[271] It is often pointed out that an Urban Sanitary District is not always a town. But if rural areas are sometimes classed as towns, many large outskirts of towns, practically partaking of the character of the towns, are not included. The figures cited above may therefore be regarded as a fairly accurate account of the growth of town life.
[272] Longstaff, "Rural Depopulation," Journal of Stat. Soc., Sept. 1893.
[273] Cf. Longstaff, Studies in Statistics, p. 157.
[274] These Canadian statistics are quoted from Dr. Longstaff's paper in Journal of Statistical Society, Sept. 1893.
[275] Report of Commissioners, etc., vol. XXX. p. 65.
[276] Newsholm, Vital Statistics, p. 137. (Sonnenschein.)
[277] Vol. iv. p. 23.
[278] Levasseur, vol. ii. p. 402.
[279] Ibid., vol. ii. p. 155.
[280] Diseases of Occupations, p. 33.