Geographical Aspects of Population Change in England 1500–1730

Smith, Richard M.

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“…10 Once again he may have overestimated the true figure, perhaps by about twenty to thirty per cent. 25,26 Despite these relatively minor inaccuracies his population estimates represented the first rational attempt to calculate a population size as distinct from one derived from a survey or census. They also provided denominators for his epidemiological results.…”

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John Graunt F.R.S. (1620-74): The founding father of human demography, epidemiology and vital statistics

Connor

2022

J Med Biogr

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John Graunt, a largely self-educated London draper, can plausibly be regarded as the founding father of demography, epidemiology and vital statistics. In his only publication, based on a pioneering analysis of the London Bills of Mortality, he replaced guesswork with reasoned estimates of population sizes and the first accurate information on male:female ratios. He quantified the extent of immigration from countryside to city and his demonstration of the ‘dying out’ of a cohort paved the way for life table analysis. His comparison of London data with rural data provided the first recognition of the ‘urban penalty’. His use of the first known tabular aggregates of health data clarified distinctions between acute diseases, which were often epidemic, and chronic illnesses which were often endemic. He quantified the high infant mortality and attempted the calculation of a case fatality rate during an epidemic of fever. He was the first to document the phenomenon of ‘excess deaths’ during epidemics. He provided a template for numerical analysis of demographic and health data and initiated the concepts of statistical association, statistical inference and population sampling. By making a novel concept intelligible to a broad audience he influenced the thinking of doctors, demographers and mathematicians.

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John Graunt F.R.S. (1620-74): The founding father of human demography, epidemiology and vital statistics

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2022

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“…35 35 See, for instance, de Vries and van der Woude, First modern economy ; de Vries, ‘Pre‐industrial labour markets’. In research on London, the influence of changes on the supply side on migration to the metropolis have received more attention; see, for instance, Smith, ‘Geographical aspects’, pp. 173–5; Kitch, ‘Capital and kingdom’, p. 228; Clark, ‘Migration in England’, pp.…”

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“…68 68 For the effect on the areas that sent migrants to London, see Finlay, Population and metropolis , p. 10; Wrigley and Schofield, Population history , pp. 166–70; Smith, ‘Geographical aspects’, p. 174; Dobson, ‘Last hiccup’, pp. 407–8. …”

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Labour migration and economic performance: London and the Randstad, c. 1600-18001

Lottum

2010

The Economic History Review

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In most studies of early modern north-western Europe, England is regarded as the successor of the Netherlands in terms of economic leadership.Whereas related topics like institutional and technological change or changes in trade and capital flows have been incorporated into the research on the comparison of these two rival states, labour migration is usually omitted.This article aims to fill this lacuna by focusing on labour migration to the two core regions of the Netherlands and England: the Randstad and London.Two main research questions are raised in this article. First of all, in what way did the two cores and their hinterlands differ with regard to their demographic, economic, and spatial structures, and how did this contribute to different trends in labour migration over time? Secondly, what was the effect of the configuration of the demand and supply factors of London and the Randstad for their economies and for those who lived in them? By trying to answer these two questions this article aims not only to shed light on a hitherto largely unexplored topic in the comparative geographic, economic, and demographic history of the two countries, but also to contribute to the understanding of migration as a factor in the promotion of economic growth.e hr_547 531..570

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Scottish Migration to England, 1400–1560

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Murray²

1996

Scottish Geographical Magazine

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Geographical Aspects of Population Change in England 1500–1730

Cited by 3 publications

References 39 publications

John Graunt F.R.S. (1620-74): The founding father of human demography, epidemiology and vital statistics

John Graunt F.R.S. (1620-74): The founding father of human demography, epidemiology and vital statistics

Labour migration and economic performance: London and the Randstad, c. 1600-18001

Scottish Migration to England, 1400–1560

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