A general bill of all the christnings and burials In the Parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, Middlesex, from the 21st of December 1778, to the 21st of December 1779. Presented by their obedient Servant, George Goodyer, Deputy Clerk. Whereof have died, Years of Age, Under Two Years of Age 68 Between Two and Five - 28 Five and Ten - - 5 Ten and Twenty - - 6 Twenty and Thirty - - 18 Thirty and Forty - - 16 Forty and Fifty - - - 22 Fifty and Sixty - - 18 Sixty and Seventy - - 20 Seventy and Eighty - - 19 Eighty and Ninety - - 8 Ninety and a Hundred - 2 In all 230 Diseases and Casualties. Aged - - - 20 Ague - - - - - 6 Apoplexy and Suddenly - 5 Asthma - - - - - 6 Cancer - - - - 2 Cholic - - - - - 3 Consumption - - 59 Convulsions - - - - 18 Dropsy - - - 4 Drowned by Accident - 1 Fever - - - 16 Fits - - - - - - 20 Gout - - - 1 Gripes - - - - - 6 Hooping Cough - - 3 Inflammation - - 3 Measles - - - - - 4 Mortification - - 3 Palsy - - - - - 6 Small Pox - - 26 Teeth - - - - - 10 Thrush - - - 8 In all 230 Abortive and Still-Born 7 Christned Males 64 Females 66 In all 130 Decreased in the Baptisms this Year 13. Buried Males 140 Females 90 In all 230 Decreased in the Burials this Year 5. N. B. Out of which Number of Burials were 22 Strangers buried.

Date:

1779]