Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes in a Considerable Portion of America and Europe: Being the preface to the foreign communications contained in the appendix to the Poor-Law ReportSenior, Nassau William
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Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes in a Considerable Portion of America and Europe: Being the preface to the foreign communications contained in the appendix to the Poor-Law Report
Senior, Nassau William
Poor -- Europe; Poor -- United States; Working class
| | | | | | | |Under 20, about 1 in 2⅓.
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SAXONY, p. 479
|1 in 34½.
| |1 in 24⁸⁄₁₀.
| | |1 in 131⁸⁄₁₀.
| | | |. . . .
| | | | |7 to 1.
| | | | | |Rather more than one-half die under 14*.
| | | | | | | |. . . .
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WURTEMBERG, p. 507
|1 in 31¹¹⁄₃₇*.
| |1 in 27⅒*.
| | |1 in 147*.
| | | |4³⁄₁₀*.
| | | | |7⅒ to 1*.
| | | | | |34⅔ in 100*.
| | | | | | |From 1 year to 7, 1 in 10*.
| | | | | | | |From 7 to 14, 1 in 45*.
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FRANKFORT, p. 564
|1 in 43½.
| |1 in 48²⁄₁₀.
| | |1 in 188⁷⁄₁₀.
| | | |5 to 6.
| | | | |6⁷⁄₁₀ to 1.
| | | | | |1 in 6½*.
| | | | | | |Under 6 years, 1 in 4⁶⁷⁄₂₅₄*.
| | | | | | | |Under 19, 1 in 3¹²⁶⁄₃₁₉*.
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NORTH HOLLAND, p. 581
|In 1832, 1 in 30⁶⁄₁₀*. Nearly ¹⁄₁₅ of the deaths were of cholera.
|In Amsterdam 1 in 28¹⁴⁄₁₀₀*.
| |In 1832, 1 in 30⁷⁄₁₀*.
| | |1 in 122²⁄₁₀*.
| | | |5⅒*
| | | | |15 to 1*.
| | | | | |Nearly 1 in 7⁸⁄₁₁*.
| | | | | | |Nearly 1 in 4⁴⁄₁₀*.
| | | | | | | |Nearly 1 in 2¾*.
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BELGIUM:
The following are the results of the official enumeration in 1830
|1 in 43.
| |1 in 30.
| | |1 in 144.
| | | |4⁷²⁄₁₀₀
| | | | |. . . .
| | | | | |1 in 4⁵¹⁄₁₀₀.
| | | | | | |³³⁄₈₀.
| | | | | | | |¹⁷⁄₃₈.
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BOOM, p. 635
|1 in 28⁵⁄₁₀*.
| |1 in 36*
| | |1 in 95²⁄₁₀*.
| | | |. . . .
| | | | |21 to 1*.
| | | | | |1 in 5*.
| | | | | | |1 in 4*.
| | | | | | | |1 in 2⁴⁄₂₁*.
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OSTEND, p. 640
|1 in 35⁴⁄₁₀*.
| |1 in 31*
| | |1 in 146⁵⁄₁₀*.
| | | |4⁷²⁄₁₀₀*.
| | | | |9 to 1*.
| | | | | |1 in 5⁷⁄₁₀*.
| | | | | | |1 in 2⁴⁄₁₀*.
| | | | | | | |45 per cent.*
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FRANCE: The following are the results of the official enumeration of 1831
|1 in 39⁶⁄₁₀.
| |1 in 32⁴⁄₁₀.
| | |1 in 131⁶⁄₁₀.
| | | |4⁷⁄₁₀₀; legitimate 3⁷⁷⁷⁄₁₀₀₀.
| | | | |13¹⁶⁴⁄₁₀₀₀ to 1.
| | | | | |. . . .
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