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.