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DENSITY OF POPULATION.
Mr. Radcliffe observes— "In the
recent outbreak, as in previous outbreaks,
there was no relation between
the density of population, as
expressed by a number of persons
per acre, and the intensity of prevalence
of the disease. In Stepney
and Poplar, where the outbreak was
most fatal, the packing of the population,
thus read, is less than in
any other of the East districts."
REMARKS.
Density of population, nevertheless,
is— all other conditions being
equal— of great consequence in
estimating the sanitary state of
large towns, and is certain to make
itself felt in all epidemics. But
when this order of things is reversed,
and a scanty population
becomes the greatest sufferers, while
the most poverty-stricken comparatively
escape, it is clear there must
be something very peculiar about
this Cholera poison that has carried
off its thousands.
The density in
connection with poverty is again
worth noticing: —
Persons to
an acre.
Poor rate
parts in 1,000
on the rental.
Deaths from
Choi. & Diar
lin each I ooo
Ipenmi in 1866
Bethnal Green
145
.136
62
Mile End
118
.066
67
St. Georg.-East
196
.080
96
Poplar & Bow.
34
.060
93
Limeliouse Dis.
97
.066
118
Hut the difficulty about density,
as well as other matters, may probably
be explained when we come
to the questions— What is the
poison? Where is it to be
found ?