1930年代的“大萧条”与2007/8年金融危机之后的最近的“大衰退”之间存在相似之处。紧缩是英国政府在这两个时期的共同政策反应。本文研究了1930年代地方层面的健康不平等,通过历史案例研究。
地方和国家历史档案,卫生报告医务官,和次要来源在1930年至1939年进行了检查,以获得关于健康不平等的数据(婴儿死亡率,死产和新生儿死亡率,1935年和粗略的总死亡率,1936年)和病房一级剥夺(过度拥挤率,1935年)在提斯河畔斯托克顿,英格兰东北部。
20世纪30年代,斯蒂斯河畔斯托克顿在人满为患和健康方面存在严重的地理不平等。总死亡率,特别是,在人满为患程度较高的病房中。
在1930年代,卫生方面存在地域不平等,最贫困的地区的总死亡率最差。20世纪30年代住房条件和健康状况最差的地区今天仍然如此-在不同的紧缩时期,随着时间的推移,健康不平等仍然存在。
Parallels have been drawn between the \'Great Depression\' of the 1930s and the more recent \'Great Recession\' that followed the 2007/8 financial crisis.
Austerity was the common policy response by UK governments in both time periods. This article examines health inequalities at a local level in the 1930s, through a historical
case study.
Local and national historical archives, Medical Officer for Health
reports, and secondary sources were examined from 1930 to 1939 to obtain data on inequalities in health (infant mortality rates, stillbirths and neonatal mortality rates, 1935 and crude overall mortality rates, 1936) and ward-level deprivation (over-crowding rates, 1935) in Stockton-on-Tees, North-East England.
There were high geographical inequalities in overcrowding and health in Stockton-on-Tees in the 1930s. Rates of overall mortality, in particular, were higher in those wards with higher levels of overcrowding.
There were geographical inequalities in health in the 1930s and the most deprived areas had the worst overall mortality rates. The areas with the worst housing conditions and health outcomes in the 1930s remain so today - health inequality is extant over time across different periods of
austerity.