on the Rate of Mortality. 



281 



1791 



1792 



1793 



1794 



1795 



1796 



1797 



1798 



1799 



1800 



1801 



180-2 



1 803 



I804 



I805 



1806 



1807 



1808 



I8O9 



1810 



1811 



1812 



1813 



I8I4 



1815 



1816 



I8I7 



1818 



1819 



1820 



1821 



1822 



1823 



1824 



1825 



1826 



1827 



182& 



1829 



1830 



Female 

 Popula- 

 tion. 



4,140,000 

 4,190,000 

 4,245,000 

 4,292,000 

 4,336,000 

 4,374,000 

 4,421,000 

 4,475,000 

 4,532,000 

 4,587,000 

 4,628,000 

 4,659,000 

 4,713,000 

 4,777,000 

 4,853,000 

 4,928,000 

 5,003,000 

 5,074,000 

 5,142,000 

 5,218,000 

 5,283,000 

 5,364,000 

 5,442,000 

 5,529,000 

 5,608,000 

 5,708,000 

 5,794,000 

 5,886,000 

 5,970,000 

 6,053,000 

 6,144,000 

 6,247,000 



Burials 



of 

 Females. 



6,355,000 

 6,453,000 

 6,550,000 

 6,644,000, 

 6,734,000 

 6,829,000 

 6,933,000 

 7,026,000 



92,668 



94,794 



101,699 



98,933 



104,747 



95,426 



95,825 



93,765 



94,348 



102,909 



103,082 



100,385 



101,269 



89,639 



90,154 



91,163 



97,855 



98,149 



93,577 



103,277 



93,572 



94,445 



92,751 



102,878 



97,966 



102,005 



98,229 



105,900 



106,815 



104,020 



104,870 



109,116 



117,737 



120,047 



125,291 



132,061 



122,880 



125,318 



129,705 



124,777 



Burials on each Million of Population when the 

 Price of Wheat is 



under50s 50s.to60s. QOs.tolOs. 10s.to80s. 80$.to90*. 90*.tol00*. above 100«, 



22,380 

 22,620 

 23,960 



20,950 



17,460 



23,050 

 21,670 



21,490 



18,760 



18,610 

 17,470 



17,070 

 18,5*20 



19,880 

 18,250 

 18,350 



Average of forty years 21,474i 19,375 



20,820 

 21,550 



19,560 



24,160 

 21,820 



17,180 



18,600 

 19,130 



8,710 

 17,760 



18,500 

 19,340 



17,7*10 

 17,040 



17,*870 



17,890 



18,580 



18,200 



17,990 



19,790 

 17,610 



16,950 



22,430 

 22,270 



19,163:19,292 18,257 18,116 



Wheat per 



Quarter. 



In I In 



Paper. Bullion. 



S. d, 



22,350 



50 



67 

 113 

 118 



67 

 56 

 60 1 

 87 10 

 79 

 73 3 

 79 

 95 7 



106 2 

 94 6 



125 5 



108 9 

 73 11 

 64 4 

 75 10 

 94 9 

 84 

 73 



Imper 

 56 2 



47 8 0<i 

 42 11 

 48 11 

 51 8 

 74 2 

 77 1 

 53 1 

 48 10 

 64 



104 



108 

 63 



44 



53 

 64 

 68 

 58 

 56 

 60 

 66 

 64 



80 

 71 

 65 

 54 

 43 

 51 

 62 

 66 

 57 

 55 

 58 

 64 

 62 



55 

 58 

 85 

 74 

 69 1 



74 

 81 

 97 

 76 1 

 96 7 

 79 8 

 59 11 

 54 5 

 73 9 

 92 9 



Few persons, I believe, on comparing the numbers at the 

 foot of this Table with the price of corn, will dispute that it 

 furnishes strong evidence of the tendency of low prices to 

 abridge human life. But I confess I was startled, on taking 



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