, 1876-07-09
HUMAN LIFE.
Comparative Duration In Various Occupap
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London Inder-
In the supplement- to the th1Tty-ftth annual
report of the Registrar General OF Births,
Dcath, aud Marriages, Just published, IN inter
csting chapter is devoted to the comparative
duration Of the life Of persons engaged in ri
r;ous occupations, shown. the effect OF the dit-
fcrent trades on the health Of the population
We think the subject one ut such general IL
terest that i VII be worth while to tcproa9ss
average mortality among persons engaged
in this business is very higt. Ffs1mon-
gers experience full as high mortalty
Is butchers. Pnblcaps-The humorous, useful,
community with drinks, food, and entertain
1nent in inns, are sure to suffer more from fatal
disease than the members OF almost any Other
known class They might themselves institute
strict inquiry into it's CAUSES But there can BE-
little doubt that the deaths will BE- found to
he due to delirium trencns and the many dis
eases induced or aggravated By excessive drink
ing. It seems to be we'll established that drink.
ing small doses OF alcoholic EQu0rs-uot only
spirits, the most fatal OF all the poisons, bas
out food, Is Invariably preiudtcial. When
this Is carried on from morning till late
hours In the night, fow stou1achs, fer
brains can stand it. Tne habit Of
indulgence Is slow suicide. The many
snmc eyfent. md fn that fytert share tIe sama
tate. The dnttccroug trudes ure made ioubly
dangerous by excesses. The clergy of the E.
lie priests. and barristers. ali exnerience low
rates Of mortality from aces IS to Is. The cley-
gy lead 8 comfortable, temperate, domestic.
moral life, in healthy parsonages, and their lives
are good In the insurance sense. The young
less cares. The mortality Of Catholic priests
after the are Of Is is high: perInps the eff.rts
Of cclibacy are then felt. Solicitors experience
the full average mortality after the aco OF S.;
the legal work IS hard. Physicians and surgeons,
from youth up to the age Of Is, expe-
rfcncc mortality much above the average; a.
til that ace they differ little from the average.
They are III contact with the sick, are exposed
to zynotic disease, and their rest Is disturbed
hand. There is an excess Of practitioners in
cities. Country practitioners have to visit
thei: patients in ali weattc's. at all hours. Tic
causes from which medical men suffer de-
maud careful study. Chemists and druggists
pharmacy is scparate business and IS
Of more recent growth Their morality,
like that of medical men, is high and
above the average, especially In tue younger
ages. Commercial clerks experience IN cxccp-
which they work are generally close and III
ventilated. They often stoop ut their desks.
They required Sir John I.ubbocls's HOLIDAYS.
Railway scrvauts-The railway service, taken
collectively, experience hight rite Of mortal
vanccil ages. Veterinary surgeons aud farriers
Of the age Of Is and upwards cxnerience rcry
high rate Of mortality, higher than physicians
and surgeons. Carpenters ete.-Vhcel-
wrtyhts, working ehiclly in wood and scat
tered ali over tho Kingdom, are healthy: their
mortality is loy1 at 81 AGES. 70 carnentcrs,,
ioiucrs sawyers. and workers In ws1I rener-
ally, the sa,ne observation nav BE- extended;