Exhibit 187

Reasons for the decline of mortality in England and Wales during the nineteenth century

Exhibit 187 · Research article

Reasons for the decline of mortality in England and Wales during the nineteenth century

McKeown and Record's 1962 Population Studies paper on the decline of mortality in England and Wales during the nineteenth century. Illich cites it for his statement that the environment is the primary determinant of the state of general health of any population.

Source: Thomas McKeown and R. G. Record, Population Studies 16(2): 94–122
Date: November 1962
Grade: Peer-reviewed
Document: https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.1962.10414870
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding MED-10.1: Reported Ivan Illich wrote that nearly 90 percent of the 1860–1965 decline in the combined death rate of children up to fifteen from scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough and measles came before antibiotics and widespread immunization, citing R. R. Porter's 1971 address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science.