203 



York, for the same, as high as 1 in 46. Liverpool, the 

 most unhealthy town in England, has no building stone; 

 hence 60,000 people live in cellars, and its rate is as high as 

 1 in 29. Manchester, chiefly for the same reason, although 

 it has not the same amount of cellar population, is 1 in 33 ; 

 and in Salford 1 in 36. The oolite regions of Easingwold, 

 Helmsley, Pickering, Malton, &c., stand as low as 1 in 55, 

 and are more healthy than Halifax and Huddersfield. 



In these calculations it is to be remembered that under the 

 very best sanatory regulations, in the most healthy locality, 

 and with every wish gratified, a certain number of deaths 

 from disease take place at all ages. It is a law of nature ; 

 and although, by ameliorating the health and by diminishing 

 the sufferings of the people, this number has been and will be 

 diminished, — yet the same law, with modifications, will ever 

 exist. According to information we possess, the expectation 

 of life is as follows : — 



Suppose 100,000 children were born upon any day — 

 74,201 would be alive at 5 years old. 



70,612 



ditto 



10 



do. 



68,627 



ditto 



15 



do. 



66,059 



ditto 



20 



do. 



60,332 



ditto 



30 



do. 



50,301 



ditto 



45 



do. 



Hence the probable duration of life in England is 45 1- 

 years, for it is the time in which the number born is reduced 

 one-half. In Halley's words, it is " an even wager" that a 

 child will live 45|- years. 



37,996 would be alive at 60 years old. 



24,531 



ditto 



70 



do. 



9,398 



ditto 



80 



do. 



1,140 



ditto 



90 



do. 



16 



ditto 



100 



do. 



1 



ditto 



105 



do. 



See Report of Registrar- General for 1843, p. 23. 



