152 | REPORT—1850. 
Taste I. 
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Ages. Pek of Mor, SEA to the Mor- = in the Actual 
tality for a| tality of England and i Society. Deaths. 
whole Year.| Wales. 
Males. 
15—25 1,912 15:6 ms 8 
26—30 8,788 87°7 103°3 71 79 
31—35 20,403 2169 320°2 189 268 
36—40 29,642 9490 θ6605:2 304 572 
41—45 32,846 433°2 109674 366 928 
46—50 29,540 460°8 1557°2 440 1368 
51—55 23,420 453°2 2010°4 450 1818 
56—60 16,846 4260 2436°4 481 2299 
61—65 10,276 8570 2793°4 412 2711 
66—70 4,477 221°5 3014°9 271 2982 
71—84 1,734 181°8 3196°7 162 3144 
179,884 3196°7 3144 
therefore evident that the average rate of mortality for the whole population of this 
country does not, for the whole term of life under observation, differ in any important 
degree from the rate assumed for the basis of the Society’s calculations; and it is 
further evident that the rate of mortality among the general population of England 
and Wales approximates near to both classes of results. 
In the following Table will be found the rate of mortality according to various 
series of observations. The results in column 2 are deduced from columns 2 
Taste II, 
Rate of Mortality per cent. according to the 
A England | Friendly Societies. Assurance 
Bes. Gotha Life | and Wales. | Rural, Town and P Government | Societies 
Office. Whole City Districts. eee Annuitants. in 
Population. |England and Wales. England. 
Males. Males. Males. 
15—25 "418 815 "679 507 1:37 "738 
26—30 808 “998 "7592 "788 1:38 814 
31—35 926 1:063 798 R "949 1:18 "892 
36—40 1:026 1157 "887 1:130 1.40 99] 
41—45 1084 1:319 1:038 1533 1:40 1:125 
46—50 ᾿ 1:490 1:560 1:281 2.118 1:49 1°426 
51—55 1:921 . 1935 1696 2°581 2°32 1:909 
56—60 2°855 2°529 2°244 3°212 2°92 2°639. 
61—65 4009 3°474 3°030 4°322 4:08 3°784 
66—70 6°053 4:947 4614 5°764 6°17 5563 
71i—84 9°343 10.482 8-584 8.155 .1148 11.147 
and 5 of Table I., and therefore represent the rate of mortality experienced in the 
Gotha Life Office. And it will be seen, that throughout the whole of life, the mor- 
tality is almost always less than among the peerage or the males of the government 
annuitants, and not differing widely from the results for the whole male population of 
England and Wales, and those for the lives of the assurance societies in England, 
but the mortality is much above that experienced by the members generally of friendly 
societies in England and Wales. A consideration of the peculiar features and con- 
stitution of those humble provident institutions, will fully explain the reasons of this 
increased longevity among the industrious and provident portion of the working classes” 
of this country ; and those desiring to enter fully into this part of the question, will find 
it treated of at length in ‘Contributions to Vital Statistics,’ Column 4 in the preceding 
