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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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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    Maiiclioster and Olas.o'ow, liave long since erased to represent miits o£ ])opulation. Tlicy liave l)econie place-names for large snrronnding districts, wliicli ai-e relative]}^ almost as densely peopled as tliemselves. Evidence of Increasing Stahility in the Structure of Town Populations. ^ Change, therefore, in the staple Industry of a population or displacement outwards, is, in reality, wdiat takes place — It does not necessarily entail restriction on Its grow^th, although in the Clyde Valle}’ w’e are fortunately situated in respect of the great variety of our industries. Moreover, considerations based on the structure of poptilatlolis suggest inherent sources of growth wdiich tend to give tliein permanenev. If w’e take for illustration G lasijOAV and the suburban burghs of Govan and Partick, w'e find that during the past forty years, an increasing proportion of their popula- tions have been drawn from a relatively limited area. In 1861 eighty-one persons in every hundred of the popidation of Glasgow Avere of Scottish birth ; noAv there are nearly eighty-six. A similar proportion obtained in 1871, but whereas in this year 57 per cent, only of its Scottish inhabitants had been born in the city or county of Lanark, in which it is situated, this projDortion had risen in 1901 to 71 per cent. And conversely, Avhile 42 per cent, of the Scottish Inhabitants in 1871 were drawni from other parts of Scotland, this proportion in 1901 had been reduced