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 |