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number of members alive in the middle of each year, according 

 to the rate of mortality adopted in the Report. 



LAW of SICKNESS, exhibited in Weeks and Decimals of a Week. 



As decimal parts will be hereafter frequently used, and as it is desirable 

 that nothing should remain unexplained to society members, we shall, for 

 the benefit of such readers, give an example of the mode of converting these 

 parts into days, hours and minutes. — The figure to the right of the point sig- 

 nifies so many 10th, the next 100th, and the third 1000th parts of a week. 

 To bring these into days and hours we have only to multiply them first by 

 7, the number of days in a week, then by 24, the number of hours in a day, 

 inserting a point to the left of the three figures in each sum, and whatever 

 remains is the number wanted. Hence, 



.575 decimals. 

 Multiplied by 7, the number of days in a week, 



make 4.025, and by striking oiF the three figures to the right for the three 

 origmally, 4 days remain. 

 And again by 24, the number of hours in a day, 



.100 

 .60 



make .600, not an hour more, but 6-tenths of an hour, or 26 minutes, as seen 

 by multiplying .600 by 60, the nxmiber of minutes in an hour. 



Thus it appears, from the above Table, that each society member, during the 21st year of his 

 age, is liable, on an average, to 4 days of sickness. 



