The effects of the principal arts, trades, and professions, and of civic states and habits of living, on health and longevity : with a particular reference to the trades and manufacturers of Leeds, and suggestions for the removal of many of the agents which produce diseases and shorten the duration of life / by C. Turner Thackrah.

  • Thackrah, Charles Turner, 1795-1833.
Date:
1831
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    timents or the language of those who are either too distrustful of the resources of science, or too intent on the pecuniary character of their undertakings, to in- vestigate the causes of a great and concomitant evil. For the convenience of our inquiry, we may di- vide the inhabitants of Leeds and its immediate neighbourhood into four great classes, viz: I. Opera- tives, II. Dealers, III. Master-manufacturers and Merchants, IV. Professional Men. In examining the state of these severally, we shall advert to the atmosphere they breathe,—the muscular exorcise they take,—the postures of body they maintain,—the va- riations of temperature and humidity to which they are exposed,—then diet and habits of life, and finally, in some classes, the state of mind. We shall begin with those operatives who ap- proach nearest to the perfection of the physical state. 1. They are men of active habits, and whose em- ployments are chiefly in the open air.* Butchers stand at the head of this division. They are much in the open air, and take strong exercise. Most of the masters ride on horseback to the neigh- bouring markets, and often traverse the surrounding * This section includes, with the employments in the open air of Leeds, some in which a greater or less degree of country cir is enjoyed. Hence the butchers who travel, the cattle dealers, gardeners, &c, have an advantage over other persons who, though they can y on active employment out of doors, are still confined'to the vitiated atmosphere of Leeds and its immediate neighbourhood.