New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-26
FRENCH CONJUGAL STATISTICS.

We find in London Journal paperreai by W.
FAR r. K s Mt the meeting of tue British Associar
,ion for the Promotion Of Sci. Sceuce, upon an in
,ere.rr subject viz: The Influence Of Marriage on
"tte Mortality of the French People" The Doctor,
After nludins to the fact that the changes which age
induces IN fe have been cacusied; that tho differ
epces IN the mortality Of the tso sexes are known
that We have invesg aied the effects of air, water,
bills plains and marshe. of the sun in various Sos
sops and clinates; of food animal and vegetable oi
alcoholic drinks. aud Of foul exhalaou., passes to the
il fuepce of "subtlc agencies" sucn as the specific
effec If industrial occupations Of study, of tho ply
of TIE passions, upon various parts OF the body. IL
may not be uurnerestng useless TO follow the Doc
tor in these specolaons, these demonstrations, a.
he would be more likely to consider them. 10 these
computatups minors beirg excluded We find OF the
following great group:
J. Tie Married, consisting Of two groups, namely;
Husbands 6,9s6, 223; ard Wives, 6,9is ss3-making
total Of I3G35,ti6.
IL The Celbste, who have never married, namely:
Tn. Bachelors. 4,oii.iO5 and the spnsers, i,5i9,eH
making a total of s,564,O4e.
III, The Wldowed ia two groups: Wijowen,
s36 $50; and Widows, I,6s7, ,5S3-makhg total Of
2524,0 ,0s2.
The whole population Of France amounted in 1851
to &c 00O Geo, dwelling u every variety VI climate and
atmosphere, culuvatlDg the vine aud olive 10 the
s, utb the apple ana the cereal crops in the nnth-a
population pastoral on the lands ana the mountains,
and manufacturing IL the few &c cites. la 1881, he
number of married persons Of both was not quite
IA, 600 600. The French aw legaizes the marriage OF
men at lS, and of women at Is. The rsity Of TIE
married under the age of 90 s excessively high, con-
frmug the opinion Of the evil consequences Of
na1ss cs uuder the age Of 20, before .he growth OF
the Individual man is completed. The wives OF from
20 TO 80 years Of age experience rate of mortality halt
high agar a. the husbaods. TIE mortality Of the
husbands is exceedingly Io~, 65 aud III, while wives
of 90 to 80 die at the rate Of 93 G00 in rather
higher proportions than the wives Of the subsequent
age OF 3Ci0, where the mortality is 81, the exssss
being fairly sscribsble to the Of chd.bearinz
and to gnoraut mdwves. At the a,e Of 1870, tho
mortality of the husbands l0.3) is slightly her than
the mortality Of the wives aud remains somewhat
higher sfter~ard. OF 0oO husbands living at
tire age of 60-70, there 5.4 deaths TO 900 wives,
35.4 deaths. And this proportion is subsequently
maintained.
We come nov to the cellbste. Under 90 the NOR
talty much lower in tie two than in the mss-
red from Is to 81 900 the proportion Of deaths is
Of males 60 and of females l. Ranging from the ages
OF 20 10 ca unmarried men experience much higher
rate OF mortality than unmarried women. The excess
of tie mortality Of males mt the age Of 900 was in
the ratio OF II to s.7tbs beng sggraved by the
deaths Of the soldiers in Agers ard In the taeerne ct
home. From 81 TO ~, the annual deaths 10 900
living was, males, I2.4 females, 1913; from 40 TO 30
Of males, III; females, 1885, and from 80 to CO. males,
29.5 females, 5. At thc age Of ca and upward the
unmarried of both seIes nearly equally mortal.
Comparing the married with the unmarried women,
We find tbutfrom 70 TO 5 msdenshave the aiyant.ge,
the pr portion being in ,0U cases that of9.8 married
to s.j single. From IS to 80 the mortality Of the
married IL slightly in 9.2 to s.0 From 80 to
40 the mortality Of the wives is l. and Of the
ried 1913. After the age Of 40, the married omen
peienoe q much lower rate VI mortality tHao tho
sipgle-the deaths at 40 being 10 0 married to 1873
upnsrTied- at so being l6 married to 23.5 unmar-
ned, and at GO Of 35i married TO 1873 unmarrHi
The contrast between the health Of bachelors and Of
the married Den il rtl striking. The mortality
per eco among married men and bachelors wss IN
the oges from Is 90 married 93 to unmarried 81;
at 90 married 6.5 To li.j; ut 80, married IL to l24;
at 4O married 1913 to III; at So married l8 10 1915;
ard at CO. married 35i To 1879. The first item Is de-
caied 10 be sn exaggera.lon.
II Unmarried men aid women suiier from disease 10
undue truportion, those Who have been marne3
suffer still more. At 40, more vidows die than
married women, aud al earlier ages the rate is doubled.
At 40 ard upward, their mortality is lower than the
uorts!'y Of unmarried Of corresponding age.
At ell sses, widOws are mortal than wives. Tho
portsily d young w.dowers under the age oi 80, or
,wn 49, svery ceavy; after GO they die more rapidly
than hu-bsDcs, than ol6 bscleors. The reasonable
conclusion Of the startcal doctor is tina. marriage
isn tesiby estate"
The married man has smaller s,sre Of the means
of living than the single, be shsres his gains with
his wife snd children. His ministry il stimulated
though his food and clothing msy be Of a'ower De
ferpton ard bis lodging .1ore crowded. On .he ofhsf
hand, the single move abort freely, aof csny
HE industry to the best lrke. Ras ''llis boaseho"
- comforts ere less; the ws,chfal care Of womsn
dces no. direct the care Of his dwelling the very