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marriages than usual to take place, supposing the number of houses to remain the same, instead of five or six to a cottage, there must be seven or eight, and this, added to the necessity of harder living, would probably have a very unfavourable effect on the health of the common people.
Annual Average. | Births. | Burials. | Marriages. | Proportion of Births to Marriages. |
Proportion of Births to Burials. |
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5 yrs to 1701 | 5433 | 3483 | 1436 | 37 to 10 | 155 to 100 |
5 yrs to 1726 | 7012 | 4254 | 1713 | 40 to 10 | 164 to 100 |
5 yrs to 1756 | 7978 | 5567 | 1891 | 42 to 10 | 143 to 100 |
"Epidemics prevailed for six years, from 1736, to 1741, which checked the increase."
Annual Average. | Births. | Burials. | Marriages. | Proportion of Births to Marriages. |
Proportion of Births to Burials. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 yrs to 1702 | 6431 | 4103 | 1681 | 38 to 10 | 156 to 100 |
5 yrs to 1717 | 7590 | 5335 | 2076 | 36 to 10 | 142 to 100 |
5 yrs to 1756 | 8,850 | 8,069 | 2,193 | 40 to 10 | 109 to 100 |
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