11 
There has never been a resident doctor in the whole of 
the Schanfigg valley, but this summer a Swiss medical man 
has gone there for twelve months on account of an invalid 
wife. 
The tables placed together for comparison are — 
630 deaths 
Langwies, from 
1800-1882 
(exclusive 34 still-born) 
1099 deaths 
Davos Valley 
from 
1837-1870. 
271 deaths 
Davos Platz 
1837—1870. 
590 deaths 
Engadine 
(Dr. Ludwig) 
1861—1870 
exclusive of 
invalid visitors 
General average 
age in Europe 
(Oesterlen Hand. 
Med. statistik). 
s p. 156, &c. 
0-5 
27-77 
22-7 
20- 
22-3 
25—45 
5-10 
3-17 
3-1 
3-3 
2-5 
10-20 
3-65 
4-6 
4-5 
3-0 
5—6 
20-30 
4-76 
6-2 
3-8 
4-1 
5—6 
30-40 
5-08 
5-0 
5-6 
5-4 
6—7 
40-50 
7T4 
6-6 
8-5 
7-0 
. 7—8 
50-60 
10-16 
9-4 
7-8 
13-1 
8—9 
60-70 
16-98 
14-9 
15-5 
16- 
9—12 
70-80 
15-24 
17-9 
20-3 
15-5 
8—10 
80-90 
5-73 
8-9 
10- 
10- 
4—5 
90- 
•32 
0-7 
0-7 
1-2 
0-4— 0-6 
This means that the mean age in Langwies is 48 years, 
whereas in England it is 86 '92 years, and it will be noticed 
that during the years of youth, viz., the most fatal time for 
lung disease, the death rate is favourable, and the proportion 
of those who live to a considerable age is also high. 
I may take this opportunity of pointing out that although 
Arosa is not yet in a position to become a winter resorb 
there seems every reason to believe that in one or two years 
the experiment of wintering can be made, and if successful 
it will shortly be able to relieve Davos of 200 or 800 of its 
surplus winter patients. At present the difficulty is the 
want of a road, but Arosa is willing to contribute a reason- 
able share, and no doubt Chur and other interested places 
will soon be brought to contribute the rest. We must, how- 
ever, remember that it is only about seven years since a road 
was made from Chur to Langwies, and we must therefore 
