TOO MUCH JAZZ
CAUSES EARLY DEATHS. LONDON, Sept. 30.
The remarkable fact that the death rate is increasing among single women between the ages of 18 and 27 is disclosed in the Government Actuary’s (Sir Alfred Watson’s) report on the expectation of life, based on the average deaths recorded in 1920, 1921 and 1922. On the contrary, married women between 18 and 27 are healthier than ever. The report shows that a hoy’s expectation of life is now 55.62 years, and a girl’s. 59.58, as compared with 48.53 and 52.38 vears respectively in 1906. Dr Ethel Browning expresses the opinion that the increased mortality among single women is due to the fact that more are now working in closely confined offices, and also dancing or going to pictures, instead of being in the fresh air,
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1927, Page 2
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