Evening star., 1935-03-05

Life's healthiest years are from IS
to 10.
The unhealthiest, judging from the
frequency Of illness, are from ! to B.
The safest are from 10 to IA.
This is shown by survey OF SICK
ness and death rates among approxl-
mately 10000 persons in ID States
lust reported by the United States
Public Health Service. Almost every
kind Of illness reported by these In
dividuals for a year was recorded.
The period from 15 to l9, the Pun-
lie Health Service statisticianS report,
seems to find the body most resistant
to all sorts Of diseases. The period
of "children's diseases" is past. The
period of greatest risk from tuber-
culosis has not arrived although 1t
Is just ahead. This does not happen
to be the safest time Of life, however,
because the individual Is most liable
to accidents, which constitute the
greatest single cause Of death. The
period Of parental watchfulness Is
over. but the boy or girl has not yet
gained the full caution that comes
from experience. The proceeding nve
years are the period when the chances
Of death are least because Of the sort
Of sickness to which the child Is liable
seldom is fatal and there still is some
protection against accidents.
As age increases the kinds Of sick
ness become fewer, but the danger
increases.
For children under years of age, "
says the report, "the main causes OF
death are malformations and diseases
Of early infancy which are relatively
unimportant as causes Of illness. From
10 to 20 years accidents are the most
frequent cause of death. Persons IN
this period seem to possess much re-
sistance and deaths from diseases are
not frequent.
From 20 to As years, respiratory
diseases are the most important causes
Of illness and death. tuberculosis Is
high at these ages and puts the
respiratory group at the top Of the
death list while the minor respiratory
affections are the most important ele-
ment in the high sickness rate.
after As the circulatory diseases
take first place as causes OF death.
Among persons 65 years old and over.
the death rate from circulatory dis
eases alone exceeds the total rate
from all other causes.
4 X X r
Washington botanists are resurrect-
ing from their attics the dust-covered
Latin dictionaries and grammars
which many of them have not looked
at since they were freshmen in col
lege.
Latin, greatly to their discomfort,
has been restored as the official Ian
guage Of botany. Henchforth any
new species to be recognized as valid
by the botanical world must be de-
scribed In the dead language. If this
is not done it Is possible. in theory
at least, for the discoverer to lose all
credit which would go to the first man
who translated his description into
the Language Of the Romans.
This is in accordance with a ruling
made by the International Botanical
Congress, which met in Cambridge,
England, in 1880. Its application was
DELAYED, but it finally went into effect
January l. The reason, 1t Is ex-
planned, is that Russia, China and
Japan have been quite active In botan-
ical exploration in the past few years
and their scientists have described
numerous new species in their own
languages with which their fellows
In other lands are unfamiliar. Hence
their is no knowledge Of their work
So they have made Latin oncial