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Mr. T. R. Edmonds on Vital Force according 



Table III. — Annual Mortality per cent., according to age, during the 

 seven years 1838-44, of the Male Population of the chief Towns of En- 

 gland, and of the four healthiest Registrar's Divisions of England, com- 

 pared with the theoretical Tables of "City Mortality" and "Village 

 Mortality," published in 1832. 



(From the ' Lancet,' vol. i. (1850) p. 330.) 



Interval 

 of age. 



Registrar's 



divisions, 



Nos. 2, 4, 



5, & 11. 



Edmonds's 

 ; ' Village 

 Mortality." 



Twelve 

 large 

 towns. 



Eight 

 larger 

 towns. 



Edmonds's 



" City 

 Mortalit)-." 



London. 



Liverpool 

 and Man- 

 chester. 



0- 5 

 5-10 

 10-15 

 15-25 

 25-35 

 35-45 

 45-55 

 55-65 

 65-75 

 75-85 

 85-95 



557 



•85 



•48 



•81 



•95 



107 



1-48 



2-65 



583 



13-22 



28-92 



745 

 102 



•54 



•67 



•90 



1-21 



1-62 



2-78 



5-87 



12 11 



2405 



8-46 

 114 



•50 

 •86 

 108 

 1-43 

 206 

 3*55 

 7-06 

 1558 



1051 

 1-24 



57 

 •89 

 112 

 1-62 

 2-42 

 4-26 

 8-47 

 16-99 



8-47 



124 



•82 



101 



1-35 



1 81 



2-43 



414 



8-64 



1750 



3410 



931 

 1-24 



•48 



•76 



107 



1-79 



2-73 



4-81 



918 



18-47 



3200 



1401 



1-58 



•60 



•96 



128 



2-07 



3-20 



5-27 



10-39 



20-24 



All ages ... 



202 





257 



2 91 







2-74 



3-51 



Population 

 in thou- 

 sands ... 



12619 





256 



283 





913 



202 



Table IV. — Annual Mortality per cent., according to age, of the total 

 Male Population of England during the 17 years 1838-54, according to 

 observation, and according to the " English Life Table " intended to re- 

 present the result of such observation. 





Edmonds's 



Observed 



Observed 



English 





Propor- 

 tional error 

 per cent. 



Interval 



" Mean 



rate, 



rate, 



Life Table 



Difference 



of age. 



Mortality ' ' 



7 years 



17 years 



for 17 



or error, 





(183-2;. 



(1838-44). 



(1838-54). 



years. 





0- 5 



6-70 



707 



7-25 



701 







5-10 



•99 



•93 



-92 



•96 







10-15 



•65 



•50 



•52 



•50 







15-25 



•81 



•80 



•82 



75 



-007 



8-5 



25-35 



108 



'97 



100 



100 







35-45 



1-45 



1-25 



1-28 



1-29 







45-55 



1-95 



1-78 



1-85 



1-90 







55-65 



3-33 



3-14 



3-18 



3-24 







65-75 



6-99 



6-61 



6-69 



6-58 







75-85 



14-31 



14-39 



14-76 



13-74 



-102 



7-4 



85-95 



28-17 



29-65 



30- 14 



26-20 



-3-94 



131 



All ages... 



2-55 



227 



2-33 



2-50 



