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annexed to the report of the House of Commons . Those tables do not , however , in their present form and without explanation , give an impartial view of the question , but in order to make it more clear we have copied one of the tables , No . 1 , and concentrated the other tables , which with some explanation will make the subject more evident . Table 1 . —Showing the proportion of deaths in every 10 , 000 prrsoni buried *
Deaths under Deaths under JLived to 40 years 20 years old . 40 years old . and upwards . In Rutland , a healthy county ... 3756 5031 4969 Eftcmx , a marshy county .... 4279 5805 4105 The Metropolis 4580 6111 3889 Chester , old and closely built , 1 ^ «« encc qoq ^ but not manufacturing .... $ 4538 6066 3934 Norwich , old and closely built , ^ manufacturing , but few or no > 4962 6049 3951 factories J Carlisle , 1779—1787 5319 6325 3674 Carlisle , 1818—1830 ; partly- ) manufacturing and partly > 5 G 68 6927 3071 spinning J Bradford , ( York , ) worsted spin- 1 5 g 96 7 Q 6 x 2 g 39 Macclesfield , silk spinning and 7 . 73 Q 0 27 QQ weaving J JOOif w r ^ T :: " b . . } «>» ^ 2883 Preston , do . do 6083 7462 2538 Bury , do . do 6017 7319 2681 Stockport , do . do 6005 7367 2633 Bolton , do . do 6113 7459 2541 Leeds , manufacturing :, and *) cm * *»^ n ntLcn woollen , flax , andsilk spinning j 6213 7441 2559 Holbech , flax spinning 6133 7337 2663
So that a greater proportion of persons have died at Leeds , where the factory system prevails , under the age of twenty , than have died at Norwich , where the domestic manufacture prevails , under the age of forty . That table makes it appear that the factory system destroys a vast proportion of human beings under the age of twenty years , it will , however , be found from table No . 2 . that such is not altogether the fact ; taking the same number 10 , 000 , and showing the number of deaths at various periods of age , it appears that the bulk of deaths are under the age of five years , and before they can be employed in factories . It is probabl y owing to the effect which factories have on the surrounding atmosphere , and to the little care which may be given to infants where the mother and the elder branches of families are at work in factories . Whatever the cause may be , ttfe fact , is proved , that before children can work in factories the proportion of deaths in towns where factories are established is greater than where they are not ; it will be seen that in Norwich , a domestic manufacturing town , the deaths under five years old are 4219 Leeds , a factory town 52 W
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146 On the Factory System .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1833, page 146, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2610/page/2/
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