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托马斯·马尔萨斯：人口论·摘录 74
托马斯·马尔萨斯《人口论》· An Essay on the Principle of Population · 投资
By great attention to cleanliness, the plague seems at length to be completely expelled from London. But it is not improbable that among the secondary causes that produce even sickly seasons and epidemics ought to be ranked a crowded population and unwholesome and insufficient food. I have been led to this remark, by looking over some of the tables of Mr Suessmilch, which Dr Price has extracted in one of his notes to the postscript on the controversy respecting the population of England and Wales. They are considered as very correct, and if such tables were general, they would throw great light on the different ways by which population is repressed and prevented from increasing beyond the means of subsistence in any country. I will extract a part of the tables, with Dr Price's remarks.
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定位：Excerpt 74 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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马尔萨斯先承认伦敦靠清洁措施赶走了瘟疫，但马上提醒：拥挤的人口、不卫生的环境和不足的食物，仍是疾病和瘟疫季节的次要原因。他引用苏斯米尔希的统计表，认为这些表格能揭示各国人口如何被抑制、如何被限制在生存资料之内。他的方法是：用出生与死亡的数字对比，看哪些年份疾病把人口压下去。这告诉我们：公共卫生不能只靠消毒，还要看居住密度和营养；统计数字是发现人口压力的线索。
上下文
马尔萨斯引用苏斯米尔希的统计表，讨论瘟疫与人口抑制的关系。
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你所在地区的出生和死亡数据，能看出哪些被忽视的健康压力？
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