On the effect of migrations in disturbing local rates of mortality, as exemplified in the statistics of London and the surrounding country, for the years 1851-60 : being a paper read before the Institute of Actuaries / by Thomas A. Welton.

  • Welton, Thomas A. (Thomas Abercrombie), 1835-1918.
Date:
1871
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Credit: On the effect of migrations in disturbing local rates of mortality, as exemplified in the statistics of London and the surrounding country, for the years 1851-60 : being a paper read before the Institute of Actuaries / by Thomas A. Welton. 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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    natural increase by births in excess of deaths would have been about 140,000 persons, only 27,473 were found to have been added to the population enumerated in 1851, in the succeeding 10 years. The Registration Divisions, numbered II., III. and IV., com- prehend the rural districts which surround the Metropolis, and also the County of Norfolk. The following tables exhibit in a summai-y form, (1) the birth- places of the inhabitants of London, the surrounding counties, and the remainder of England and Wales; (2) the computed num- bers of persons who I'emoved from the one of these three divisions to either of the others or abroad, during the ten years 1851-61:— Born in Living (in 1861) in London. Divisions H., 111. and IV. The other Divisions. Totals. 1,741,177 52G,043 326,951 205,996 3,754,400 230,473 113,920 211,015 12,009,975 2,061,093 4,491,458 12,567,399 Divisions II., III. and IV.. . England and Wales .. Scotland, Ireland, and other 2,594,171 209,818 4,190,869 90,606 12,334,910 645,850 19,119,950 946,274 Totals 2,803,989 4,281,475 12,980,760 20,066,224 Migrations in 1851-1861:— Birthplaces of those who Removed. Whebe thet Removed to. London. Divisions IL, in. and IV. The other Divisions. other Countries. TotaU Divisions II., III. and IV. England and Wales .. Islands in the British Seas 100,545 90,91)3 94,782 93,897 43,291 82,404 31,267 199,097 432,214 169,340 442,046 617,104 261,.538 10,952 22,529 1,698 31,486 188,679 8,375 19,887 1,623 12,968 125,695 45,958 164,539 4,204 36,039 662,678 1,228,490 Totals 318,203 231,632 376,435