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Weaver at 41, a Male unknown at 45, another Weaver at
48, a third Weaver at 52, a fourth at 62, the wife of a
Butcher at 62, a Sawyer at 64, an Undertaker at 64, and a
Chair Carver at 67. The wife of the Clerk cut her throat and
murdered her child, the Hawker and the wife of the Porter
poisoned and suffocatcd themselves, the Sawyer, one Weaver
and two Males unknown precipitated themselves into a
watery grave; the wife of the Butcher, the widow of the
Bricklayer, the Undertaker, three of the Weavers, and the
Chair Carver resorted to Self-Strangulation.
The sum of the ages of the 2537 persons who died in 1862
amounted to 56,164 years. The latter, when divided by
the deaths, give a mean age of 22.13, which, with two-thirds
of its difference on the number living to each death, make
the mean lifetime 35.37.* The first places us under a
decrease of .52 and the second of 2.94 years on the average
of the preceding five. Throughout England " the mean age
at death is 25.18 years, and the mean lifetime 41." Relatively,
the mean age of the Gentry—who consist principally
of persons who have retired late in life—was 48.07 years,
the mean of the Tradesmen 23.56, and of the Artisans 21.08.
After the age of twenty, the mean of the thousand dying
reached only 51.8l, that is 8.19 years less than the English
rate of Adults.
* One Death in 42.00 Living.
Mean 22.13 Age.
19.87
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3)39.74
13.24
22.13
35.37