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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    ibyued ])V the Itcgistrar-Cleiierah’ tlie })i'(> portion of population living in one-rooined houses has fallen in forty years (1861-1901) from 26 per cent, to 11 per cent. ; while the proportion living in two rooms has risen from 37'7 to 39‘5 per cent., in three rooms from 12‘6 to 19'9 per cent., in four rooms from 6*4 to 9‘1 per cent. In Glasgow the average house has undergone a gradual enlarge- ment in size and the occupants per room a gradual reduction in number^ and tins latter, which is the important sanitary factor, is true for all tlie large towns in Scotland. ^Moreover, as we know, the deatli-rate of towns now apj^roximates that whicli formerly obtained in rural districts, and tlie life of the worker has been extended at its most useful period. But when all this has been said, it re- mains true that there are still many districts in all om- cities where, despite the improve- ment whicli has taken jilace, the lives of the inhabitants are spent amidst a succession of scenes of scpialid misery. One illustration 1 take from our midst, because it presents, 1 think, a pretty fair sample of the iiroblems of sanitation in a Scotch town at the present time. Area.—It is an area bounded by wide tloiLsing Conditions (Scotland) Cd. 4016, 1908. '' Census Heport, 1901, l>y Medical Officer of Health. Medical CfRcer’s Animal Report, 1906. ‘2