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1. dredmo+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-01-29 06:46:26
Also:

- Solid waste management and disposal.

- Sewerage systems (New York's came relatively late).

- As the somewhat provocative title of this article suggests, draining of swamps and other means of disease vector control.

- Refrigeration. General food safety improvements.

- Pasteurising milk. That would cut the transmission of TB markedly.

- Indoor plumbing.

- Indoor bathing -- showers and baths.

I haven't seen a breakdown. Laurie Garrett (NYTimes contributor) has long written on public health and epidemics, had a couple of books in the 1990s / early 2000s:

https://www.worldcat.org/title/betrayal-of-trust-the-collaps...

https://www.worldcat.org/title/coming-plague-newly-emerging-...

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