Chapter IV: Comparative Chances of Life in Different Classes of the

COMMUNITY. 153

Instances of the comparative chances of life amongst the
gentry, tradesmen, and working men—

In Truro, 154; in Derby, 155; in Manchester, 157; in
Rutland, 157; in the Bolton union, 158; in Bethnal Green,
159; in Leeds Borough, 159; in Liverpool, 159; in the
Whitechapel union, 160; in the Strand union, 160; in the
Kensington union, 161; in Wiltshire, 161; in the Kendal
union 161

Tabular views of the ages at which deaths have occurred in
different classes of society 162

Comparative mortality of differently circumstanced districts
of the metropolis 164

Comparative prevalence of fever in different districts of
Leith 167

High mortality not essential to towns 167

Comparative mortality in three classes of the community at
Bath 168

Corroborative experience from Paris as to the influence of
local circumstances on mortality 170

Improvements in the health of large towns chiefly confined
to improved districts 171

Instance of progressive improvement in the social condition
of the population concurrently with its increase in
numbers 175

Prevalence of disease no evidence of the pressure of
population on food 177

Variations of the proportion of deaths and births in
different districts of the same town 178

Proportion of births to the population greatest where there
is the greatest mortality 179

Proof that pestilence or excessive mortality does not
diminish population 182

Numbers merely not the test of strength or prosperity of a
community 185

Deterioration of the strength of the population by disease
without diminishing its numbers 185

Increase of food or production concurrently with the
increase of population 188