A collective reprint of material concerning the 18th century controversy
on the trend of population in England and Wales
with an introduction by Professor D V Glass (F 4.2 CEN/G)
W Brackenridge, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal
Society48, II, 1755
W Brackenridge, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal
Society49, I, 1756
W Brackenridge, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal
Society49, II, 1755
R Forster, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal
Society50, I, 1757
R Forster, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal
Society50, I, 1757
W Brackenridge, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal
Society50, I, 1757
G Burrington, An answer to Dr. William Brackenridge's letter,
London 1757
R Price, 'Observations on the expectations of lives ...',
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society59,
II, 1769
A Young, Letter in St. James's Chronicle, March 28, 1772,
from Political Arithmetic, London 1774
W Eden, Letter to the Earl of Carlisle (3rd edn), London
1780
W Wales, An Inquiry into the Present State of Population
in England and Wales London 1781
{[Anon], Uncertainty of the Present Population of this Kingdom,
London 1781
R Price, Observations on Reversionary Payments (5th edn),
London 1792 Vol.\ II
John Howlett, Letter to J Middleton in View of the Agriculture of
Middlesex London 1798
F M Eden, An Estimate of the Number of Inhabitants in Great
Britain and Ireland London 1800
THE DEVELOPMENT OF POPULATION STATISTICS
A collective reprint of materials concerning the history of census
taking and vital registration in England and Wales
with an introduction by Professor D V Glass (QUARTO F 4.2 CEN/G)
1753 Bill, A Bill, with Amendments, for Taking and Registering an
annual Account of the total Number of People
Anon, A letter to a Member of Parliament, on the Registering and
Numbering of the People of Great Britain, London 1753
{[A Young], Proposals to the Legislature for Numbering The People,
London 1771
1800 Act, "An Act for taking an Account of the Population of
Great Briatain, and of the Increase or Diminution thereof," 31st
December 1800
{[John Rickman], Observations on the Results of the Population Act,
41 Geo. III, London 1802, Supplement to the 1801 Census Reports
James Dodson, "A letter to Mr John Robertson ...",
Philosophical Transactions, 1752
W Black, "The sketch of a plan proposed for new-modelling and
essentially improving the London Bills of Births and Mortality . . ."
Observations Medical and Political, on the Small-Pox ..., 2nd edn.,
London 1781
1758 Bill, Obliging all Parishes in this Kingdom to keep proper
Registers of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
G Man Burrows, Strictures on the Uses and Defecfts of Parish
Registers and Bills of Mortality . . . London 1818
1836 Act, "An Act for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages
in England, 17th August 1836
Broadsheets and pamphlets relating to the 1836 Act
A Few Plaion Remarks on the Registration of Births
Marriage and Registration Acts
The Mistaken Mother
{[John Howlett], observations on the Increased Population
Healthiness etc of Maidstone, [Maidstone] 1782
John Heysham, Collected Bills of Mortality for Carlisle,
1779-1787
Joshua Milne, "The Carlisle Life Table" in Treatise on the
Valuation of Annuities and Assurances on Lives and Survivorships, London
1815
G King, "On the method used by Milne in the construction of the
Carlisle Table of Mortality," Journal of the Institute of Actuaries,
Vol. 24, October 1883
Willaim Farr, "The Northampton Life Table": From 8th Report of
the Registrar-General of England and Wales (for 1845), London 1849