i6o Mr. Henry on the Bills of Mortality 



number of tenanted houfes was 4268 ; of fami- 

 lies 6416, and of inhabitants 27246 j or 6y to 

 a houfe. But, in this account, the number of 

 inhabitants refiding in the townlhips, almoft the 

 whole of which was then nearly contiguous with 

 the towns, and now forms a part of them, was not 

 included. Thefe diftridls contained, at that 

 time, 311 houfes, 361 families, and 1905 indi- 

 viduals. This number, added to the former, 

 makes that of the inhabitants amount to 291 51*. 



Soon after the period, at which this furvey 

 was taken, a very confiderable increafe of inha- 

 bitants took place. The fpirit and ingenuity 

 of our manufactures made extraordinary and 

 rapid improvements in our fabrics; and the 

 introduftion of. machinery, inftead of leffening 

 the number of hands, found employment for 

 many additional people. The town extended 

 on every fide, and fuch was the influx of in- 

 habitants, that though a great number of new 

 houfes were built, they were occupied even be- 

 fore they were finiflied. 



The progrefs of the trade and population, 

 though certainly checked, was not wholly re- 

 ftrained, by the unfortunate, and ever to be 

 lamented, war, which was waged, during a 

 period of almoft nine years, with our American 

 Colonics, fupported by the immenfe and united 



• Dr. Percival's Eflays, vol. III. 



forces 



