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. 2015 Jun 15;69(1):188–214. doi: 10.1111/ehr.12112

Table 4.

Smallpox burials as a percentage of all burials

Age (completed years) Collegiate church, Manchester St John Deansgate, Manchester St Martin in the Fields, London
1753–61 1772–8 1785–91 1803–7 1769–99 1800–12 1752–66 1775–99 1802–12
0 15.7 22.1 21.3 13.5 19.8 7.9 4.0 6.8 6.7
1 27.5 40.4 45.5 27.1 43.1 22.4 17.9 17.9 10.6
2 30.7 42.7 47.8 30.6 50.2 22.2 27.2 26.0 17.9
3 30.5 45.9 53.0 29.7 44.5 22.2 41.7 32.2 24.8
4 40.0 30.8 44.1 26.0 33.7 16.9 41.3 32.4 25.1
5–9 15.2 20.6 18.1 10.6 12.1 2.8 33.5 22.8 13.2
<10 23.9 31.1 33.6 20.2 32.5 14.1 13.6 14.5 11.4
No cause 5.4 6.1 2.7 28.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 7.7 6.3

Notes: Infant burials were adjusted for burials of unknown age and infant smallpox burials were adjusted for burials of unknown age and cause as for tab. 1.

Sources: As for tab. 2.