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records show that the greatest increase was
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records show that the greatest increase was
from the following diseases:
Diseases Of the heart. 1910
ApopleIy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 4e.0 8ss
I'VE do not know; concluded Mr. King,
whether these conditions will be perma-
nent. Several experts who have made
study of the question take the ground that
the tendency of sanitary reforms and medi-
cal science is to prolong the life Of chill
dren with weak constitutions and lower
vitality until middle life. and thus show an
increase in the death rate among the
higher ages. That Is, our doctors and san
ttary officials are simply postpor Ing death.
Medical science promises to the child born
today a greater expectation of life than
was allowed to it few years ago. But the
child may not survive the average age OF
men,"
Mr. Emory McClintock. actuary OF the
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New
York. to whom submitted the question as
to how much human life was being prolong-
ed by modern science and sanitation, said:
Actuary McClintock's View.
mo one can doubt that any person now
living has a much better expectation Of life
for his own individual case. than the same
person would have had at the same age In
the early part Of last century. When say
the same person, / mean exactly what
say. including every point bearing upon his
present physical condition. II. on the other
hand, you speak Of the average human be-
ing now living at a given age as compared
with the average human being of the same
age at former period, doubt IL the sta
tistics Justify such an opinion. There is
reason to suppose that the average man at
given age today has not SO strong con-
stitution as the average man OF the same
age had In the early part of the last CEN
fury. 1t is quite possible that. while each
individual now living may have consider
ably better chance of life than the same
individual would have had eighty years
ago. the average vitality of constitution
may be now SO far reduced as to bring
the average prospective lifetime of all not
much greater than the average OF those
who lived eighty years ago.
Now" concluded Mr.. McC1intock, ITO
illustrate this suppose in given popula-
tion, at certain age. there were ten per-
sons living years ago, OF whom nye, OF weak
constitutions, had an average expectation of
twenty years: that makes 100 future years
of life for those persons. Suppose the other
Ave, of strong constitutions. had an expec-
tation OF thirty years, on the average; that
makes $50 years of life for those persons.
The whole ten then had 100 plus 150 max
ing $50 years of life; that is. an average OF
twenty-five years for each person. Now
suppose that, at the present time. the weak
err ones have on an average an expectation
OF one year longsf, twenty-one years; sup
pose that the stronger lives have an aver
age expectation Of one year longer. namely.
thirty-one years; every one having an ex-
pectation one year longer. But now. In ten
persons there are six Of weak constitutions
and only four Of strong: then You have II
this way: Six persons with an expectation
Of twenty-one years. total of life. LIZ
years. -Four persons with an expectation
Of thirty-one years, total years OF life. 124.
The sum for the ten persons 10 go years
of life; and the average twenty-five years,
the same az before; and yet every man OF
given constitution has one year greater
expectation of lffe."