Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-03-03

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~ longest2 Not only is the
" " question of vital importance
to insurance companies; 1t
is also of general interest as everybody
wants to know to what extent longevity
is effected by different pursuits and oc-
cupations.
Experts maintain that the lowest
mortality, among professional men, is
enjoyed by clergymen, while the NOR
tality Of scboolmasters is below that of
lawyers and still more below that of
doctors. The higher mortality of agri-
cultural laborers over that of gardeners
and farmers is largely due to their great
liability to consumption and respiratory
or throat disease. The farmer, however,
has higher mortality SO far as gout,
alcoholism and liver disease are con-
cerned.
AS to fishermen, while it is possible
that some of them escape both the census
and death registration, very low NOR
talitY from diseases of the nervous and
respiratory systems and from consump-
ton, but then they have high mortal
ity from accidents.
So far as cabmen, truckmen and barge
men are concerned, it does not appear
that an open air life in itself is sufficient
to insure healthfulness. They have
high mortality from alcoholic diseases,
and from accident, lung and throat dis
eases. A large proportion of the NOR
tality of commercial travellers Is due to
intemperance, which is also the cause of
the excessive mortality among brewers,
inn keepers and men employed in and
about saloons.
Grocers do not suffer so much as mer-
chant tailors from lung and throat dis
eases, but somewhat more from alcohol
ism and suicide. The mortality from
phthisis among grocers Is one of the
lowest, while the mortality of merchant
tailors from that cause is one of the
highest.
The death rate among butchers is de-
clared to be due largely to excessive
indulgence, their mortality from alco-
holism, liver and other diseases being
almost identical with that of the brew
ers. The death-rate of bakers and con-
fectioners is about the same as that of
millcrs, whose mortality from alcoholism
and suicide is very high, but from con-
sumption is hardly above the average in
spite of their exposure to dust.
The occupation of hatters subject them
to great changes of temperature and, like
hair dressers, they have high mortality
from consumption and the effects of al
coholism. Journeymen tailors and shoe
makers have high death-rate from con-
sumption, diseases of the nervous system,
alcoholism and suicide.
The high mortality of printers and
bookbinders is due to consumption. Only
among persons whose occupations sub.
ject them to dust inhalations is the death
rate from consumption so high as among
printers. Contrary to what might be
expected, their mortality from lead poi
soning is but slight.
Lead poisoning especially produces a
high death-rate among plumbers. Cut
lers and filemakers inhale metallic dust
mixed with stone dust. The latter are
also exposed to lead poisoning on &C
count of the use of cushion of lead on
which to strike their files.
1t is estimated that one in every nine-
teen males IN the industrial community,
between the ages of twenty-five and
sixty-five, is miner. As the death re.
turns do not always distinguish between
the different kinds of mines, it Is impos
sible to ascertain separately the mortality
of each kind of miners, but at least one
/ fifth of their total mortality is due to ac
cidents. If accidents were excluded fol
all miners, their death-rate would be only
slightly higher than that of farmers.
Medical examiners consider the coun-
try doctor, on account of necessary hard
ships, less favorable risk than the city
doctor, and that as to the other profes
sions, the general standard of health il
about the same in the city as in the coun
try, although the latter undoubtedly
offers greater natural advantages for the
endowment of health. 1t is considered
that what the city lacks in certain re
spects is made up by the more genera
observance of sanitary requirements II
the matter of dwellings,, sewage, exer
else, personal cleanliness, the timel.
needing of professional advice, etc.
In regard to the effects of occupation
ON mortality and longevity DR.. Marsl
said to News reporter that the investi
cations by sanatarians and statistician
showed conclusively that the occupation
most unfavorable to life generally wer
those of miners, workers in glass ant
earthenware, publicaus and butchers
and the most favorable were those Of th'
clergy, farmers and agricultural labor
ers. The medical profession did NO
stand high in the general list and tn
mortality was great in comparison wit
that of other professions. The har'
physical work, the exposure to vicissi
tudes of weather and the contagion o
disease, the disturbance of regular hour
for sleep and food, the mental strain an
anxiety were all prolific causes of sick
ness or of premature decay.-New Yor
News.