The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
OCCUPATIONS AND DEATHS.


C;e.-=:ncn Seem to Lead the Most
Hcrithful Lives,
The registrar general has Just issued
d supplement- to the fifty-ffth annual
report Of births, deaths AID MARRIAGES
in England and Wales, which contains
an account of the influence of occuEa-
tion upon male mortality, as shown By
the several cmployments of the male
persons between the ages cf - ard c5
whose deaths were registered during
1890, 1854 and 1892. 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 denominations
Their Numbers in 1891 amounted 10 &c.
SEQ, and they died at every age period
less rapidly than any other class in TIE
community. All necessary corrections
being made, and the general mortality
of .males being represented by 1,OOO.
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 1878 persons, and their
death rate was greatly larger, reaching
s21 as against 1,oOO for all males, and as
against 953 for all occupied males. The
medical profession included 1896
males, physicians, surgeons and gen
eral practitioners. The comparative
mortality figure for the medical men
&c Az fnto Z. 6
report is devoted to railway workers.
and speaks well for their steadiness and
scbriety. Excluding directing officials
and clerks, railway servants number
"a, ,4c0, and they fall into two main
sections, which exhibit considerable diff
ferences in respect of death rate. Up to
their 55th year drivers ard stokers die
less rapidly than guards, rorters and
peintsmcn, but after that age they die
much mere rapidly. The comparative
mortality figure for the former section
sIards at SIC, that for the latter 1T e25.
The mortality from alcoholism among
drivers and stokers is the same as
among the clergy, or only two. while
among guards, porters and pointsmen il
is five, which is still considera bly, less
than half the standard figure for occu-
pied males. An excellent place in the
tables is held by agriculturists, ilc,ud-
ing farmers and labOrers, so as to iusti-
fy the belief that an active life in the
open air will 10 much to neutralize the
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 sew
cral industries which are well known
10 be Injurious; but ii is difficult TO u
Gerstand, unless it be as 4 consequence
Of intemreraEcc, why butchers Should
die IN great excess cf the bulk cf the
population. Their comparative figure
is 1896, SO that, roughly speaking. ard
IN an equal number CT both. two butch
ers would die TO a single clergyman.
Next TO alcoholism as cause Of pre-
mature death are placed the industries
which are carried on in foul CT in dust
laden air, ard 10 these is attributed n
great but largely prexentabie waste CT
life. There are trades in which danger
ccnduces TO high wages, and in which
those concerned have objected to any
abatement of the danger, lest it might
a5ate the wages as well.-London
Times.