1 PUBLISHED IN ‘THE ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF INDUSTRY’ MURPHY, P AND WILTSHIRE P (EDS). SYMPOSIA OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY NO. 20. OXBOW BOOKS: OXFORD (2003) A COMPARISON OF HEALTH IN PAST RURAL, URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS MARY LEWIS School of Conservation Sciences, University of Bournemouth, Dorset House, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB Number of words: 4799 (excluding references & abstract) Number of pages: 24 ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE SENT TO THE ADDRESS ABOVE