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MEDICAL TOPOGRAPHY OF MALVERN,

Table 3.—The number of marriages, baptisms, and deaths, in the under-mentioned parishes, in twelve years; from 1813 to 1816, 1823 to 1826, and 1830 to 1833 inclusive.

	Marria.	Baptisms.			Deaths.
	Marria.	Males.	Females.	Both.	Deaths.
Great Malvern	96	255	282	537	371
Little Malvern	11	30	24	54	26
Hanley Castle	97	228	201	429	312
Welland	28	97	69	166	90
Redmarley	64	164	162	316	137
Leigh and Bransford	89	286	294	580	334
Madresfield	8	63	57	120	29
Newland	12	29	28	57	29
Eastern Division	405	1142	1117	2259	13258
Ledbury	230	662	709	1371	937
Colwall	47	130	140	270	153
Mathon	44	103	136	239	128
Coddington	14	23	29	52	54
Cradley	90	259	239	498	350
Western Division	425	1177	1253	2430	1622
Western Division	830	2319	2370	4869	2950

The annual proportion of marriages to the population, during the four years from 1830 to 1833, was, in the eastern division, as 1 to 225; and in the western, as 1 to 205.

The annual proportion of marriages in Worcester, during the ten years preceding 1831, was as to 66 of the population in 1831.^[1]

↑ The annual proportion of marriages to the population, during the five years preceding 1831, was, in England, as 1 in 128: the several counties ranging from 1 in 103, to 1 in 175. The extremes take place in Middlesex and Hertfordshire, or rather, as the above facts shew, in some cities, and in the rural districts around them.

One of the evils seriously felt in agricultural districts, is the great

[1] The annual proportion of marriages to the population, during the five years preceding 1831, was, in England, as 1 in 128: the several counties ranging from 1 in 103, to 1 in 175. The extremes take place in Middlesex and Hertfordshire, or rather, as the above facts shew, in some cities, and in the rural districts around them.

One of the evils seriously felt in agricultural districts, is the great

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