SANITARY ADVANTAGES. 277 



Herewith is an extract from the Kan tucket Journal 

 of March 8, 1882, which needs no comment, as it shows 

 conclusively that the island is really a healthy place : — 



The Healthiest Town in New England. — Sharon in 

 this State has long been celebrated for the longevity of 

 its inhabitants. The mortality list for last year shows 

 the ages of the deceased to have been, respectively, 86, 

 83, 83, 83, 78, 77, 76, 76, 75, 74, 73, 72, 68, 62, 60, 60, 57, 

 and 23. Seven infants under seven months of age, 

 most of them "farm babies " from Boston, also died 

 during the year. The average age of all but the seven 

 infants was seventy years seven months and nine days, 

 and only twenty-five persons died out of a population of 

 over 1,500. Can any other town in New England show 

 as good a record? — Boston Herald. 



Oh, yes; we think we can show as good and even a 

 better record here in Nantucket. The mortality list 

 in this town last year shows the ages of the deceased 

 to have been, respectively, 95, 92, 92, 91, 90, 89, 87, 87, 

 86, 85, 84, 84, 82, 81, 81, 81, 80, 80, 80, 80, 79, 76, 75, 

 74, 74, 73, 73, 73, 73, 73, 73, 72, 72, 71, 71, 70, 70, 70, 

 69, 68, 68, 67, 67, 67, 66, 66, 64, 62, 61, 60, 60, 60, 60, 

 59, 57, 52, 52, 48, 44, 41, 40, 40, 37, 36, 25, 25, 16, 1; 

 under 1, seven. 



First, it appears that eighteen of the twenty-five 

 deaths in Sharon, or seventy-two per cent of the entire 

 number, averaged seventy years seven months and 

 nine days. In Nantucket there were seventy -seven 

 deaths, and any one who will take the pains to figure it 

 out will find that the average age of seventy-two per 

 cent of that number was seventy-three years. 



