VITAL STATISTICS OF THE 80CIE1T OF FRIENDS. 



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to know that we are mending. The result for those interred 

 in the burial grounds of Friends is as follows : — 



20 years ending 1797, average duration of life, 25 years. 

 » >> 1817, „ ,, 28£ ,, 



„ ,, 1837, ii ,, 31£ ,, 



,, ,, 1856, ,, ,, 38 ,, 



How marked is the step in the last twenty years, being as 

 much as in the previous forty years ! New wide streets, 

 plenty of good water, the removal of old cottage property 

 in the heart of he town, clean streets, good sewers, and 

 extra-mural interments have had their share, no doubt, in 

 og the average; and are, it is to be expected, destined 

 to improve it still more. 



The following lines show at a glance by their length the 

 average duration of life of some of the classes under con- 

 sideration : — 



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