He then refers to an estimate made by _Mr. M’Culloch_, who, viewing a human being as a productive machine, reared to last a certain time, and to return so much more than he costs, estimates a full-grown workman just, arrived at maturity as having 300_l._ of capital invested in him. At the actual cost of maintaining and training a pauper child in England at the school in Norwood, 4_s._ 6_d._ per week, he will have had expended upon him at 21 years of age, 245_l._, or at 30 years, 350_l._; but he supposes— “The money value of these male and female adults to be just the one-half of this, or 150_l._, which makes the loss, by the premature death of these 656 adults, to be 98,400_l._; and, if the remaining 656 under the age of maturity, yet approaching it, be taken at the half of the adults, or 75_l._ each, we have a loss of 49,200_l._ more; to which, if we add 1_l._ a-piece, or 1,312_l._ in all, for attendance and medical expenses, the Fever Bill of Dundee, during the last seven years, will stand as follows:— Fever Bill of Dundee from 1833 to 1839. £. _s._ _d._ Loss of labour for six weeks of 5,248 adults at 12,595 0 0 8_s._ a-week Attendance, medicine at home or infirmary, at 1_l._ 5,248 0 0 each Loss of labour for six weeks of 5,248 under age, at 6,297 12 0 4_s._ a-week Expense of treatment of the above at infirmary or 2,624 0 0 home, at 10_s._ a-piece Loss by death of 656 adults, at 150_l._ each. 98,400 0 0 Loss by 656 deaths under age, at 75_l._ a-piece 49,200 0 0 Treatment of 1,312 cases, at 1_l._ each 1,312 0 0 ———————— —— — £175,676 12 0 Or 25,096_l._ 13_s._ per annum.