Report to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State For the Home Department, from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an Inquiry Into the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain; With AppendicesChadwick, Edwin
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Report to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State For the Home Department, from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an Inquiry Into the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain; With Appendices
Chadwick, Edwin
Housing -- Great Britain; Public health -- Great Britain
│Strand Union │ 51│1 in 9│1 in 13│1 in 22│ │ 1 in 4¼ │
│Kendal Union │ 48│1 in 6│1 in 10│1 in 13│ │ 1 in 3 │
│County of │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ Wilts │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ (Unions of) │ 99│1 in 7│1 in 6│1 in 10│1 in 31│ 1 in 2¼ │
│County of │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ Rutland │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ (Unions of) │ 168│1 in 8│1 in 7│1 in 9│1 in 90│ 1 in 2¾ │
├──────────────┼────────┼───────┼───────┼────────┼─────────┼──────────┤
│ Total │ 913│1 in 12│1 in 14│1 in 29│1 in 122│ 1 in 5 │
├──────────────┼────────┼───────┼───────┼────────┼─────────┼──────────┤
│_Agricultural │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ Labourers, │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ Operatives, │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│Servants, &c._│ │ │ │ │ │ │
│Manchester │ 374│1 in 20│1 in 43│1 in 149│1 in 772│ 1 in 12⅓ │
│Leeds │ 377│1 in 20│1 in 23│1 in 62│1 in 485│ 1 in 9 │
│Liverpool │ 385│1 in 27│1 in 47│1 in 102│1 in 1865│ 1 in 15 │
│Bath │ 130│1 in 16│1 in 19│1 in 45│1 in 149│ 1 in 6¾ │
│Bethnal Green │ 122│1 in 21│1 in 28│1 in 97│1 in 419│ 1 in 10¼ │
│Strand Union │ 95│1 in 12│1 in 23│1 in 84│1 in 225│ 1 in 7 │
│Kendal Union │ 114│1 in 11│1 in 9│1 in 15│1 in 207│ 1 in 3¾ │
│County of │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ Wilts │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ (Unions of) │ 615│1 in 11│1 in 9│1 in 11│1 in 108│ 1 in 3½ │
│County of │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ Rutland │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ (Unions of) │ 227│1 in 10│1 in 8│1 in 10│1 in 75│ 1 in 3 │
├──────────────┼────────┼───────┼───────┼────────┼─────────┼──────────┤
│ Total │ 2,439│1 in 18│1 in 23│1 in 43│1 in 338│ 1 in 8 │
└──────────────┴────────┴───────┴───────┴────────┴─────────┴──────────┘
On comparing the proportion of deaths amongst all classes between one
district and another, as well as between class and class, the general
influence of the locality becomes strikingly apparent. The difference of
mortality between one large district of the metropolis and another is
shown in the following tabular view, made up by Mr. Alexander Finlaison,
from the superintendent-registrar’s weekly returns of the mortality
prevalent in the chief registration districts of the metropolis during
the different seasons of the year. But the extremes of difference are
more strikingly exhibited in smaller districts:—
Table of the Comparative Mortality of the Five following Divisions of
the Metropolis:—
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