{"id":3744,"date":"2018-06-30T08:47:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T08:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/?page_id=3744"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:53:53","slug":"population-statistics-1831-1851","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/medicine-through-time\/public-health-in-the-industrial-revolution\/population-statistics-1831-1851\/","title":{"rendered":"Population Statistics 1831-1851"},"content":{"rendered":"

Population statistics<\/strong><\/h2>\n

These statistics are intended to help you place the changes in conditions in context. It is also worth considering other statistics noted elsewhere in this section.<\/p>\n

Source 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/td>\nEngland and Wales (millions<\/td>\n) Scotland (millions)<\/td>\nIreland (millions)<\/td>\nBritain (millions)<\/td>\nBirth Rate per 1,000<\/td>\nDeath Rate per 1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1831<\/td>\n13.8<\/td>\n2.3<\/td>\n7.8<\/td>\n23.9<\/td>\n36.6<\/td>\n23.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1841<\/td>\n15.9<\/td>\n2.6<\/td>\n8.2<\/td>\n26.7<\/td>\n32.2<\/td>\n21.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1851<\/td>\n18.0<\/td>\n2.9<\/td>\n6.6<\/td>\n27.5<\/td>\n34.3<\/td>\n22.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Source 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1837-41<\/td>\npopulation growth<\/td>\nhousing growth rate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glasgow<\/td>\n37%<\/td>\n18.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manchester<\/td>\n47%<\/td>\n15%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bradford<\/td>\n78%<\/td>\n12%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Figures from Chadwick\u2019s Sanitary Report, 1842<\/p>\n

Public Health in the Industrial Revolution<\/a><\/h4>\n

Impact of new machines<\/a> – Workhouses in Bradford and Leeds<\/a> – Typhoid outbreaks 1830 – 1836<\/a> – Cholera, 1831 Outbreak<\/a> – Poor Law Commission [1834, Report 1837]<\/a> – Poor Law Commission 1835<\/a> – Bradford Woolcombers Report, 1837<\/a> – Report on the conditions of workers in Leeds, 1842<\/a> – Report on the sanitary Condition of the Labouring Classes, Chadwick 1842<\/a> – Health of Towns Association, 1844<\/a> – Health in Bradford in the mid 1840’s<\/a> – Health in Manchester, 1844<\/a> – Public Health Act, 1848<\/a> – Working Conditions in Bradford, 1850<\/a> – Census figures: UK Population statistics 1831 – 1851<\/a> – John Snow’s work on Cholera, 1854<\/a> – Nightingale School of Nursing<\/a> – Bradford Sewage Works, 1862<\/a> – Louis Pasteur: Germ Theory, 1865<\/a> – Second Reform Act [External]<\/a> – Royal Sanitary Commission, 1869<\/a> – The Public Health Act, 1872 [External]<\/a> – Public Health Act, 1875 [External]<\/a> – Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings Improvement Act, 1875 [External]<\/a> – Tuberculosis Germ identified by Robert Koch, 1882<\/a> – Cholera Germ identified, 1883<\/a> – Health in Bradford, Margaret McMillan’s Report, 1890<\/a> – Report into the health of Children in Bradford, 1907<\/a> –\u00a0Timeline of Public Health over time<\/a> –\u00a0Medicine and Treatments c1350-2018<\/a> –\u00a0Themes in Medical History<\/a><\/p>\n

Medicine Through time<\/a><\/h4>\n

Resources for Medicine Through Time<\/a> –\u00a0Prehistoric Medicine<\/a> –\u00a0Ancient Egyptian Medicine<\/a> –\u00a0Ancient Greek Medicine<\/a> –\u00a0Medicine in the Roman Empire<\/a> –\u00a0Medieval Medicine<\/a> –\u00a0Renaissance Medicine<\/a> –\u00a0Public Health in the Industrial Revolution<\/a> –\u00a0Fight against infectious disease<\/a> –\u00a0Modern Medicine<\/a><\/p>\n

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Population statistics These statistics are intended to help you place the changes in conditions in context. It is also worth considering other statistics noted elsewhere in this section. Source 1 Year England and Wales (millions ) Scotland (millions) Ireland (millions) Britain (millions) Birth Rate per 1,000 Death Rate per 1,000 1831 13.8 2.3 7.8 23.9… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3709,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3744","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t