. The wonderful century [microform] : its successes and its failures. Science; Nineteenth century; Vaccination; Civilization, Modern; Sciences; Dix-neuvième siècle; Vaccination; Civilisation moderne. ifi. .M»rji\r ui In He \ 1 L IV 1 . cirAP. XX. i-(mjlAT(»ltIE3 Prison AND Indisthial, SclluoLS. Total. 127,OUO (),s;u 134,r)24 ir)4,l4r) 17,;504 17l,r)39 170,^27 2r),5()r> l!)0,i532 364 Ykar?. 1H(50-(;S), 1870-79, 1880-89, Ilcn' wo liavo an incroasc in the avorai>'o of tlic iirst and last tcn-voar ])orio(ls anionntinu' to 4(5 per cent., while the inerease of popnhition in the twe
. The wonderful century [microform] : its successes and its failures. Science; Nineteenth century; Vaccination; Civilization, Modern; Sciences; Dix-neuvième siècle; Vaccination; Civilisation moderne. ifi. .M»rji\r ui In He \ 1 L IV 1 . cirAP. XX. i-(mjlAT(»ltIE3 Prison AND Indisthial, SclluoLS. Total. 127,OUO (),s;u 134,r)24 ir)4,l4r) 17,;504 17l,r)39 170,^27 2r),5()r> l!)0,i532 364 Ykar?. 1H(50-(;S), 1870-79, 1880-89, Ilcn' wo liavo an incroasc in the avorai>'o of tlic iirst and last tcn-voar ])orio(ls anionntinu' to 4(5 per cent., while the inerease of popnhition in the twenty vcars from 18()r> to 18S5 is a iittk> less than '50 per eent.^ The writer inipntes this resnlr to the eontinned growth of our great cities, which bring together both criminals and those who are ])re_ved npon, and by association and op])ortnnity foster the growth of a criminal i)opnlation. To This canse, however, must be added the increasing severity of the struggle for existence and our cruel ''ud degrading ])rison systtMu, wlncdi together render it almost impossible for iirst offenders to gain a liveliiiood by hon- est labor. In concbiding this brief sketch of the inevitable re- sults of the struggle foi' existence and for wealth under present social ((niditions, I call special attenticm to the fact that so many converging lines of evidence point in the same directi(»n. Tlie evidence for the enormous in- crease of the total mass of misery and want is over- whelming, while, that it has increased even faster than the increase of ]io]>ulation is, to my own mind, almost equally (dear. T^ut when we see that insanity and sui- cide, deaths from drink, premature births, congenital defects, and the numbers of criminals have all increased ' The IJcv. W. I). Monisnii. late H. :\r. ('li!ii)liiin at WiindsworUi Prison, in tiic Xiiutci iii/i Ccntnri/ for June, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced
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