The growth of cities in relation to town planning / by A.K. Chalmers.

  • Chalmers, A. K. (Archibald Kerr), 1856-1942.
Date:
[1908]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The growth of cities in relation to town planning / by A.K. Chalmers. 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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    0 is 550, if half the width of the streets is included, hut excluding this it is 929 ; in other words, if the population were distributed ecpially throughout the area there would be 8‘8 scpiare yards per ]3erson only, as compared with G6'7 for the city as a whole. Vital Statistics.—The birth-rate is 49 per 1,000, the death-rate 41. The infantile death- rate is 230 per 1,000 boru, while that for the city is 131. From diseases of the respiratory organs the death-rate is 9'5 per 1,000; the corresponding rate lor the city is 3'5. Economic Conditions — Failure to Pay Fates.— 1. For Police Purposes.—It is our custom in Glasgow to assess the occupiers of houses of small rentals between £4 and .£10 annually at only one-half the rate levied for certain police purposes on rentals exceeding the latter amount. The proportions unpaid during 1906-7 were as follows :— Grading. City. Insanitaiy Area. 1. By occupiers at rentals £10 and over, assessed full rates 0-744 1-878 2. By occupiers at rentals £4 to £10, assessed half rates for certain purposes 24-171 62-646 Proportion unpaid 24-915 64-524