The effect of migrations upon death-rates / by Thomas A. Welton.

  • Welton, Thomas A. (Thomas Abercrombie), 1835-1918.
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[1875]
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    u From the Journal or the Statistical Society, September, 1875. The Effect of Migrations upon Death-Rates. By Thomas A. Welton, Esq., F.S.S. [Read before the Statistical Society, 15tli June, 1875.] CONTENTS: PAGE I.—Comparative Mortality at Certain Ages in London and in Surrounding Dis- tricts in the Ten Years 1851-60 325 II.—Mr. Humphreys’s Explana- tion of the Low Rate of Mortality amongst Young Women in London exa- mined 326 PAGE III. —The Writer’s Conclusions.... 328 IV. —Comparative Mortality at Certain Ages in London and in Eight Counties in the Ten Years 1861-70 .... 329 V. —Singular Excess of Female as compared with Male Death Rates at Certain Ages .... 330 VI. —Tables 332 In tlie laborious and useful paper by Mr. FT. A. Humphreys, read before tbe Society on the 15th December, 1874, reference was made to my theory and calculations on the above subject. It is not my purpose to complain of the spirit in which they were then dealt with; on the contrary, the explanation verbally given by Mr. Humphreys during the discussion which followed the reading of his paper, convinced me that it had been his wish to do ample justice to my work. But I believe it to be desirable that the records of the Statistical Society should contain a more explicit statement than he has given of the inferences I have drawn from the figures brought together in the paper I published in 1871, especially as I can now add to those figures, based upon the returns of 1851-60, information of later date. I should be extremely sorry to have it supposed that I am “ of “ opinion that the Registrar-General’s figures cannot be correct “ because they are difficult to explain.” I do not see how the Registrar-General is to be held accountable for more than the accuracy of the figures which he so skilfully presents to the public. If on examining them closely, I discover sometliing apparently anomalous, but which is probably connected with circumstances affecting the manner of life of large masses of the people, I have good reason to feel confident that the heads of the department, men of conspicuous ability and unwearied research, will welcome any hints I can offer which promise to be of the slightest assistance to them in solving the enigma, and exploring the full meaning of the records with which they arc concerned. They are certain not