On the growth of the recruit and young soldier : with a view to a judicious selection of "growing lads" for the army, and a regulated system of training for recruits / by Sir William Aitken.

  • Aitken, William, 1825-1892.
Date:
1887
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Credit: On the growth of the recruit and young soldier : with a view to a judicious selection of "growing lads" for the army, and a regulated system of training for recruits / by Sir William Aitken. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE I.—Death-Rates of Males and Females per lOOO LIVING AT 12 AgE PERIODS^ FROM 1881-1883, COMPARED TO AVERAGE OF 1838-1883.2 Years. Males. Females. 1881-83. 1838-83. 1881-83. 1838-83. 0 — 59-4 70.8 50-4 60.9 5— • • 6.1 8.1 5-8 7-8 10 — 3-2 4-5 3-3 4-7 IS — 4.6 6.3 4.8 6.8 20 — 6.1 8.5 6.0 8.0 25 — 8-3 9.6 8.0 9.6 35 — 12.9 13-1 II.0 12.2 45 — 19.4 18.9 15-2 15-6 55 — 34-0 32.8 28.0 28.0 65- . . 68.0 67.5 58.7 59-8 75— • • 143-9 147.8 128.4 134-5 85 and above 292.8 313-9 266.4 288.8 All Ages 20.5 23.0 18.3 21.0 It is from such statistics of civil life that we obtain standards for comparison for our purposes. In the Report by the Registrar-General for 1883 of the death-rate from all causes at 12 successive age periods, it is shown (i) how considerably the death-rate varies with age ; (2) that the period of life at which fewest deaths occur is between i o and I 5 years. It shows that the rate slowly falls from birth to that miniimcin, and subsequently rises, at first 1 These age periods are completed portions of time of 5 years each, and the table is read thus : o — embraces all utider 5 years; 5 — all between 5 and under IQ years, and so on. Consult Vital Statistics, by Dr. William Farr, a memorial volume, 1885, p. 207. 2 Alchin, Medical Times and Gazette, vol. ii. p. 631, 1S85.