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BRITISH ASSOCIA TIOLW”PEAVZNG ADDRESS. 2 I 5
Or, aggregating the three towns together, we find the Irieh
population to be on the whole 2.2 par cent., or less than half
the average proportion of Irish throughout England and
Wales, which is 4-55 per cent.
These facts appeared to me to be almost of a conclusive
character by themselves, but in extending the comparison to
the Scotch towns, we meet with the strongest possible corroboration.
The eight principal Scotch towns happen to fall
apart into two very distinct groups, the particulars of which
are shown in the following table :
Proportion
)f Iridh Popnlntiou
Census of 18G1.
Rnto of
Mortality par l,OOO,
on tho
Avomgo of 183563.
Forming averages of the above numbers, we have :
Towns of largo Irish population
Avcrago
I
1,
It may not be unworthy of remark that in the most unhealthy
towns-Liverpool, Manchester, Salford, etc.-the Irish
women arc in excess of the men ; whereas in the most healthy
towns-nch as Hull, Leith, and Aberdeen-the women are
even fewer than the men. The following is the proportion of