. The earth and its inhabitants .. . . 34 Belgium 469 t Increase of the population of England, 1861—71 :—Northern counties . 23 per . • 19 „ North-western counties 15 „ Midland counties . 9 per counties . 7 ,» South-western counties . 2 „J Ravenstein, The Birthplaces of the People and the Laws of Migration. London, 1876. 438 THE BRITISH ISLES. strongly represented in London than in their own county town. Having nofocus of attraction of its own, the rural population flocks to London, or tosome other manufacturing or commercial city. Whilst in Kerry, Mayo, andDonegal,
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . . 34 Belgium 469 t Increase of the population of England, 1861—71 :—Northern counties . 23 per . • 19 „ North-western counties 15 „ Midland counties . 9 per counties . 7 ,» South-western counties . 2 „J Ravenstein, The Birthplaces of the People and the Laws of Migration. London, 1876. 438 THE BRITISH ISLES. strongly represented in London than in their own county town. Having nofocus of attraction of its own, the rural population flocks to London, or tosome other manufacturing or commercial city. Whilst in Kerry, Mayo, andDonegal, in Ireland, not 5 per cent, of the inhabitants are born beyond the limitsof these counties, and the local element of the population in the remainder ofIreland as ?\\ell as in many agi-icultural districts of England amounts to four-fifths of the total population, there are other counties—such as Middlesex, Surrey, Fig. 215.—Increase or Decrease of the Population, 1861— to E. Q. WcfOr Decrease. Increase. OtolOper cent. 10 to 20per cent. 20 to 30per cent. BttflaoOver 30per cent. Yorkshire, Dumbartonshire, Renfrew, Lanarkshire, or Edinburghshire, all ofthem abounding in coal or in large towns—where less than three-fifths of theresident inhabitants are natives.* It is only natural that the death rate in the towns should exceed that of most * In 1871 24,152,852 persons resided within the counties in which they were bom, being 76-36 percent, of the total population of the British Isles. These constituted the local element of our to birthplaces there were 21,849,518 natives of England and Wales, 3,296,387 of Scotland,6,085,395 of Ireland, 139,322 of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, and 258,677 persons bomabroad and at sea. STATISTICS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 439 rural districts, for the impure air which the townsmen are compelled to breathemust necessarily shorten their lives. Yet there are many towns—and London iso
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