THE TRIADS OF IRELAND

Triads of Ireland The "Triads of Ireland" refers to a famous collection of Old Irish sayings grouped in threes. Its appearance as a header here, preceding a text about a Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic, likely indicates a printer's error or the reuse of paper, as the following text is entirely unrelated to Irish literature.

A Comparison Between the Following Two Tables

First, the proportion of deaths for each day, compared with the number of citizens who remained in Philadelphia at various times when those deaths occurred.

Secondly, the proportion of deaths for each day, compared with the total number of inhabitants as recorded by the marshal in the census of 1790 The 1790 United States census was the first official population count of the new nation..

The number of citizens remaining in the city and liberties original: "liberties"—areas of land outside the city limits but subject to its jurisdiction; in this context, the Northern Liberties and Southwark districts of Philadelphia. during the prevalence of the disease is estimated at about 23,000.

The total number of inhabitants, according to the census of 1790, was about 47,000.

According to the first estimate, the burials on the 12th of October—when they reached their highest point (totaling 111 deaths)—were in the proportion of one death for every 207 people who remained in the city.

According to the census of 1790, they were in the proportion of one death to approximately every 423 residents.

Taking the average of the deaths for the entire duration of the disorder (which was 38 per day), they were, according to the first estimate, in the proportion of one death to 600 people every day; and, according to the second estimate, in the proportion of one death to 1,230 people.