Statistician who highlighted the dangers of smoking during pregnancy and did research into the effectiveness of schools
Using research to improve peoples’ lives is rarely straightforward. The finding in 1950 by Richard Doll and Austin Bradford Hill that cigarettes caused cancer caused a great stir, though not great enough to persuade people to smoke less. However, in 1972 the statistician Harvey Goldstein, who has died aged 80 of Covid-19, ultimately changed the behaviour of many mothers by demonstrating that smoking during pregnancy produced vulnerable babies. A social habit with relatively little impact on the foetuses of advantaged mothers could prove a serious risk for those born in poverty.
This was one of many significant findings from eight years’ work at the Institute of Child Health, London. There Harvey collaborated with Neville Butler, the initiator of a cohort study of all children born in Britain in one week in March 1958, which has continued. Harvey was responsible for planning its next stage during his time at the National Children’s Bureau (1972-77).
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