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II. TH B SWEDISH PEOPLE.
number of the towns lie by the sea, or near the great lakes, which
gave easy communication to the ocean. At the commencement of the
century, the towns on the Baltic coast (not including those on the Gulf
of Bothnia) possessed 57 % of the whole urban population of Sweden.
At present, this proportion has fallen to 50 %. The towns on the west
coast, on the other hand, which, at the beginning of the century, had
but 15 % of the entire population, now boast 25 i. of the whole.
There is, as is well known, a very broad distinction between town
and country in respect to the greater number of the problems which
are treated of in vital statistics. This has been the case not least in
Sweden. But, during the last few decades, this distinction has amongst
us been to a great degree obliterated, the totons having more and more
nearly approached the more natural conditions of the rural districts. The
In Gothenburg.
towns have thus made very great progress during this epoch as regards
wealth and a more careful communal administration. It may be
mentioned, for instance, that the hygienic arrangements of Stockholm and
also of several other places in Sweden have been regarded abroad as
most exemplary. And even the smaller towns of Sweden nowadays
possess a most attractive appearance in consequence of their
cleanliness and order. In consequence of their spaciousness with regard
to premises — a feature peculiar to Sweden — the towns are
considerably larger in extent than might be expected from the small number
of the population.
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