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chiefly the poor people of the place, as well as of the country round 
about, whence comes that fort of linnen, ufually called Sclejie 
linnenj which is the chief, if not the only commodity of the 
place; For thefe realbns, the people of this city leem moil proper 
for a ftandard^ and the rather, becaufe the births do a Irnall mat- 
ter exceed the funerals j the only thing wanting is the number of 
the whole people, which Mr. Halky hath envlcavoured to lupply 
by comparifon of the mortality of people of all ages 3 and it ap- 
pears that in five years; viz. from 87 topi includve, there were 
born 5193 perfons, and buried ')i6^-^ that is, hoxnper Amium 
1 2 38, and buried 11 74 3 whence an cncreafe of (J4 'per Annum 
may be argued, or of about a 20th part, which may perhaps be 
balanced by the levies for the emperor's fervice; but this being 
contingent, and the births certain, Mr. Halky luppofes the people 
o^ Srejlaii) to be encreafed by 1238 births annually ; of thele it 
appears by the fame tables, that 348 do yearly die m the firfl year 
of their age, and that but 890 do arrive at a full year's age • and 
like wile, that 198 die in the 5 years between i and 6 complete, 
taken at a mean, fo that only 592 of the perfons born, do iuryive 
6 whole years 3 from this age, the infants being arrived at ibme 
degree of firmnels, grow lefs and lefs mortal 3 and it appears, 
that of the whole people o'i Sre/laix)^ there die yearly, as in the 
following table; wherein, the upper line fhews the age; and the 
next under it, the number of perfons, of that age, dying yearly. 
42, 
7. 8. 9. . . 14. . . 
18. 
. . 21. . . 27. 28. . . 35. 36. . , 
11. II. 6. 5i. 2. 3f 
' ■ 4v • 49- 54- 55- 
5^.- 
6. 4i:. 6i. 9. 8. 7. 7. 8. 9^ 
. . 63. . . 70. 71. 72. . . Tj. . . 
10. 12. 9i. 14. 9. II. 91. 6. 7, 
9. 7. 7. 10. II. 9. 
9- 
. . 84. . 90. 91. 98. 
99. 
100. 
4. 2. I. I. I. 0. 
f- 
And where no figure is placed over, it is to be underilood of 
thofe that die between the ages of the preceeding md iubfequent 
column: From this table it 'is evident, that from the age of 9 to 
about 25, not above 6 per Annum die of each age, which is much 
about one /)er Cf/^r 3 and whereas m the 14, 15, i<^ and 17 years 
much fewer appear to die, as 2 and 3 j 3 yet it feems rather to be 
owing to chance, as are alfo the other irregularities in the leries 
of ag^es, which would reaify themfflves, were the number of 
years much more confiderable, as 20 inftead of 5 3 and in Clrri^- 
Church-Eofpital there are faid to die of the young lads, much 
about one per Cent, per Aumm, they being of the atoreiaid ages 3 
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