On the comparative healthiness of the parish of Hackney / by Samuel Roper.

  • Roper, Samuel.
Date:
1842
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Credit: On the comparative healthiness of the parish of Hackney / by Samuel Roper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Mr. Farr, “increases cateris paribus, as the density of the effluvial poison generated in cities, and not strictly as the density of the population.”1 Hence, we find the mortality of females in the Strand district] with 18 square yards only to each person, to be 2 605 per cent., while in Rotherhithe, with 249 square yards to each person, it is 2592, or nearly the same; and in Bermondsey, with 88 yards to each person, the mortality is greater, viz., 2 755,—still in Hackney little doubt can be entertained, that the diminished density contributes greatly to its salubrity, i he second cause to be assigned for this, is better ventilation and drainage, arising from greater eleva- tion and the geological character of the district. How much the rate of mortality is affected by situation and local accidents is strikingly shown by M. Bossi, in the “ Statistique du Department de 1 Ain. He divided the department into four portions, and from documents carefully collected, he deduced the following results :— DEPARTMENTS Inhabitants to one death annually. In Mountain Parishes 383 On the Sea Side 26'6 In Corn Districts 24-9 In Stagnant and Marshy Districts 20'8