Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the bills of mortality by John Graunt ... ; with reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city.
- Title
- Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the bills of mortality by John Graunt ... ; with reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city.
- Author
- Graunt, John, 1620-1674.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for John Martin, James Allestry, and Tho. Dicas ...,
- 1662.
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- Subject terms
- Mortality -- England -- London.
- London (England) -- Statistics, Vital.
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Contents
- title page
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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOHN LordROBERTS, Baron ofTruro, LordPrivie-Seal, and one of His Majestie's most HonourablePrivie Council. -
To the Honourable, Sir ROBERT MORAY,Knight, One of His Majestie's Privie-Council for His Kingdom of Scotland,and Presidentof the Royal Society of Philosophers,meeting at Gresham-College,and to the rest of that Honourable Society. -
An INDEX of the Positions, Obser∣vations,and Questionscontained in this Discourse. - THE PREFACE.
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treatise
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CHAP. I.
Of the Bills of Mortality, their beginning, and progress. -
CAP. II.
General Observations upon the Casualties. -
CHAP. III.
Of Particular Casualties. -
CAP. IV.
Of the Plague. -
CHAP. V.
Other Observations upon the Plague, and Casualties. -
CHAP. VI.
Of the Sickliness, Healthfulness, and Fruitfulness of Seasons. -
CHAP. VII.
Of the difference between Burials, and Christnings. -
CHHP. VIII.
Of the difference between the numbers of Males, and Females. -
CHAP. IX.
Of the growth of the City. -
CHAP. X.
Of the Inequality of Parishes. -
CHAP. XI.
Of the number of Inhabitants. -
CHAP. XII.
Of the Country Bills.
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CHAP. I.
- The Conclusion.
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Advertisements for the better understand∣ing of the several Tables: videlicet,Concerning the Table of Casualtiescon∣sisting of thirty Columns. -
The Table of Burials, and Christnings, consisting of 7Columns. -
The Table of Males, and Females, con∣taining 5Columns. - Errata.