Some Recent Developments in Social Statistics, Correspondent Paper

Social statistics is not a clearly defined branch of the subject. In this first paper we shall therefore preface our review by a definition of the field with which this and subsequent articles will be concerned. Unlike biological statistics, which deals with statistical problems arising in biology, social statistics has a wider connotation than the statistics of sociology or social science. Traditionally it has been defined by its subject matter, that is with the quantitative aspects of health, welfare, education and employment, with migration, social and occupational mobility and with special topics arising out of these areas such as crime, poverty, leisure and manpower planning. In this sense many of the founding fathers of the subject were social statisticians including Graunt, Farr, Quetelet and Florence Nightingale. The Statistical Society of London (later to become the Royal Statistical Society) was founded in 1834 with the object of procuring, arranging and publishing 'Facts calculated to illustrate the Condition and Prospects of Society' limited as far as possible, to 'facts which can be stated numerically and arranged in tables'. The collection and dissemination of social statistics in this sense continues to be a vital function of national and interna-

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