1805.) 
The chief caufe of ne difference be-. 
tween the feveral counties in -this refpe&t 
is, the large towns, and ‘particularly the 
fea-ports they contain; as in {uch places 
the inhabitants live more crowded toge- 
_ ther than in moderate-fized inland towns. 
The county of Suffolk, however, appears 
an exception to this remark, as it contains 
a greater proportion of inhabitants toa 
houfe than any other except Middlefex, 
which, in this initance, ariles in a very 
{mall degree from large towns, it .being 
very high through the whole county. In 
a great “pumber of places it is 7, 8, and 
9 perfons to a houfe, and in fome {till 
higher. © The number? of~ uninhabited 
houfes throughout, the county is very 
{mall, which, combined with the circum- 
ftance ane dasittioned : feems to fhow that 
the population of this county is rapidly 
increafing. 
Tt mutt be expected that local circum- 
ftances may occafion a confiderable varia- 
tion in the propertion of inhabitants to, the 
houfes, and caufe it-to appear in fome 
places conliderably greater, and in others 
lefs, than. the ufual number, though it is 
much eafier 40 account for the former than 
the latter. ‘Whe following are a few in- 
fiances in which it appears coniiderably 
below the ufual rate : 
Perfons to a houfe. 
Parith of Keyfoe, Bedford, : 4 
Hamlet of Hedgerley Dean, Bucks, 23 
Parifh of Lavenden, ditto, 4 
Townfhip of Barthomley, Chelter, a7 
Parifh of Dunkefkwell, Devon, zg 
Parifh of Eaft Haddon, Northampton, 24 
@ kes | in which the propertion of inha- 
aad to a houle exceeds the ufual num- 
Der : 
Perfous to a houfe. 
Parith of Wafing, Berks, : 11 
Parith of Childeriey, Cambridge, 143 
Townfhip of Daliton, Cumberland, 124 
Parith of Alditone, dittoy ‘Bes 
‘Townthip of \Garrigill,’ ditto, 145 
Parifh of Great Waldingfield Suffolk, 13 
Parith of Eufton, ditto, 12 
Parith of Hehgrave, dittoyy: vora 
Parifh of Shipineadow, ditto,” 314 
*7Perhaps fome of the Correfpondents of 
the Monthly Magazine who refide near the 
places abovementioned, may be able to com- 
municate the dinieuatensed which caufe this 
apparent deviation from the uiual proportion 
of inhabitants. 
On the Poputation, ic. of Great Britain. 
323 
The differnt proportion of inhabitants 
toa houfe in large towns, and in thofe of 
lefs extent, will be fhown with tolerable 
accuracy by the following Ratements : 
Inhabitants. Townse Perftoahoufe, 
$64,845 London, 74 
34,020 ‘Manchelter, 62 
775653 Liverpool, a OE 
63,645 Briftel, 6 
43,194 Plymouth, 92 
32,200 Bath, 7% 
$2,166 Port{inouth, 6 
29516 Hall, 64 
2%,366 Newcafile, 9 
The other towns in England containing 
more than 20,000 inhabitants, are the fol. 
lowing : 
Inhabitants. Towns. Perf. toaboufe 
735670 Birmingham, © 5 
53,162 Leeds, 42 
36,332 Norwich, 44 
91,314 Sheffield, 42 
23,861 Nottingham, 5% 
Thefe are al] the manufaGturing towns, 
the trade of which, it is well known, had 
been for feveral years previous to the time 
when the enumeration was taken, in a 
very diltreffed fituation, and had reduced 
the population much below its ‘ufual 
ftandard. If proof of this fa& is: necef- 
fary, it may be found in'the number of 
unmbhabited houfes, which, at Birming- 
ham, amounted to more than rin 9; at 
Shefheld, to 1 in 113; while at Plymouth 
‘there was found only 1 in 513 and at 
Portfmouth, 1 in 178.* A few years 
continuance of peace would reftore the 
population which fome of the manufactur- 
ing towns have loft, and reduce (though in 
a lefs degree) that of the principal out- 
ports.: 
Proportion of perfons to a houfe in 
towns of a moderate fize : . 
Inhabitants. Towns. Perf-toahoufe. 
7909 Devizes, 5 
7668 Salifbury, 5x 
7655 Bury, | 5% 
7579 Gloucefter, 6h 
7531. Wellington, Sz 
7398 Lincoln, 5 
7302 Bradford, 52 
7020 ’ Northampton, sé 
6828 Hereford, 5 
* The number of: uninhabited houfes in 
Birmingham was more than in Man¢hefter, 
Liverpool, Briftol, Plymouth, Bath, Portf- . 
mouth, Hull, and Newcaftle, together. 
8 a Se 6730 
