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TABLE XIV.
Names of parishes Population in 1811 No of Men between the Age
of 18 and 45 liable to serve
in the Militia.
Miners' M. Cornwall M.
I.─Mining Parishes.
Camborne, 4714 666 248
Crowan 3021 204 83
Gwinear, 1952 157 92
Illogan, 4078 294 172
Redruth, 5903 689 349
St. Just, 3057 375 110
Perran, 626 65 52
St. Hillary, 1248 89 89
Towednack, 532 56 43
Total, 25131 2595 1238
II.─Agricultural Parsihes.
Lugdvan 1431 94 125
Village of Marazion, 1022 20 82
Buryan, 1188 43 117
Gulval, 1224 25 140
St. Levan, 434 0 69
Gwithian, 372 9 57
St. Erth, 1317 41 148
Madron, 1817 49 195
Town of Pezance, 4022 4 549
Paul and Fishing Villages, 3496 37 352
Sancred, 790 25 104
Sennen, 495 0 96
Zennor, 671 45 51
Lelant, 1180 48 65
Morvah, 273 19 25
Phillack, 2119 74 145
Total Agricultural Parishes, 25132 604 2579


The Tables which follow are strikingly illustrative of the influence of mining in shortening life in this district.


TABLE XV.─Relative Proportion of Deaths to the living Inhabitants, among the Mining and Agricultural Population respectively.
Population in 1811. Deaths in 1811. Proportion of of Deaths.
In the nine Mining Parishes, in which the Mining Population is to the other classes as 100 to 47, 25,131 433 1 in 58
In the fifteen Agricultural Parishes, (including Towns and Fishing villages), in which the Mining Population is to the other classes as 100 to 426, 25,132 390 1 in 64