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MEDICAL TOPOGRAPHY OF MALVERN,

and more than double the number between 90 and 100, to say nothing of those upwards of 100.^[1]

Table 7.—The law of mortality in the under-mentioned places. The total of births assumed to be 10,000.

	Number of persons that will be alive at the under-mentioned ages.
	at 10	at 20	at 30	at 40	at 50	at 60	at 70	at 80	at 90	at 100
Eastern Division	7176	6530	5604	4934	4347	3601	2562	1320	251	55
Western Division	6836	6053	5097	4450	3889	3063	2089	911	139	0
Whole District	6990	6268	5326	4669	4096	3306	2303	1096	188	26
Carlisle	6431	6047	5585	5009	4338	3521	2277	837	105	7
Co. of Worcester	6063	5399	4620	3982	3373	2730	1824	772	103	13
Landsend	6315	5764	5024	4443	3803	3068	2081	812	87	1
Glasgow	5776	5355	4510	3558	2550	1662	858	237	87	1
All England	6094	5486	4705	4030	3367	2667	1752	713	89	4
St. Petersburgh	6795	5806	3846	2481	1475	854	420	131	21	0

In this table, calculated from table 5, the results before stated, are more clearly shewn; thus in l0,000 births, the number of persons reaching their 10th year is much greater in the eastern division, than in any of the other places mentioned; after that age the numbers alive decrease more rapidly (the comparison being still with all England,) until the age of 40; after 40, the number living gradually increases from the decreasing deaths in the eastern

↑ Of 3,938,496 persons buried in England and Wales, 252,811 were between the ages of 80 and 90, which is in the proportion of 86 to 1328; and 35,790 were between 90 and 100, which is in the proportion of 12 to 1328. By referring to table 4- it will be seen how much these numbers are exceeded in the eastern division—1328 being the total deaths; 142 the number of deaths between 80 and 90, and 26 the number between 90 and 100. From the parliamentary returns, also, it appears that one centenarian death (i. e. one who has attained to 100 and upwards) is found in 2,078 other deaths in England and Wales, so that making every possible allowance for any accidental coincidence, table 4 shews how greatly this number is exceeded in the eastern division.

[1] Of 3,938,496 persons buried in England and Wales, 252,811 were between the ages of 80 and 90, which is in the proportion of 86 to 1328; and 35,790 were between 90 and 100, which is in the proportion of 12 to 1328. By referring to table 4- it will be seen how much these numbers are exceeded in the eastern division—1328 being the total deaths; 142 the number of deaths between 80 and 90, and 26 the number between 90 and 100. From the parliamentary returns, also, it appears that one centenarian death (i. e. one who has attained to 100 and upwards) is found in 2,078 other deaths in England and Wales, so that making every possible allowance for any accidental coincidence, table 4 shews how greatly this number is exceeded in the eastern division.

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