273 Tradesmen and their families 26 1,258 Mechanics, servants, and labourers, and their families 16 The mean chances of life amongst the several classes in Leeds appear from the returns to the Registrar-general generally to correspond with the anticipations raised by the descriptions given of the condition of the labouring population. No. of LEEDS BOROUGH. Average Deaths. Age of Deceased. 79 Gentlemen and persons engaged in professions, and their families 44 years. 824 Tradesmen, farmers, and their families 27 3,395 Operatives, labourers, and their families 19 But in Liverpool (which is a commercial and not a manufacturing town) where, however, the condition of the dwellings are reported to be the worst, where, according to the report of Dr. Duncan, 40,000 of the population live in cellars, where 1 in 25 of the population are annually attacked with fever,—there the mean chances of life appear from the returns to the Registrar-general to be still lower than in Manchester, Leeds, or amongst the silk weavers in Bethnal Green. During the year 1840, the deaths, distinguishable in classes, were as follows:— No. of LIVERPOOL, 1840. Average Deaths. Age of Deceased. 137 Gentry and professional persons, &c. 35 years. 1,738 Tradesmen and their families 22 5,597 Labourers, mechanics, and servants, &c. 15 Of the deaths which occurred amongst the labouring classes, it appears that no less than 62 per cent. of the total number were deaths under five years of age. Even amongst those entered as shopkeepers and tradesmen, no less than 50 per cent. died before they attained that period. The proportion of mortality for Birmingham, where there are many insalubrious manufactories, but where the drainage of the town and the general condition of the inhabitants is comparatively good, was, in 1838, 1 in 40; whilst in Liverpool it was 1 in 31.