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Square. Specially in the Workhouse, Respiratory Diseases
destroyed the most; Consumption ranked the next; Brain
Affections carried off 22, and Epidemics 12. 21 Children fell
below 5, and 25 Persons under 20 years; and in the second,
third, fourth and fifth vicenniads, 18, 34, 79 and 7 of the
Inmates died; two of whom lived to the age of 91, and 1 to
95. Enrolling all—Children and Adults—under the head of
Avocation or Position, the Servants numbered 66, the
Weavers 33, the Labourers 16, the Hawkers 5, the Shoemakers
4, the Carpenters 3, the Bakers 3, the Unknown 3;
the Printers. Sawyer.-, Bricklayers, Binders, Laundresses and
Seamstresses, each 2; whilst 1 Winder, 1 Stay-maker,
1 Dress-maker, 1 Charwoman, 1 Nurse, 1 Twine-Spinner,
1 Green-grocer, 1 Pipe-Maker, 1 Plasterer, 1 Tailor, 1 Dyer,
1 Draper, 1 Potman, 1 Carver, 1 (iunmaker, 1 Flutemaker,
1 Artist and 1 Orphan complete the list. At Christmas the
Inmates consisted of 308 Men, 327 Women, and 217 Children
; or of a total of 852, being 44 less than at a like period
of 1858. The Out-door Paupers, on the other hand, were
6omewhat in excess—861 vice 764.

* This high ratio of 1 birth to every 23 6 persons implies that the population
of the Town exceeds the sum of its Census Return.