The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-03-17

nation, a million % children from The
moment Of birth some ot these arc
born feeble, some are soon attacked by
disoaac, oil aro surrounded by many
perils, and more than u fourth OF The
whole number. taking all England, viii
have died before they are five years
old, Loss than q seventh part OF the
number of deaths In the first period Of
five years will bo recorded in the sec
ond. There are fever deaths between
the ages Of ten and fifteen than AT any
other time Of life, 1T las If the de
stroying angel looked compoTsionately
for few moments on the weakened
members of that mighty host, from
which no had already eXOclod 10 heavy
a tribute" From fifteen 10 twonty the
mortality again increases, especially
among women IN consumption ana
childbirlh--lor greater proportional
number Of deaths occur among those
who marry ut II very early ago-mako
severe havoc in their ranks At tins
age tho effect of the more dangerous
occupations of men than those OF
women begins TO bo seen, and fully
eight times ~ many men ~ women die
violent deaths. The number of deaths
from violence increases in the next
Eve years, and during the same period,
from twenty to twenty-five nearly half
the mortality is from consumption,
From this point UPWARDS the career
of the survivors Is cmonicled by the
registrar only at intervals Of ten years,
From twenty-five to thity-lye cons
is still the most fatal disease,
Most OF those who now die bad already
settled into their several avocations,
and are fathers and husbands, mothers
and wives. llence the deaths during
this period leave more sorrow and
trouble behind them than those which
occur earlier The same conditions in
the main continue between thiItyslive
and forty-liye A new generation has
now been born, But pressing forward
with the rapidly thinning ranks of its
predecessor, we find that while con-
continues TO claim the most
victims aud violent deaths are ut about
the same ratio as when men enter upon
active li!e many succumb TO diseases oil
The principal organs,
The period from forty iive to Iilty'
i've is justly marked as the central arch
in the bridge of life, for the million
whom we saw at the outset have now
down to less than half n mil
ion. The number of deaths at this age
is considerably greater than in the pre-
ceding ton years, Consumption is still
very destructive, and the strain of weai
and tear is shown by an increasing
of victims to diseases of the
brain and of the heart. Dr. Far, from
whose figures the foregoing statements
have been condensed, says that of tn,
million singled out in imagination
-four hundred and twenty.onc thou
sand one hundred and fifteen attain t
the age of tiGty.hve, near the middle o
the possible lifetime of humanity in it
present state. From this point til,
degree of danger, which has hithert,
increased slowly, now increases at s,
much faster pace that, although tn,
number of lives grows less, the number
of deaths increases in every one OF tn,
next twenty years, and is afterwards
sustained for ten years longer, until a
last, in the distance, the whole million
will have disappeared,
1t is noteworthy that of one hundred
women living at the age of fity-fve anc
upwards, eleven are spinsters, forty
three widows, and iorty>six wives
while of one hundred men, nine ar,
bachelors, twenty,four widowers, and
siXtyseven husbands. At the age o
titty-three, the number of men anG
women that survive becomes equal
but from iifty.iive and onward the
women exceed the men in number
Diseases of the lungs, heart and brain
are very fatal between lirty-iive and
siXtyNHve. The melancholy fact that
in this period suicides are, proportion,
ally, more numerous .han in any other
is probably to be accounted for by the
of cares and trouble and the
decline of yigor and energy. Death.
are more numerous between siXty>tive
and seyenty~iive than during the pres
vions decade. The majority of the
grandchildren of the generation under
survey have been born by this time,
the average cge of grand.paternity
being sixtysoyen. The greater number
'fmen die at seventy,two. The inhu>
'nce of weather upon health becomes
most marked from seventysiive to
'ighty>fve. 1t is estimated that, on an
'verage, out of every million born, one
hundred and sixtysone thousand one
hundred and twenty four reach the age
II seventy-fye. But by eighty-kve, this
lumber has dwindled to thirty>eight
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