[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.

  • Nottingham (England). City Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There were at the middle of 1913, 96 towns and cities in England and Wales with individual popula¬ tions of 50,000 and upwards, and an aggregate population of 17,852,766. London stands at the head of the list with a population of 4,518,191 without its suburbs, and 7,411,885 including these, Birmingham comes next to London with 859,644, Liverpool next to Birmingham with 756,553, and Manchester next to Liverpool with 730,976. There are eight cities below these with populations exceeding a quarter of a million, Nottingham being last on the list with 264,735. Newcastle-on-Tyne is next above it, with 271,295 ; and Portsmouth next below, with 241,256. Of large cities in Scotland and Ireland, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, and Belfast have estimated popula¬ tions ranging from 320,300 in Edinburgh, to 1,021,500 in Glasgow. The aggregate population of these four cities is 2,140,800. There are 145 smaller towns, in England and Wales alone, with populations of between 20,000 and 50,000, and these contain an aggregate population of 4,669,918. This total, added to that of the great towns of England and Wales above referred to, makes up 22,522,684, which is equal to 61 per cent, of the entire population of England and Wales (36,919,339). Besides the towns having populations of 20,000 and upwards, there are many others of lesser magnitude, the inclusion of which with those above given raises the total proportion of our urban population to a much higher figure even than 61 per cent, of the whole. It is only by constant vigilance in sanitary matters on the part of both the local and central governing bodies, that such a huge population living under urban conditions can be maintained in a reasonably healthy