ANNUAL MORTALITY per cent. of MALES, aged 15 years and upwards, in the under-mentioned Occupations, in the year 1860-61, at different periods of age. The mortality of domestic male servants appears very large, but it has been suggested that difficulty is experienced in the calculation, from the uncertainty in the designation of the occupation. According to the table of mortality thus supplied the mortality per cent. of males aged 15 years and upwards stood in 1860-61 in the following order :— At special ages, however, the order is somewhat altered. Tailors and miners have the highest mortality at between 15 and 25; servants and tailors at between 25 and 35, and at between 35 and 45, and 45 and 55. After 55 the highest mortality is experienced by servants, miners, and persons working in tin and lead. At 15 to 25 years of age, the lowest mortality is among bakers and labourers; at 25 to 35, among persons working in tin and lead, and carpenters; at 45 and the higher ages the least mortality is among labourers, carpenters and joiners. (1) See Letter to the Registrar-General on the Mortality in the Registration Districts of England during the ten years 1851-1860,' by William Farr, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. (1864). LIBRAR OF THE UNIVERSITY |