Extrefts from the Regiftry kept 
at the Lying- 
in Hofpital, Dublin, 
from the year 1757 to 1784. 
Uniparous. 
Multiparous, Twins, Triplets, &c. 
"Women. 
Children. 
Women. 
Children. 
Delivered 
Delivered 
in Dead. 
Sex, Dead. 
Still-born. 
in Dead. 
Sex. Dead. Still-born. 
*Hofpitah 
M. F. M. F. 
M. F. 
Hofpital. 
M. F. M. F. M. F. 
19455 214 
10305 9150 1656 1247 
602 351 
331 15 
34* 3*o u6 91 29 20 
9150 1247 
35 1 
.3*0 91 20 
1943s 2903 
953 
662 207 49 
953 
49 
Total 3856 dead and ftill born. 
Total 256 dead and dill-born. 
Inferences. 
Inferences. 
1. Proportion t>f males to females born nearly as • ; 
J7 to iff 
8. Proportion of male twins to females born . . 17 to 16 
2 . - ■ — 
children dying under 16 days 
1 to 6} 
9. — 
twins dying under 16 days . . I to 3I 
3. ' 
-children ftill-bom • , 
I to 2Q| 
10. ■ — 
twins ftill-born . . . 1 to 13I 
— 
males dying to females 
4 » 3 
II. 
male twins dying-to females . . 5 to 4 
- 
— ftill-bom to ditto • 
12 to 7 
12. ■■ ■ 
ftill-bom to ditto . . 3 to 2 
6. 
'-ftill-born and dead of # each fex to the whole 
1 to s 
13. 1 
ftill-bom and dead of each fex to the whole 1 to 2-f 
7 . 
women dying in child-bed ' * . 
1 to 92 

-women dying • . . 1 to 22 
Totals of dead and ftill-bom. 
Totals of dead and ftill-born whether 
Totals of twins, &c, dead and ftill-born. 
Males. Females. 
uniparous 1 
or multiparous. 
Males. Females. 
1656 1247 
Males. 
Females. 
116 91 
602 351 
1656 
' 1247 
29 20 
2258 1598 
116 
9« 
145 hi 
602 
35 « 
Born in hofpital 
10305 9150 
29 
20 
Born 342 320 
Dead and ftill-bom 
2258 1598 
2403 
1709 
Dead and ftill-bom 145 m 
Sent out living 
8047 755* 
Sent out living 197 209 
755* 
Born 10647 
9470 
J 97 
2403 
1709 
•Balance 
495 in favour of the male fex. 
Balance in favour of the female fex 12 
8244 
7761 
7761 
<©f 30117 children born, at the end of a fortnight, there is only a balance of 483 in favour of the male fcx, although originally 1177 ; greater lofa of males 694. 
