Sanitary survey of the State.

  • Massachusetts House of Representatives
Date:
[1849]
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Credit: Sanitary survey of the State. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the average longevity of all the members of the families, both parents and children, of the poor, who died in Dorchester, during more than a quarter of a century, was 27 years and 5 months, while that of the prosperous farmers was 45 years and 8 months. Similar results were obtained from the examination of the bills of mortality of Concord, for 63 years, and of Brook¬ line for 46 years. In Boston, the average age of those who were buried in the Catholic cemetery, was only 13 years, 5 months and 9 days; while that of all who died in the city, was 22 years, 8 months and 19 days. According to Mr. Chadwick’s report on the sanitary condition of the laboring classes of England, similar, and even wider differences are found to exist in the value of life among the poor, and among the more favored classes, of that country. The following average duration of life, in the counties of Massachusetts, is taken from the registration reports of births, deaths and marriages; and that in towns and city, from other records:— County, &c. Time of death. Average age of all recorded as having died. Franklin, 1844 and 1845 38 years 10 months 24 days. Norfolk, u u 34 ti 3 it 18 cc Plymouth, u ll 34 l ( 2 n 12 ll Hampshire, ll 33 ll 10 it 24 It Berkshire, ll ll 33 ll 0 it 0 ll Essex, ll ll 32 ll 9 it 21 It Bristol, ll ll 31 ll 7 u 6 ll Hampden, It ll 31 ll 4 u 24 ll Worcester, ll it 31 It 3 u 18 ll Barnstable, ll It 31 ll 2 u 12 ll Dukes & Nantucket, ll 30 ll 3 u 18 ll Middlesex, ll ll 28 It 2 ti 22 It Plympton, 1812 to 1845 40 It 10 u 0 ll Concord, 1779 to 1842 38 il 1 u 0 ll Dorchester, 1817 to 1843 32 ll 6 u 0 ll Boston, 1831 to 1840 22 ll 8 u 19 ll From the registration reports, it appears, that, in the five
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