Report of the health of Liverpool, during the year 1863 / by W.S. Trench.

Date:
1864
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Credit: Report of the health of Liverpool, during the year 1863 / by W.S. Trench. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    the same geometrical rate had continned in the decenniad between 1851 and 1861, as every statist assumes it will approxiniaiely do, then the population of the borough in 1861 would have been 493,116, or 49,178 greater than that given by the census. It would thus appear that the decrease in the rate of increase of the inh bi- tan 8 .)f the borouL,di became suddenly and uni)recedentedly great—a fact very unexpected by those best acquainted Avith the subject, and one which, judging from the numerous new streets erected in ihe out-townships,from the crowded condition of the houses, and from the difficulty, notwithstanding, of meeting the demand for accommodation, was prima facie, most improbable—so improbable, indeed, a* to excuse the scepticism entertained by some as to the correctness of the Liverpool returns of po])ulation. The number of inhabited houses mentioned in the census is 65,781, giving an average for each house of 6'7 inhabitants. The population of the borough in 1851 was 375,955, and in 1861, 443,938—the annual increase, therefore, 10168. The per-centage rate of increase during the decenniad was 18, and the annual geome trical rate therefore 1*68 or 17 per cent. It is the addition of or allowing for this 1*7 which is n eant by the term corrected average in the weekly reports of the Medical Officer of Health. The following short table shows the same facts with reference to the several districts of the Borough :— Population in 1851. 1861. Rate of of Increase. 258,236 .. . 269,742 .. . 1-0043 117,719 . 174,196 . . 1-0399 61,777 . 81,228 . . 1-0277 Rodney and Abercromby Wards 41,997 .. 47,410 . . 1-0122 Lime-st. and St. Anne's Wards. 40,977 .. . 41,241 . . 1-0006 25,883 .. . 54,848 .. . 1-0780 9,893 .. . 16,135 .. . 1-0501 22,002 36,527 .. . 1 -0520 59,941 .. 66,686 . 1-0107 In the other Wards the rate is one of decrease. VauxhallWard 27,!i42 ... 24,816 ... 1-0119 Paul's and Exchange Wards ... 31.763 ... 29,078 ... 1-0089 Castle-street and St. Peter's ... 19,825 ... 16,827 ... 1-0165 Pitt-street and Great George... 33,957 ... 29,142 ... 1-0154 The first lesson taught by a census is in the readjustment of the calculated rates of mortidity in former yeiirs, and we accordingly find that the rate between 1851 and 1861 was for the Borough, 29, for the Parish 33, and lor the out- townships, 25 in the thousand.