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Ah Abstract of the Registry kept at the Lying-in Hospital, Dublin, from Dec. 8, 1757* to Dec. 



31, 1784. 



Proportion of males and females born, about 9 males to 8 females, 

 children dying under 16 days old, as 1 to about 6 J. 

 children still-bom, as 1 to about 20. 

 women having twins, as 1 to about 60. 

 women dying in child-bed, as 1 to about 87. " 



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