Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 63, 1830-1831. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, [n.d.].
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'Appendix: poor laws, Appendix No. V', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 63, 1830-1831, (London, [n.d.]) pp. 706. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol63/p706 [accessed 25 April 2024]
No. 5.- Comparative Increase of Population under the Old and New System of Management of the Poor in the Parish of Cookham. (Delivered in by The Rev. Thos. Whateley.)
Answer, communicated by The Rev. Thos. Whateley, to the Question proposed to him in Page 242 of the Evidence; viz.- "Have you found, since you have adopted this System, that the Population has not increased with the same Rapidity as it did under the former Systems?"
I find the Population has not increased with the same Rapidity since the Establishment of a Select Vestry in this Parish as it did under the former Systems. In order to ascertain this Fact, I have examined the Register of Baptisms, and have taken Three several Periods of Nine Years each. The last Period of Nine Years is that during which the New System has been adopted. The other Two comprise the Eighteen Years immediately antecedent to it. Below I give the Numbers in their Order: -
593. 706. 676.
It appears therefore, that the Increase of Baptisms in the Nine Years immediately before the Establishment of the New System, compared with the Nine Years immediately antecedent to it, was 113. In the last Nine Years there has been a Decrease of 30, compared, in like Manner, with the Nine Years immediately antecedent to it.
Thos. Whateley.
Cookham, 21st March 1831.