Essays on Mankind and Political Arithmetic by Sir William Petty
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and consequently London, without the said three parishes, hath more
people than Paris and Rouen put together, by 114,284. Which number of 114,284 is probably more people than any other city of France contains. THE SECOND ESSAY. As for other comparisons of London with Paris, we farther repeat and enlarge what hath been formerly said upon those matters, as followeth, viz.:- 1. That forty per cent. die out of the hospitals at Paris where so many die unnecessarily, and scarce one-twentieth of that proportion out of the hospitals of London, which have been shown to be better than the best of Paris. 2. That at Paris 81,280 kitchens are within less than 24,000 street-doors, which makes less cleanly and convenient way of living than at London. 3. Where the number of christenings are near unto, or exceed the burials, the people are poorer, having few servants and little equipage. 4. The river Thames is more pleasant and navigable than the Seine, |
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