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tants in this town be rightly computed, the yearly mor- 
tality amongft them is not fo much as i to 5 1 ; and every 
houfe contains at a medium five per fons. 
It appears by the obfervations lately communicated to 
me by the rev. Dr. tucker, that the number of females 
baptized at the parifli church of St. Stephen’s, in Brif- 
tol, from 1754 to 1774? exceeded the number of 
males baptized during the fame period of time; and that 
the like remark has been made in fome other parifiies 
of that city. From thefe fa<fi;s the learned dean con- 
cludes, that Mr. derham’s calculation, which fuppofes 
the proportion of male to female births to be as 1 3 to 
5 l 2, may poflibly be erroneous ; and he exprelfes his ear- 
neft wifiies, that farther enquiry may be made into a 
fubjecl of fo much importance. The following table 
will fiiew the refult of the few obfervations which I have 
.collected. 
A com- 
