4799-] 
of that which occurred in fome of the ear- 
‘lier months of the year. 
At the hofpital for innoculation 575 
perfons were received into the houfe and 
~ went through the difeafe witheut the lofs, 
of a fingle patient: befides thele 2747 
were innoculated and then difmiffed to 
weNh |. are th 
, GENERAL BILL OF MORTALITY. 
For the Year 1798. 
BORTIVE and Stilborn - 594 Inflammation - ~ = 384 
Abjicefs - = 26 Itch Sunes be A . 
Aged - ~ sra1y | Lethargy " By Mom 
Ague 3 B = ~ 3 Livergrown - - 3 ¥ 
Apoplexy and Suddenly «= (224  Lunatick ape a a 83 
Afthma and Phthifick ~ + 421 Meafles: i 4 2) tg 
Bedridden ~ s a ~ 2 Mifcarriage ease . 5 
Bleeding - '- - 22 Mortification - fs ee a 
Burften and Rupture 2 - 18 Paipi:ation of the Heart an eae & 
Cancer Ey wih - eee alia Pally” c A i 96 
Childbed - - - 144 Pleurify 3 NY ay rs 
Colds - - i 4 Quinfy - = a 5 
Colick, Gripes, and Twifting of the Rheurmatifm = oh ¢ : 
Guts By oke - - Wa) HAIGhets 4) is % : 
Confumption - - ~ 4533 Scurvy e y i Te 
Convulfions - - - 3663 Small Pox - G - 2237 
Cough, and Hooping Cough - 418 Sore Throat s , 
Croup - ~ ~ 14 Sores and Uicers . ie ir 
Diabetes - ~ - q Spafm . : be si ‘ 
Dropfy °* - ~ - - +84 St. Anthony’s Fire = ce 4 
Evil - ~ - 4  Stoppage in the Stomach eS i: 4 
Fevers of all kinds - = ined) hecen en Ls be Ne 
Fiftula - ~ - 2. Thrufh - 2 i 49 
Flux spony = - 12 Worms is a S 3 
French Pox ~ - - 39 Violent Deaths, Cafualties, &c. 247 
Gout - ea aR: Sena GIVES a" Aga 
Gravel, Stone, and Strangury ~ 16 Calter Females*- 8430 173927 
Grief - - ~ 7 : Males - 8964 
Headmouldfhot, Horfe-fhoe-head, and . Buried Females - 9191 18,165 
Water in the Head - - 67 Died under Two Years ofage = 5728 
aundice ‘- = - 69. Between 80 and 100 i 394. 
aw Locked aL Cee hie 2 Upwards of 100 ea z 
‘ General Bill of Mortality for 1798. 
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their own habitations, of whom only 
three died inthe courfe of the year. 
The number of patients in the natural 
{mall pox received into the hofpital was 
255: to many of thefe the difeafe proved 
fatal. ; 
STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 
In Fanuary 1799. | 
FRANCE. 
E noticed in our laft the-declara- 
tion of war by the French Re- 
public againft the kings. of Naples and 
Sardinia. Previous to this event, Ge- 
neral Mack having entered Rome, felt 
himfelf naturally elated, and defirous of 
continuing his conqueft without refift- 
_ance; he therefore directed letters to be 
written to the French generals, in which 
he fulminated forth the moft violent me- 
naces. For every fingle fhot fired at his 
troops, he threatened to give up one of 
the French in the hofpitals to the ju/? in- 
dignation of the people, To thete me- 
‘ 
naces the French generals replied, * that 
they placed the fick, and other French... 
men who remained at Rome to take care 
of them, under the guardianfhip of all 
the Neapolitan foldiers; and if a hair of 
their ‘heads fhould be hurt, it fhould be a 
fignal for the death of all the Neapolitan 
officers who had fallen into their hands:”’ 
The French left fome forces in Fort St.- 
Angelo, with an affurance of a fpeedy 
return, and foon after an{wered the threats 
of General Mack by defeating a part of 
his army at Civita Caffellana. Two of 
the French foldiers were found fhot with - 
their hands bound, as well as the edile 
and 
