In London the fever-deaths, with the deaths from all causes, rose decidedly in 1718, and reached a very high figure in 1719, of which the summer was excessively hot. One cause, at least, was want of employment, especially among weavers in the East End[102]. But the epidemic fever of 1718-19 was not limited to the distressed classes; we have a glimpse of it, under the name of “spotted fever,” in the family of the archbishop of Canterbury: “On Friday night the archbishop of Canterbury’s sixth daughter was interred in our chancel, with four others preceding, she dying on Monday after three days of the spotted fever. The fourth and seventh are recovered, and hoped past danger[103].” The following table shows the fever-mortalities for London, from 1718 onwards, and, for comparison, the excessive mortalities in the epidemics of 1710 and 1714: _London Mortalities from Fever, &c._ Year Fevers Spotted fevers Smallpox All causes 1710 4397 343 3138 24620 1714 4631 150 2810 26569 1718 3475 132 1884 26523 1719 3803 124 3229 28347 1720 3910 46 1442 25454 1721 3331 84 2375 26142 1722 3088 22 2167 25750 1723 3321 51 3271 29197 1724 3262 84 1227 25952 1725 3277 59 3188 25523 1726 4666 84 1569 29647 1727 4728 102 2379 28418 1728 4716 94 2105 27810 1729 5235 [The entry 2849 29722 1730 4011 ends.] 1914 26761 1731 3225 2640 25262 1732 2939 1197 23358 1733 3831 1370 29233 1734 3116 2688 26062 1735 2544 1594 23538 1736 3361 3014 27581 1737 4580 2084 27823 1738 3890 1590 25825 1739 3334 1690 25432 1740 4003 2725 30811 In country parishes, according to Short’s abstracts of registers, there was no unusual sickness in 1718 and 1719. But in market towns the mortality rose greatly in 1719, which had an excessively hot summer; and that was the year when the _synochus_ or typhus described by Wintringham reached its worst at York. The mortality kept high for several years after 1719. _Market Towns._ Registers Registers with Deaths Births Year examined excess of deaths in same in same