Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-13
OCCUPATIONS AND DEATHS.
Clerrymen Seem to Lead the Most
necIfhsuI Lives,

The registrar general has just issued
supplement te the fifty-fifth annual
| report of births. deaths and marriages
in England and Wales, which contains
an account OF the influence of oceUI IL
/ ton upon male mortality. rs shown by
/ the several employments of the male
| persons between the ages of - and -
| whose deaths were registered during
1870, 1871 aud 1872. Members of the
| clerical profession are easily first in
/ their resistance to the forces which
make for dissolution. The phrase is
used To denote the clergy of The estab-
lished church, Roman Catholic priests
| and ministers Of other denominatiuus.
! Their Numbers in 1891 amounted to "a.
SEQ, and they died at every age period
less rapidly than any other class in The
! community. All necessary corrections
! being made, and the general mortality
| q males being represented by 1,o00,
that of the clergy is no more than 533.
The legal profession, as composed Of
| barristers and solicitors. contains little
more than half the number Of the
| clergy, or 1923 persons, and thei.
death rate was greatly larger, reaching
a9l as against 1000 for all mates, and as
against 953 for all occupied males. The
medical profession included 1896
males, physicians, surgeons and ser
eral practitioners. The comparative
mortality figure for the medical men
is 966. An interesting paragraph Of TIE
report is devoted to railway workers,
and speaks well for their steadiness aud
sobriety. Excluding directing officials
and clerks, railway servants number
141 400, and they fail into two main
sections, which exhibit considerable DIFF
ferences in respect of death rate. Up to
their 55th year drivers and stokers die
less rapidly than guards, porters and
pointsmen, but after that age they die
much more rapidly. The comparative
mortality figure for the former section
stands at $40, that for the latter at s25.
The mortality from alcoholism among
drivers and stokers is the same MS
among the clergy, or only two, while
| among guards, porters and pointsmenit
is five, which is still considerably less
than half the standard figure for occu-
| pied males. An excellent place in the
tables is held by agriculturists. inc!nt-
ing farmers and laborers, so as to iusii-
| fy the belief that an active life in Tie
open air Will 10 much to neutralize lie
effects of exposure TO cold and wet.
The liquor trades, as might be expected,
! levy an enormous toll on those who are
engaged in them; and so also do sey-
cral industries which are well known
TO be injurious; but it is difficult TO UNI
derstand, unless il be as consequence
of intemperancc, why butchers should
die in great excess of the bulk of the
population. Their comparative figure
is 1,0a6, so that, roughly speaking, and
in an equal number OF both, two butch
ers would die TO single clergyman.
Next to alcoholism as n cause of pre-
mature death are placed the Industries
which are carried on in foul or in dust
laden air, and to these is attributed
great but largely preventable waste of
life. There are trades in which danger
conduces to high wages, and in which
those concerned have objected to any
abatement OF the danger, lest it might
abate the wages as well.-London
Times.