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Dr. percival on Population . 
An enumeration of the inhabitants of Waverton, made 
in Auguft, 1774, by the rev. Mr. bissett, minifter of 
the parifh. 
• « 
Inhabited houfes, 
109 
Uninhabited ditto, 
2 
Heads of families, 
1 16 
Aged above 1 4 years, 
406 
Men and boys, 
310 
Women and girls, 
322 
Chriftcnings, 
Burials. 
1764 
19 
IO 
1765 
26 
2 
1766 
1 7 
7 
1767 
18 
IO 
1768 
22 
IO 
1769 
17 
7 
1770 
20 
8 
1771 
23 
9 
1772 
18 
1 2 
1773 
13 
9 
193 
84 
In the valuable work which I have fo often quoted, 
Dr. price hath given many convincing and melancholy 
proofs of the declining ftate of population in this king- 
dom. The growth of large towns; the prevalence of 
vice 
