────────────┬────────┬────────┬──────────────────┬─────────┬─────────── │ │ │ │ │ Annual │ │ │ │ │Expenses of │ Total │ │ │ │Funerals in │ Number │ │ │ │England and │ of │ │ │ Total │ Wales: │Funerals│ │ │Expenses │estimating │of each │ │ │ of the │ the │ Class │ Number │ │Funerals │proportions │ that │ of │ Expenses of Each │ of all │ of Deaths Class. │ have │Children│ Funeral of Each │ the │ of each │ taken │under 10│ Class, Inclusive │ Persons │Class to be │place in│Years of│ of Burial Dues. │ of each │the same as │ the │ Age. │ │ Class, │ in the │Metrop- │ │ │inclusive│Metropolis, │olis in │ │ │ of │ and the │the Year│ │ │Children.│ Average │ 1839. │ │ │ │Expenses of │ │ │ │ │each Class │ │ │ │ │ to be the │ │ │ │ │ same. ────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┬─────────┼─────────┼─────────── │ │ │Adults. │Children.│ │ ────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────── │ │ │£. _s._│ £. _s._│ £. │ £. Gentry, &c. │ 2,253│ 529│100 0│ 30 0│ 188,270│ 1,735,040 Tradesmen, │ 5,757│ 2,761│ 50 0│ 14 0│ 250,792│ 2,370,379 1st cls. │ │ │ │ │ │ Tradesmen, │ │ │ │ │ │ 2nd cls. │ 7,682│ 3,703│ 27 10│ 7 15│ 103,728│ and unde- │ │ │ │ │ │ scribed │ │ │ │ │ │ Artisans, │ 25,930│ 13,885│ 5 0│ 1 10│ 81,053│ 766,074 &c. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Paupers │ 3,655│ 593│ 13_s._ │ 2,761│ │ │ │ ———————│ │ │ Total expense for the │ 626,604│ │ │ Metropolis │ │ │ │ │ ————————— │ │Proximate Estimate of the Expense for│ │ │ the Total Number of Funerals in one│ 4,871,493 │ │ Year, England and Wales │