566 . Mr. WiGGLESWORTH'S 
fo that 692 of the perfons born, furvive fix whole years, and 
but 710 furvive five whole years. Hence it follows, that 
at Ere/law five perfons out of twelve that are born, die be- 
fore they have completed the fifth year of their age. Where- 
as at Jpfwicb- Hamlet, where, in the. courfe of ten: years, 
431 perfons have been born, but 60 died before they had 
completed the fifth year ; that is but 6 in 33 ; which de- 
termines Z^/fzcb- Hamlet to be more than twice as favourable as 
Breflaw, for the prefervation of life in its firft tages... A fimi- 
lar conclufion may be made with refpe& to the late periods of 
life... For d Dr. Ha/ley's table, out of 1000 perfons who die 
llyat Breflaw, but 34 furviye 80 years complete. Whereas 
at Ipficicb- Hamlet, out of; 164. perfons who have died in ten 
years, 21. perfons have furvived 8o years complete. At the ~ 
former place, one in about go; at the latter, one in about 8 
arrive atthis great age. ..— ~ 
Mr. Lincoln, eldeft fon of the Hon. Major-General Linol, 
has been fo kind as to favour me with a copy of the Rev. Mr. 
Gays bills of the baptifms, marriages and burials, in the firft 
parih in Aingham, from 1726 to 1779, inclufive. This aged 
and venerable gentleman has been exceedingly accurate in keep- 
ing thofe bills. The age of every perfon who has died in his pa- ' 
rith for 54. years, is fet down in the order of the deaths. This 
bill will be very ferviceable in computing a table of the probabi- 
lities of the continuance of life in New-Eng/and, poífibly more 
fo than any: others that can be obtained. 
This bill I have reduced to the refpe&ive years of the hu- 
man life, and by this means have determined the particular num- 
ber that have diedin each age. From the reduction, it appears, 
that cms as well as J5/wicb, is more favourable to longe- 
vity 
