Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1903 — EFFECTS OF OCCUPATIONS. [ARTICLE]

EFFECTS OF OCCUPATIONS.

Table Showing the Mortality Among a Thousand Persona. In connection with the census Inference* regarding the prolongation of life It Is pointed out by other authorities that sufficient emphasis cannot be laid upon the importance of occupation, or rather the choice of occupation, among those who wish to avoid the grave as long as possible. The following table shows the ratio between occupation and mortality among a thousand persons noted by life insurance companies: 2B 80 40 06 00 Physicians T 1# HI 84 112 Teachers and lawyers. 4 T 14 20 98 Musicians 0 11 2d 48 60 Domestic servants.... t 10 It ii N Commercial travelers . 0 18 21 80 104 Hallway engineers and firemen 0 T 18 42 188 Trainmen 8 0 IT $8 89 Truckmen, etc 0 IT 28 80 140 Watermen, bargemen, «tc 10 IT 24 44 129 Dock laborers 18 24 41 80 IST Sailors 18 id 28 40 144 Fishermen 9 11 19 2o 110 Agricultural laborers.. 0 8 18 20 90 Browers 11 19 81 04 120 Printers 9 14 22 48 103 Tailors T 14 22 88 97 Copper workers 7 14 20 4i 119 Bricklayers and masons T 13 22 40 108 Carpenters 8 9 17 82 102 Textile workers 8 12 22 48 139 Coal miners 8 10 id 44 148 Qeneral laborers 10 IT 28 48 iff Peddlers 10 24 ft 49 89 Out of GOO centenarians interviewed by American newspapers since the last census was taken, practically all gave the sntne rulca for the guidance of those who desired to nttnin equal distinction In longevity. These rules were: Regular habits; hard work; plenty of exercise; simple food; marriage and avoidance of worry. All insisted that the best of these rule# was that proscribing hnrd work, and all but two or three were equally In favor of niurringe. Hu If of them, Including ninny women, declared strongly In favor of liquor and tobacco.