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Public health

the observation that purifying a public water supply lowers deaths from many causes beyond typhoid, more than typhoid reduction alone would explain.

In public health, Mills-Reincke phenomenon refers to the observation that purifying a public water supply lowers deaths from many causes beyond typhoid, more than typhoid reduction alone would explain. This meaning comes from Sedgwick (1910) in Journal of Infectious Diseases.[1]

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Sedgwick, W. T., & Macnutt, J. S. (1910). On the Mills-Reincke Phenomenon and Hazen s Theorem Concerning the Decrease in Mortality from Diseases Other than Typhoid Fever Following the Purification of Public Water-Supplies. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 7(4), 489-564. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/7.4.489

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