{ "id": "e8d9b8a9652f0dba44c4dd738c7e2c6551efcdfc", "text": "II. The Bills of Mortality in several Parts of Europe, for the Years 1724 and 1725. Extracted from the Acta Breslaviensia, by the Same.\n\nFor the Year 1724.\n\nA List of those that were Born and Buried at Breslaw in the Year 1724.\n\n| Persons. | Among the Dead were, |\n|----------|---------------------|\n| From the 25th to the 31st of Dec. 1723. | Married Men 231 |\n| January 1724. | Married Women 148 |\n| February | Widows and Widowers 154 |\n| March | Batchelors 57 |\n| April | Maidens 66 |\n| May | Children to 10 Years of Age. Boys 417 |\n| June | Girls 326 |\n| July | Still-born Boys 36 |\n| August | Girls 31 |\n| September | Total 1466 |\n| October | Christened |\n| November | Males 709 |\n| 1 Dec. to 24 Dec. | Females 613 |\n| Sum Total | Total 1322 |\n| 1466 | Married 386 Pairs. |\n\nIn\nIn Vienna.\n\nBuried 5524, among whom\n\n| Years of Age | Number |\n|--------------|--------|\n| 90 | 3 |\n| 92 | 2 |\n| 93 | 2 |\n| 95 | 5 |\n| 96 | 2 |\n| 97 | 1 |\n| 98 | 3 |\n| 99 | 1 |\n| 100 | 2 |\n| 101 | 3 |\n| 103 | 2 |\n| 106 | 1 |\n\nChristened 4427.\n\nAt Lübau.\n\nBuried 135\nChristened 166\nMarried 38 Pairs\n\nAt Lauban.\n\nChristened\n\nBoys 107\nGirls 116\nTotal 223\n\nBuried\nBuried\n\nMarried Men 29\nMarried Women 19\nBatchelors 7\nMaidens 15\nChildren { Boys 68\nGirls 61\nInfants 23\nStill-born 17\nWidows and { 18\nWidowers\n\n257. Among which there died 97 Children of the Small-Pox.\n\nThere were married 73 Couple.\n\nAt Dresden\n\nChristened Boys 715\nGirls 712\nBastards { Boys 60\nGirls 70\nTotal 1557\nBuried\n\nMarried Men 161\nMarried Women 151\nWidowers 35\nWidows 143\nBatchelors 72\nMaidens 71\nChildren\nBoys 522\nGirls 508\nStill-born\nBoys 58\nGirls 40\n\nTotal 1761. Being 204 more than were Christened.\n\nMarried Couple 413.\n\nAt Leipsick.\n\nChristened in January 79 in July 78\nFebruary 71 August 94\nMarch 99 Sept. 79\nApril 78 October 79\nMay 74 November 50\nJune 69 December 63\n\n470 443 470\n\nTotal 913\n\nChristened in all 913. Boys 491, Girls 422; among whom there were three Children at one Birth, born the 31st of October, one being alive, the two others Still-born, besides 14 Twins.\nBuried in January 53 \nFebruary 78 \nMarch 87 \nApril 109 \nMay 100 \nJune 74 \nJuly 90 \nAugust 86 \nSeptember 77 \nOctober 73 \nNovember 70 \nDecember 64 \nTotal 961\n\nAmong which\n\nMarried Men 122 \nMarried Women 81 \nBatchelors 51 \nMaidens 44 \nChildren { Boys 234 \nGirls 210 \nWomen in Childbed 17 \nInfants { Boys 59 \nGirls 28 \nStill-born { Boys 33 \nGirls 28 \nWidows & Widowers 54 \nTotal 961\n\nMarried Couple 276.\n\nAt Erfurt.\n\nChristened 659 \nBuried 612 \nMarried Couple 188\n\nAt Salfeld.\n\nChristened 119 \nBuried 90 \nMarried 24 Couple.\nAt Gera.\n\nBuried\nMarried Men 28\nMarried Women 15\nWidowers 4\nWidows 22\nBatchelors 6\nMaidens 4\n\nChildren\nBoys 76\nGirls 42\n\nTotal 197\n\nIncluding 10 Still-born.\n\nChristened\nBoys 153\nGirls 143\n\nTotal 296\n\nIncluding 6 Twins; one of which was Still-born.\n\nMarried Couple 82\n\nAt Berlin.\n\nChristened 2798\nBuried 2492\nMarried Couple 864\nIn all the King of Prussia's Dominions.\n\n| Region | Born | Married Couple | Buried |\n|---------------------------------------------|------|----------------|--------|\n| In the Kingdom of Prussia | 21685| 4611 | 13680 |\n| Churmarck Brandenburg | 19507| 5019 | 12949 |\n| New Marck | 7044 | 1838 | 4285 |\n| Dukedom of Magdeburg | | | |\n| and County of Mansfeld | 8584 | 2073 | 6035 |\n| Dukedom of Cleves and County of Marck | 6949 | 2071 | 7182 |\n| Dutchy of Pomerania | 8168 | 1949 | 5670 |\n| Principality of Halberstadt | 2889 | 781 | 2326 |\n| County of Hohnstein | 593 | 171 | 399 |\n| Principality of Minden | 2203 | 684 | 2030 |\n| County of Ravensberg | 2417 | 680 | 2166 |\n| Principality of Mirs | 426 | 166 | 529 |\n| Dukedom of Geldren | 1861 | 420 | 1860 |\n| County of Teklenburg | 497 | 146 | 517 |\n| County of Lingen | 769 | 255 | 647 |\n| Lauenburg and Butow | 607 | 133 | 361 |\n| French Colonies | 711 | 185 | 546 |\n| **Total** | **84910** | **21182** | **61182** |\n\nAmong the Christened were 2215 Bastards. Among the Dead 66, who lived to 90, and upwards as far as 100.