Crook N, Malaker C R
Department of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.
Health Transit Rev. 1992 Oct;2(2):165-76.
As Asia becomes increasingly urbanized the effect of new industrial development on child mortality becomes of increasing interest. In India, considerable investment has been made in the social infrastructure of industrial new towns. This survey of Durgapur steel town in West Bengal shows that although the average level of child mortality in the working class population is favourable in comparison with other Indian cities, considerable differentials, that can be related to social, economic and environmental differences within the population, have arisen since the creation of the city in the late 1950s. The paper argues that the undertaking of selective sanitary interventions to improve access to drinking water (in particular) would be administratively feasible in these industrial new towns, of immediate impact, and indeed necessary if the differentials in mortality are to be eliminated.
随着亚洲城市化进程的日益加快，新工业发展对儿童死亡率的影响愈发受到关注。在印度，工业新城镇的社会基础设施得到了大量投资。对西孟加拉邦杜尔加布尔钢铁城的这项调查表明，尽管与其他印度城市相比，工人阶级人口中的儿童死亡率平均水平较为有利，但自20世纪50年代末建城以来，由于人口内部的社会、经济和环境差异，已经出现了相当大的差异。本文认为，在这些工业新城镇进行有针对性的卫生干预措施，以改善（特别是）饮用水供应，在行政上是可行的，具有立竿见影的效果，而且如果要消除死亡率差异，确实是必要的。
