And that the different proportions in each of the said articles between London, the great towns, and the villages, may the better appear, he has formed the following scheme:-
London and Bills The other
Cities The Villages and
of Mortality. and great Towns.
Hamlets.
Souls. Souls.
Souls.
Husbands
and Wives 37% 196,100 36% 313,200
34% 1,394,000 Widowers 2% 10,600
2% 17,400 1.5% 61,500 Widows 7%
37,100 6% 52,200 4.5% 184,500 Children
33% 174,900 40% 348,000 47% 1,927,000
Servants 13% 68,900 11% 95,700 10%
410,000 Sojourners 8% 42,400 5%
43,500 3% 123,000
100% 530,000 100% 870,000 100%
4,100,000
SCHEME B (Continued)
He further observes, supposing the people to be 5,500,000, that the yearly births of the Kingdom may be 190,000, and that the several ages of the people may be as follows:
In all Males
Females
Those under 1 years old 170,000 88,500
81,500
Those under 5 years old 820,000 413,300
406,700
Those under 10 years old 1,520,000 762,900
757,100
Those above 16 years old 3,260,000 1,578,000
1,682,000
Those above 21 years old 2,700,000 1,300,000
1,400,000
Those above 25 years old 2,400,000 1,152,000
1,248,000
Those above 60 years old 600,000 270,000
330,000
Those under 16 years old 2,240,000
Those above 16 years old 3,260,000
Total of the people 5,500,000
That the bachelors are about 28 per cent. of the whole, whereof those under twenty-five years are 25.5 per cent., and those above twenty-five years are 2.5 per cent.
That the maidens are about 28.5 per cent. of the whole.
Whereof those under 25 years are 26.5 per cent.
And those above 25 years are 2 per cent.
That the males and females in the kingdom in general are aged, one with another, 27 years and a half.
That in the kingdom in general there is near as many people living under 20 years of age as there is above 20, whereof half of the males are under 19, and one half of the females are under 21 years.
That the ages of the people, according to their several distinctions, are as follows, viz.:-
Vide Scheme C.
Having thus stated the numbers of the people, he gives a scheme of the income and expense of the several families of England, calculated for the year 1688.
SCHEME C
The husbands are aged 43 years apiece, which, at 17.25% makes 742 years. The wives 40 17.25% 690 The widowers 56 1.5% 84 The widows 60 4.5% 270 The children 12 45% 540 The servants 27 10.5% 284 The sojourners 35 4% 140 At a medium 27.5 100 2,750
Vide Scheme D.