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1831.] On the Duration of Life in the Bengal Civil Service. 
in one view, the table in the rough as calculated above ; the adjusted table, in 
which the irregularities have been distributed over the whole series of years, as 
equally as possible, with reference to the periodical averages ; and the correspond- 
ing portion of Price’s Northampton table. 
Bengal Civil Service 
Rough Table. 
Bengal Civil Service 
Adjusted Table. 
Age. 
Number who 
Number who 
Complete 
Die in the 
Complete 
Die iu the 
that Age. 
interval. 
that Age. 
interval . 
20 
5132 
12 
5132 
63 « 
21 
5120 
45 
5069 
64 
22 
5075 
119 
5005 
65 
23 
4956 
94 
4940 
66 
24 
4862 
52 
4874 
67 
25 
4810 
81 
4807 
68 
26 
4729 
27 
4739 
69 
27 
4702 
64 
4670 
69 
28 
4638 
103 
4601 
70 
29 
4535 
104 
4531 
71 
30 
4431 
104 
4460 
72 
31 
4327 
48 
4388 
73 
32 
4279 
54 
4315 
75 
33 
4225 
73 
4240 
77 
34 
4152 
74 
4163 
79 
35 
4078 
57 
4084 
81 
36 
4021 
68 
4003 
83 
37 
3953 
64 
3920 
85 
38 
3889 
86 
3835 
87 
39 
3803 
130 
3748 
89 
40 
3673 
91 
3659 
96 
41 
3582 
81 
3563 
110 
42 
3501 
101 
3453 
130 
43 
3400 
179 
3323 
150 
44 
3221 
262 
3173 
175 
45 
2959 
158 
2998 
198 
46 
2801 
261 
2800 
198 
47 
2540 
143 
2602 
198 
48 
2377 
210 
2404 
198 
49 
2167 
159 
2206 
198 
50 
2008 
0 
2008 
0 
Price’s Northampton 
Table . 
Number who 
Complete 
that Age. 
Die in the 
interval. 
5132 
72 
5060 
75 
4985 
75 
4910 
75 
4835 
75 
4760 
75 
4685 
75 
4610 
75 
4535 
75 
4460 
75 
4385 
7 5 
4310 
75 
4235 
75 
4160 
75 
4085 
75 
4010 
75 
3935 
75 
3860 
75 
3785 
75 
3710 
75 
3635 
76 
3559 
77 
3482 
78 
3404 
78 
2326 
78 
3248 
78 
3170 
78 
3092 
78 
3014 
78 
2936 
79 
2857 
0 
5 - The comparison is curious, as shewing that up to the age of 42 the enga 
Table is more favorable to life than the Northampton ; that at 43 years ot age, i 
is as nearly as possible the same, and after that age, far more unfavorable. In this 
respect, actual observation bears out the common remark, that the climate of India 
'nduces premature old age. 
6- The table is remarkable, as it shews the effects of an Indian climate on 
European constitutions, under the most favorable circumstances. Arriving in the 
country at the most advantageous age, subject to little exposure, with incomes 
sufficient to command all the comforts of life, and with facilities for renovating 
impaired health by temporary removal to another climate, the decrement of life 
ru the Civil Service must undoubtedly be less than amongst any other class ot ic- 
s idents in the country. A more extended comparison, therefore, with the tables 
c °nimonly known in Europe, may not be uninteresting. Out of 60 persons sup' 
Posed to be living of the age of 20, the following table shews the number who 
' u, uld survive at the expiration of each successive interval of 5 years, according to 
Ibe several tables specified. 
