The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-07-02
NUMBER "A.
Tbs Mmllil'g Comet.
SINGULAR CALCULATION.

The New York Daily News com.
piles the following calculations from,
various sources, all of which are re-
liable. They are very curious and
interesting -
The number Of the inhabitants of a
country or city is almost renewed
every thirty years and if we allow
three generations for an age, the hu.
man race is renewed three times and
one-third during its existence. Sup
posing the world to be $50 years
old, there would be about 172 genera
tions siuce the Creation; 125 since
the Deluge, and 81 since the Christian
Era, and as there is not family that
can prove its origin even back to
CharIemagne, it follows that the most
anciently related among those who
take pride in genealogies are not able
to trace them further back than 30
generations-or even so far unless
they adopt the aid of legend or fiction
which is often much the same.
Out Of 1000 infants nursed by their
mothers, 800 died; and Of the same
number brought up by strange nurses.
! 500 perish. Infant mortality increas-
es faster than any other description,
which fact is accounted for by the cir
cumstances connected with luxurious
age. Commissions and dentition are
the predominating causes of infant
mortality.
The smallpox, in the natural way.
carries off about s out Of a 100; and
by incubation (vaccination) one
scarcely dies out of 800. It has been
observed that more girls than boys die
of small pox in the natural way.
From comparisons Of the bills of
mortality of several countries, there
are II out Of every 3.l26 who live to
the age of 100 years. The proper
tions of deaths of women, compared
with those of men, is 100 to 108.--
Married women live longer, on an av-
erage, than single. More people live
to great age in elevated situations
than those who reside on lower ones.
1t has been found that the greatest
number of deaths occurred in the
month of March. The months Of
August and September are the next to
March in this respect. The fewess
deaths take place in November, De-
cember and February. Out Of 1000
deaths 249 take place in winter, 2SS
in spring, 225 in summer, and 237 in
autumn. More die, therefore, in the
spring than in any other season-only
in large cities, where the deaths in
wiater preponderate over those Of
other seasons, for the very obvious
reason that in winter the large cities
and towns are more crowded by in
habitants than at any other seasons.
7 The half of all who are born, die be-
fore they reach II years Of age. The
plumber of old persons who die in cold
weather is as seven to four compared
with the mortality in warm or temper
ate weather.
The first month, and especially the
first day after birth, are marked by
, the greatest number of deaths among
infants. Of 2,735 who die when very
young, 1902 expire on the day Of
their birth, and the remainder during
the first month. According to good
e authority, the healthiest children are
5 those born in the months of Januaay,
8 February, and March. Among the
d lower animals the same has been
5 observed to hold good, and almost
every farmer will admit the fact in bis
: experience, The greatest number o.
births are in May and June--accord-
ing to collective statistical data. The
: number Of twins is to that Of the whole
h number of single births, as to Co.
In rural localities the children in q
family average, in this country, 8, in
cities the average only reaches 1t
r. In Great Britain, the average are, il
q .. the former cases, 4 and in the latter
z. p. - :. ;,
The married men are, to all the
: males in country, as 3 to s.; and th'
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