William Petty

Name: Observations upon the Dublin Bills of Mortality, MDCLXXXI. And the State of that City.
Author: William Petty

Observations upon the Dublin Bills of Mortality… (1899)

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“Observations upon the Dublin Bills of Mortality, MDCLXXXI. And the State of that City.”, published in 1899, is a work by William Petty. It explores elements such as Dublin, Births and Burials.

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William Petty, Observations upon the Dublin Bills of Mortality… (1899)

“ The London-Observations reckon eight heads in each Family [11] ; according to which estimation, there are 32000 Souls [12] in the 4000 Families of Dublin; which is but half of what most Men imagine; of which but about one sixth part are able to bear Arms, besides the Royal Regiment.
6. Without the knowledge of the true number of People, as a Principle, the whole scope and use of the keeping Bills of Births and Burials is impaired; wherefore by laborious Conjectures and Calculations to deduce the number of People from the Births and Burials, may be Ingenious, but very preposterous. ”

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William Petty, Observations upon the Dublin Bills of Mortality… (1899)

“ It is said, that there are Eighty four thousand Houses or Families in London, which is Twenty one times more than are in Dublin; and yet the Births and Burials of London are but Twelve times those of Dublin: which shews that the Inhabitants of Dublin are more crowded and streightned in their Housing, than those of London; and consequently, that to increase the Buildings of Dublin, will make that City more conformable to London. ”

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William Petty, Observations upon the Dublin Bills of Mortality… (1899)

“ I shall also add some Reasons for altering the present forms of the Dublin-Bills of Mortality, according to what hath been here recommended, viz.
1. We give the distinctions of Males and Females in the Births onely; for that the Burials must, at one time or another, be in the same proportion with the Births.||
2. We do in the Weekly and Quarterly Bills propose, that notice be taken in the Burials of what numbers dye above Sixty and Seventy, and what under Sixteen, Six, and Two years old; foreseeing good uses to be made of that distinction. ”

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William Petty, Observations upon the Dublin Bills of Mortality… (1899)

“ If the number of Families in Dublin be about 4000, then Ten Men, in one week (at the Charge of about Five pound, Surveying Eight Families in an hour) may directly, and without Algebra, make an Accompt of the whole People, expressing their several Ages, Sex, Marriages, Title, Trade, Religion, &c. ”

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William Petty, Observations upon the Dublin Bills of Mortality… (1899)

“ If Births be as yet the measure of the People, and that the Births (as has been shewn) are as Five to Eight, then Eight fifths of the Births is the number of the Burials, where the year was not considerable for extraordinary Sickness or Salubrity; and is the Rule whereby to measure the same. As for Example: The Medium of Births in Dublin was 1026, the Eight fifths whereof is 1641, but the real Burials were 1644; so as in said years they differed little from the 1641, which was the Standard of Health ”

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William Petty, Observations upon the Dublin Bills of Mortality… (1899)

“ It is to be further noted, that in these Six London-Bills also; there is not one instance either in the Births or Burials to the contrary.
9. It hath been formerly observ'd, That in the years wherein most dye, fewest are born, & vice versâ [8] . The same may be further observ'd in Males and Females, viz. When fewest Males are born, then most dye: for here the Males dyed as Twelve to Eleven, which is above the mean proportion of Fourteen to Thirteen, but were born but as Nineteen to Eighteen, which is below the same.
Observations upon the Table B.
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William Petty, Observations upon the Dublin Bills of Mortality… (1899)

“ The accompanying pamphlet is not a startling from his resolutions, "for it was put a printing when I first came to town [4] , and hath been kept in hand by my brother beast Mark Pardo, the stationer... ”

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