The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-24
The Comparative Dura1ion OF
Human Life In VarionS o Oceupa-
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annual report OF the Registrar General
Of births, deaths and marriages, just pub
lished, an interesting chapter is devoted
to the comparative duration Of the life Of
persons engaged in various occupations,
showing the effect OF the different trades
on the health Of the population.
We think the subject is one Of such
general interest that 1t will be worth
while to reproduce portion Of his re-
marks: Butchers-The average mortal
ity among persons engaged in this busi-
ness Is very high. Fishmongers exper-
ience as high mortality as butchers.
Publicans-The humorous, useful, and,
as body, respectable men who supply
the commupity with drinks, food and el.
tertainment In inns, are sure to suffer
more from fatal disease than the mem
bers Of almost any other class. They
might themselves institute strict inqui'
~ fntotits ctuseE But there can be but
little doubt that The deaths will be found
to be due to delirium trcmens and the
many diseases induced or aggravated by
excessive drinking. It seems TO be well
/ established that drinking small doses OF
alcoholic liquors-not only spirits, the
most fatal OF all the poisons, but wine
and beer-at frequent intervals without
food, is invariably prejudicial. When
this is carried on from morning till late
hours in the night few stomachs, few
brains, can stand It.
The habit Of induigense ida slpw sui
eide. The many deaths'of ppblicanS'ap.
pear 10 prove IL. 0thsr ltrEdessindnlge
in the publicans' practice to some extent,
and to that extent share the same fate.
The dangerous trades are made doubly
dangerous by excesses. The clergy OF
the Established Church, Protestant min.
listers, Catholic priests and barristers, all
experience low rates OF mortality from
the ages OF twenty-five to torty.fVe. The
clergy lead comfortable, temperate, do
nestle, moral life, in healthy parsonages,
and their lives are good in the insurance
] sense. r.. .aZ.-,si
The yonng eurste compared with the
young doctor. has less cares. The. NOR.
tality Of Catholic priests after the age OF
sixty.fye is high; perhaps the effects Of
celibacy are then felt. Solicitors expert
ence the full average mortality after the
age OF thirty.fve; the legal work is hard.
Physicians aud surgeuns, from youth up
to the age OF forty.hye, experience NOR.
tality much above the average. They
are in contact with the sick, are exposed
10 zymotic disease, and their rest is dis.
turbed. In states Of depression. deadly
poisons are at hand. THERE'S an excess
ofpracdtioners in cities. Country prac.
titioners have 10 visit their patients in
all weathers, at all hours. The causes
from which medical men suffer demand
careful study. Chemists and druggists
are younger than medical men, because
\ pharmacy Is q separate business and is oi
more recent growth. Their mortality,
like that OF medical men, is high and
above the average, especially among the
younger ages.
Commercial clerks experience an ex-
\ ceptionally high rate Of mortality. The
rooms in which they work are generally
close and ill-ventilated. They often
stoop at their desks. They require Sir
John Lubock's holidays.
Railway Seryants-The railway ser.
vice, taken collectively, experience high
rate Of neutrality-suspicious. higher than
medical men at advanced. ages..-,V ,Veteri,
nary sergeons and farriers Of the age oi
twenty-five and upwards experience a
heavy, high rate Of mortality-higher
than physicians and surgeons.
Carpenters, etc.-Wheelwrights, work
ling chiefly in wood and scattered all over
the kingdom, are healthy; their mortality
is low ut allhgea. To carpenters, joiners,
sawycrs and workers in wood generally,
the same observation may be extended;
their mortality is low, their occupation is
healthy. Factory hapds-the wool, silk
cotton manufacturing population no
longer experience an exceptionally high
mortality. a.
Lord Salisbury. and his enlightened
colleagues must be gratiaed, II not en-.
tirely satisfied; with the suecess that has
crowned their lifelong, labors. And 1t is
creditableto the mill owners 70 find the
men and boys In their employ suffering
less than. many people in towns, The
people working in wood are the healthi
lest; at all the young ages their mortality
Is the lowest; at forty.hye and upwards
the cotton.workers suffer much more
than the workers. In wool and silk.
Drapers-The MERGERS and dfapefs sre
not 50 healthy class as could be desired;
their mortality is above the average; es-
pecially Is this the case from twenty-five
TO forty.five. Perhaps much Of their
work is better suited 70 women than to
young men. Barbers-The hairdressers
BARRIERS and wigmakers, the English
Figaros, living chiefly In cities; expert.
enee, according TO these retutns, high
rates Of mortality at all ages ;Rnd so do
hatters. Shoemakers at ali ages, except
from twenty TO twenty Ave and at ad'
yAnced ages, experience arate OF mortal.
ity below the average. -, - ----'----
TRilors, on the contrary, die at rates
much a5ove the average. For their
health, and for shoemakers, both classes
counting more than 100000 men, much
remains TO be done. Bakers experience q
mortality very little above the average,
and that is chiefly at advanced ages.
Grocers, at all ages after thirty Ave, 'ex:
perience q low rate Of moEtali.y. To:
bacconists-the tobacconists, snuff and
tobacco manufacturers; suffer very much
at all the younger ages, indicating clearly
enough how prejudicial smoking Is to
young men.
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