The dark satanic mills: Evaluating patterns of health in England during the industrial revolution

IF 1.3 3区地球科学 Q3 PALEONTOLOGY International Journal of Paleopathology Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ijpp.2022.10.002

Jo Buckberry , Gillian Crane-Kramer

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Abstract

Objective

this research seeks to investigate the impact the industrial revolution had on the population of England.

Materials

Pre-existing skeletal data from 1154 pre-Industrial (1066–1700 CE) and 4157 industrial (1700–1905) skeletons from 21 cemeteries (N = 5411).

Methods

Context number, sex, age-at-death, stature and presence/absence of selected pathological conditions were collated. The data were compared using chi square, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, t-tests and logistic regression (α = 0.01).

Results

There was a statistically significant increase in cribra orbitalia, periosteal reactions, rib lesions, fractures, rickets, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, enamel hypoplasia, dental caries and periapical lesions in the industrial period. Osteomyelitis decreased from the pre-industrial to industrial period.

Conclusion

Our results confirm the industrial revolution had a significant negative impact on human health, however the prevalence of TB, treponemal disease, maxillary sinusitis, osteomalacia, scurvy, gout and DISH did not change, suggesting these diseases were not impacted by the change in environmental conditions.

Significance

This is the largest study of health in the industrial revolution that includes non-adults and adults and considers age-at-death alongside disease status to date. This data supports the hypothesis that the rise of industry was associated with a significant decline in general health, but not an increase in all pathological conditions.

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目的本研究旨在调查工业革命对英国人口的影响。材料来自21个墓地(N = 5411)的1154具工业前(公元1066-1700年)和4157具工业前(1700-1905年)骨骼的现存骨骼数据。方法对研究对象的背景、性别、死亡年龄、身高、有无病理情况进行统计。采用卡方检验、Kolmogorov-Smirnov检验、t检验和logistic回归进行比较(α = 0.01)。结果工业时期眶缘、骨膜反应、肋骨病变、骨折、佝偻病、骨质疏松症、骨关节炎、牙釉质发育不全、龋齿、根尖周病变发生率较工业时期明显增高。骨髓炎从前工业时期到工业时期减少了。结论工业革命对人类健康产生了显著的负面影响，但结核病、螺旋体病、上颌窦炎、骨软化症、坏血病、痛风和DISH的患病率没有变化，表明这些疾病没有受到环境条件变化的影响。这是工业革命中规模最大的健康研究，包括非成年人和成年人，并考虑了迄今为止的死亡年龄和疾病状况。这一数据支持了一种假设，即工业的兴起与总体健康状况的显著下降有关，但并非与所有病理状况的增加有关。

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International Journal of Paleopathology PALEONTOLOGY-PATHOLOGY

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2.90

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25.00%

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期刊介绍： Paleopathology is the study and application of methods and techniques for investigating diseases and related conditions from skeletal and soft tissue remains. The International Journal of Paleopathology (IJPP) will publish original and significant articles on human and animal (including hominids) disease, based upon the study of physical remains, including osseous, dental, and preserved soft tissues at a range of methodological levels, from direct observation to molecular, chemical, histological and radiographic analysis. Discussion of ways in which these methods can be applied to the reconstruction of health, disease and life histories in the past is central to the discipline, so the journal would also encourage papers covering interpretive and theoretical issues, and those that place the study of disease at the centre of a bioarchaeological or biocultural approach. Papers dealing with historical evidence relating to disease in the past (rather than history of medicine) will also be published. The journal will also accept significant studies that applied previously developed techniques to new materials, setting the research in the context of current debates on past human and animal health.