\nAt Regenspurg, among the Protestants,\n\nChristened Boys 172 \nGirls 126 \nTotal 298. Among which were 5 Twins.\n\nBuried Married Men 34 \nMarried Women 46 \nIncluding 13 Widows \nand four that died in Child-bed.\n\nBatchelors 13 \nMaidens 7 \nChildren \nBoys 79 \nGirls 110 \nTotal 289\n\nMarried Couple 68\n\nAt Amsterdam.\n\nBuried 7622 \nMarried 2294\n\nAt Venice.\n\nBuried 4590 \nBorn 5046\n\nAt Copenhagen.\n\nChristened Boys 1306 \nGirls 1183 \nTotal 2489\nBuried Men 486 \nWomen 343 \nBoys 991 \nGirls 931 \nTotal 2751. Being 262 more than were born, and 837 more than there died in this City the Year before; this extraordinary Mortality being ascribed to the Small-Pox being very rife.\n\nMarried Couple 748\n\nAt Dantzick.\n\nChristened 1999 \nMarried Couple 488 \nBuried 1872, or 377 more than the Year before.\n\nBills of Mortality for the Year 1725.\n\nAt Breslau.\n\nFrom Dec. 25 to 31, 1724.\n\nJanuary 1725 125 \nFebruary 115 \nMarch 129 \nApril 166 \nMay 122 \nJune 106 \nJuly 121 \nAugust 107 \nSeptember 115 \nOctober 141 \nNovember 97 \nDec. 1, to 24 67 \nTotal 1441\n\nAmong which\n\nMarried Men 259 \nMarried Women 153 \nWidows and Widowers 158 \nBatchelors 64 \nMaidens 58 \nChildren to 10 Years of Age 364 \nStill-born Boys 44 \nGirls 306 \nBoys 364 \nGirls 306 \nStill-born Boys 44 \nGirls 35 \nTotal 1441\n\nChristened 1\nChristened Boys 664 \nGirls 675 \nTotal 1339 \nMarried 363 Couple.\n\nAt Vienna.\n\nBuried Men 1007 \nWomen 1433 \nBoys 1865 \nGirls 1560 \nTotal 5865. Among which\n\nChristened 4708\n\nAt Dresden.\n\nChristened Boys 758 \nGirls 714 \nBastards Boys 68 \nGirls 60 \nTotal 1600\n\nBuried\nBuried Married Men 225\nMarried Women 174\nWidowers 36\nWidows 65\nBatchelors 99\nMaidens 167\nChildren Boys 478 among which, Boys 53\nGirls 398 Still-born Girls 33\nTotal 1642\n\nMarried Couple 519\n\nAt Leipsick.\n\nChristened Boys 478\nGirls 461\nTotal 940. Among which were Posthumous Births 6\nTwins 12\nBastards 141, and among them 3 Twins.\n\nMarried 260 Couple.\nBuried Married Men 113\nMarried Women 75\nBatchelors 49\nMaidens 34\nBoys 165\nGirls 106\nWomen in Childbed 10\nChildren Boys 58\nGirls 51\nStill-born Boys 45\nGirls 24\nWidows and Widowers 77\nTotal 807\n\nAt Erfurt.\n\nBuried 617\nChristened 624\nMarried 183 Couple.\n\nAt Coburg.\n\nChristened Boys 105\nGirls 101\n206. Among which 3 Twins and 8 Bastards.\n\nBuried Married Men 35\nMarried Women 35\nWomen in Childbed 2\nBatchelors 4\nMaidens 10\nChildren 96. Six of which were Still-born.\nTotal 182\n\nAccording\nAccording to the Months.\n\n| Month | Christenings | Burials |\n|---------|--------------|---------|\n| January | 17 | 22 |\n| February| 27 | 13 |\n| March | 24 | 18 |\n| April | 18 | 20 |\n| May | 16 | 11 |\n| June | 15 | 10 |\n| | **117** | **94** |\n\n| Month | Christenings | Burials |\n|---------|--------------|---------|\n| July | 12 | 18 |\n| August | 10 | 14 |\n| Sept. | 21 | 13 |\n| Oct. | 23 | 15 |\n| Nov. | 11 | 9 |\n| Dec. | 12 | 19 |\n| | **89** | **88** |\n\nTotal | **117** | **95** |\n\nMarried Couple | 46\n\nAt Regenspurg among the Protestants.\n\nChristened Boys | 142\nGirls | 126\n | **268** Among which 4 Twins.\n\nBuried Married Men | 42\nMarried Women | 39\nBatchelors | 13\nMaidens | 11\nChildren | { Boys 58\n | Girls 50\n | Total **213**\n\nMarried Couple | 80\nAt Franckfort on the Mayn.\n\nChristened Boys 346\nGirls 385\n\n731. Including 10 Twins,\n4 Posthumous Births, 1 Jew, 2 Foundlings, and 22 Bastards.\n\nBuried 843\n\nChristened at Sachsenhausen\nBoys 87\nGirls 79\n\n166. Including 2 Twins and 9 Bastards.\n\nBuried at Sachsenhausen 168\n\nMarried Pairs at Franckfort and Sachsenhausen 209.\n\nMarriages at Amsterdam in the Reformed Church.\nIn 1724 2294\n1725 2249\n\nAt Venice.\nBorn 4836\nBuried 4816\n\nAt Dantzick.\nChristened 2012\nBuried 1678\nMarried Couple 46\n\nP. S. The Publisher is informed that this will be the last Account that will be given in so particular a Manner: The University of Breslaw designing for the future to give only a general Table, as practised in London.\n\nS 2 III. 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