben, C. and Williamson, L., 2015. ''A confession of ignorance': deaths from old age and deciphering cause of death statistics in Scotland 1855-1949', The History of the Family, doi:10.1080/1081602X.2014.1001768.
  • Reid, A. and Garrett, E., 2012. 'Doctors and the causes of neonatal death in nineteenth century Scotland', Annales de Demographie Historique, 2012(1): 149-179.
  • Reid, A., 2012. 'Mrs Killer and Dr Crook: birth attendants and birth outcomes in early twentieth century Derbyshire', Medical History, 56(4): 511-530. doi:10.1017/mdh.2012.30.
  • Reid, A., 2012. 'Birth attendants and midwifery practice in early twentieth century Derbyshire', Social History of Medicine, 25(2): 380-399, doi:10.1093/shm/hkr138.
  • Reid, A., Davies, R., Blaikie, A. and Garrett, E., 2006. 'Vulnerability among illegitimate children in nineteenth century Scotland', Annales de Demographie Historique, 2006(1) no. 111: 89-113.
  • Reid, A., 2006. 'Health visitors and enlightened motherhood', in E. Garrett, C. Galley, N. Shelton and R. Woods (eds) Infant mortality: a continuing social problem?, Aldershot, Ashgate, pp.191-210.
  • Smith, R.M., 2011. 'Social security as a development institution? The relative efficacy of poor relief provisions under the English Old Poor', in C.A. Bayly, M. Woolcock, S. Szreter and V. Rhao (eds) History and Development Policy, Manchester, Manchester University Press, pp. 75-102.
  • Smith, R.M., Harding, V., Baker, P., Davies, M., Nerry, M. and Newton, G., 2008. People in Place: Families, Households and housing in early modern London, London, Centre for Metropolitan History, 36pp.
  • Smith, R.M., 2007. 'Periods, structures and regions in early modern demographic regimes', History Workshop Journal, Spring, 2007: 53-79.
  • Smith, R.M. and Oeppen, J., 2007. 'Place and status as determinants of infant mortality in England c. 1550-1837', in E. Garrett, C. Galley, N. Shelton and R. Woods (eds) Infant mortality: a continuing social problem?, Aldershot, Ashgate, pp. 53-79.