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Respective age of the men.	Number of year a miner.	Age when commenced mining.	Past and present health.
37	15	16	Good.
24	6	18	Good.
35	19	16	Subject to pain of stomach; health otherwise good.
20	7	13	Good.
26	10	16	Good.
24	10	16	Good.
27	9	18	Subject to catarrh and dyspnœa ever since he remembers.
26	7	19	Subject to pain of stomach for 3 years. Health good.
18	2	16	Pain of chest and stomach.
25	10	15	Good.
49	35	14	Subject to dyspnœa
16	2	14	Good.
16	3	13	Good.
17	4	13	Good.
15	2	12	Good.
17	4	14	Good.
27	11	16	Good.
30	17	13	Lumbago for four years; health otherwise good.
26	9	17	Good.
42	25	19	Good.
42	20	22	Good.
46	30	16	Subject to slight dyspnœa.
45	30	15	Pain in the chest for five years.
23	8	15	Good.
42	28	14	Dyspnœa and pain of chest eight years.
25	1	24	Dyspnœa, present before working underground.
25	12	13	Good.
24	13	11	Affected with pain of chest two years.
29	20	9	Affected with dyspnœa four years.
24	8	16	Good.

The following results are deducible from the preceding table:—

A. Among 120 labouring miners, the state of health is as follows:—

Health good			68
Affected with dyspnœa	26	$\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}$	40
pain of chest	14
Pain of stomach and bowels			10
Pain of shoulder			2
Palpitation			1
Scrofula			1
Fits			1