The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-13

some interesting figures have been COZ
.eNed oy IN English ssat.ssician On che
iesa1Ies which terminate the existence
u an average generation in me nineteenth
century Every year over i.tDa. 900 children
are corn IN England. and before a century
= nnisned they are practically exsircf.
Maay thousands are 50 feeble that they
o.e IN single day Those who survive are
promptly attacked by disease. Before ave
years are gone scarlasina has carried on
i'.ve OF them. vhocp.ng cough $500 and
inlanfiie schcierz nearly BOO Consume
tson. lever. diEsnrheria and measles fan
upon t5e little mites and slay nearly Is 90.
Wnlie violent deaths put an end TO zoe
before the sixth year In reached go 90
nave dropped on More boys have gone
taan girls. 30 that. although there were
80 more boys than girls on che firsf
Gay. the two sexes are now pretty equal.
The children are now getting more or less
case-nardened. and during the next Ave
vars only a. 100 of chem ssacc1mb
HIS carries them into the nealthfest
persod OF life. that between 10 to Is yeurx
FROM 10 10 - consumption becomes active.
and mows down his victims relentless,v
up TO IS. and ev>n S. years. During this
iustrum fever kills 2-5o. violent deaths
happen 70 Lao mases and 30 females.
while nearly 80 of each sex commi, SAT-
eide This is the only period Of life dur
ms which as many females as males take
their own lives. Insanity now appears.
ana many die Of brain and Of heart dis
eases. From % to Is the deaths are over
&.ooo. nearly half OF which are from CON-
sumption.
From Is TO 30 TYPHOID attacks the greax-
e4t numbers. scarlet fever, measles ana
wnoopsng cough playing q subordinate
part IL is an age of dangerous work.
crime and war. and the violent deaths
number 1.7oo.
The great marrying age begins with the
twenty-ffth year. and two-fhirds of the
women get married from 8 10 81 In this
time consumption is making terrible
havoc. killing 27.oe. mostly women. and
diseases Of particular organs. such as the
neari. stomach. liver. lungs. etc. begin
Their real attack
This is an age of great physical as wen
as mental exercise. Men are trying very
hard TO excel IN all kinds of sports, as well
a. In law, medicine. business and po..c
PHYSICAL exercise puts a great strain on
the heart and mental exercises on the
brain, and these two organs begin TO show
Signs Of aiiing. Lung diseases. such as
bronchitis and pneumonia, are growing
troublesome, and suicide has rsen very
nsgn. close on 500 people putting forcibae
end 10 sheir career.
But still consumption is the most deadly
OF all the enemies. When the 4e-5o years
begin the l.o61.o0o that started out is re-
duced to one-half. and at the end OF the
decade IS TO IS i. has gone considerably
below that point The deaths IN this pe-
Rod are very numerous. numbering 81 90,
OF which consumption is responsible for
iS.0oa and other lung diseases i3.oo0. and
diseases of the heart. the brain, the liver
and the stomach become more frequent
A. years go on more and more women
meet their death through violence. and the
suicides run UP to SEQ. :hree-fourtks being
men. Cancer now kills 5.00o three times
as many women as men. In the next %
years cancer will kill almost as many as
consumption. and bronchitis. pneumonia.
ETC.. more Paralysis ana govt assert
themselves, as wei as the effects of in
temperance and youthful excesses- Only
. little over 81. 90 enter the s.xiy-flfsh
year. and at IS only 10000 of the 100000
men. AT So only a little over 1000 remain.
All bu; 22s of these die before the compile
ton of the century. and when the genera
ton Is aged los il consists of . solitary