This section is from the book "Manual Of Useful Information", by J. C Thomas. Also available from Amazon: Manual of useful Information.
Walford mentions 160 famines since the eleventh century, namely, England, 57; Ireland 34; Scotland, 12; France, 10; Germany, 11; Italy, etc., 36. The worst in modern times have been:
Country. | Date. | No. Of Victims. |
France............................................ | 1770 | 48,000 |
Ireland............................................ | 1847 | 1,029,000 |
India............................................ | 1866 | 1,450,000 |
Deaths from hunger and want were recorded as follows in 1879, according to Mulhall: Ireland, 3,789; England, 312; London, 101; France, 260. The proportion per 1,000 deaths was, respectively, 37.6, .6, 1.2, .3.
 
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