Excerpt from Mortality of Government Life Annuitants: Return to an Order of the Honourable the House of Commons. Dates 2 August 1912 The Observation on that occasion extended over the long period Of 67 years, from 1808 to 1875, and comprised the experience of the nominees Of all-annuities which had been granted under the Acts 48 Geo. 3. C. 142. And 10 Geo. 4. C. 24. If variations in rates of mortality were only Of a temporary character the inclusion Of the experience Of a further series of years with that of the period ...
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Excerpt from Mortality of Government Life Annuitants: Return to an Order of the Honourable the House of Commons. Dates 2 August 1912 The Observation on that occasion extended over the long period Of 67 years, from 1808 to 1875, and comprised the experience of the nominees Of all-annuities which had been granted under the Acts 48 Geo. 3. C. 142. And 10 Geo. 4. C. 24. If variations in rates of mortality were only Of a temporary character the inclusion Of the experience Of a further series of years with that of the period 1808 to 1875 would be desirable in order to obtain as many facts as possible from which the requisite average deductions could be drawn. There may, however, be causes at work in a later period of years, which were either absent or of less force in an earlier one, tending to render these variations permanent. The conditions of life in this country are now somewhat different from what they were iii-the. Earlier. Years of the 19th century. A knowledge of hygiene is more general, considerable improvements in sanitary matters have been effected by legislation, and great advances have been made in medical-and surgical skill; all causes which favour an increase of vitality. On the other hand there may be causes tending to'a contrary effect, for instance, a greater density of population and the stress Of modern life; the latter cause probably affecting male more than female lives. The duration of life in a special class of lives like annuitants may not be influenced by all the causes mentioned, but that some of them will have an effect upon it seems to be more than probable. The Object sought in investigating the mortality experience of a past period is to obtain data from which the probable rates of mortality in future may be deduced. With the view, therefore, Of Obtaining the experience of lives living under conditions more closely resembling those of the present time it has been decided to commence the present investigation with the experience of the year 1875, and to omit altogether that of previous years. If any later year were taken as the commencement Of the Observation it would hardly allow Of the collection of sufficient data. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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