more than usual, it began to be suspected that the plague was among the
people at that end of the town, and that many had died of it, though
they had taken care to keep it as much from the knowledge of the public
as possible. This possessed the heads of the people very much, and few
cared to go through Drury Lane, or the other streets suspected, unless
they had extraordinary business that obliged them to it

This increase of the bills stood thus: the usual number of burials in
a week, in the parishes of St Giles-in-the-Fields and St Andrew's,
Holborn, were from twelve to seventeen or nineteen each, few more
or less; but from the time that the plague first began in St Giles's
parish, it was observed that the ordinary burials increased in number
considerably. For example:--

From December 27 to January 3 { St Giles's 16
" { St Andrew's 17

" January 3 " " 10 { St Giles's 12
" { St Andrew's 25

" January 10 " " 17 { St Giles's 18
" { St Andrew's 28

" January 17 " " 24 { St Giles's 23
" { St Andrew's 16

" January 24 " " 31 { St Giles's 24
" { St Andrew's 15

" January 30 " February 7 { St Giles's 21