Penfyhania, Philadelphia, 57 



the December of th^ year 1741, and conti- 

 nued till the next fpring. His uncommon 

 behaviour perfuaded many Englijhmen of 

 rank, that he was difordercd in his head. 



I HAVE not been able to find the exad: 

 number of the inhabitants of Philadelphia. 

 In the year 1746, they were reckoned above 

 ten thoufand, and fince that time their 

 number is incredibly encreafed. Neither 

 can it be made out from the Bills of morta- 

 lity, fince they are not kept regularly in all 

 the churches. I Ihall, however, mention 

 fome of thofe which appeared either in the 

 gazettes, or in bills printed on purpofe. 



Year. Dead. Year. Dead. Year. Dead. 



420 

 672 



758 



716 



From thefe bills of mortality it alfo ap- 

 pears, that the difeafes which are the moft 

 fatal, are confumptions, fevers, convulfi- 

 ons, pleurefies, hsemorrhagies, and drop- 

 fies. 



The number of thofe that are born can- 

 not be determined, fince in many churches 

 no order is obferved with regard to this af- 

 fair. The quakers, who are the moft 



nume- 



