Mortality in Printing Offices.—The 23rd anniversary report of the Metropolitan Typographical Widow and Orphan Fund, which has heen recently issued, contains statement of interest to printers. According to this document the number of the deceased members whose representatives have received the trade allowance from the London Society of Compositors is 39, giving an average age of 47f years. From the age of 25 to 30,4 ;to 35,4 ; to 40, 7 ; to 45, 7 ; to 50, 1 • to 55. 5 ; to 60, 2 ; to G5, 5 ; to 70,1 ;to 75, 2 to 83, I—thus indicating that nearly two-thirds were uuder 50 years of age. The number of deaths from consumption are 15; bronchitis, 4; typhoid fever, 2; dropsy, 3; natural decay, 1 ; paralysis, 2 ; heart disease, 2 ; apoplexy 3; other causes, 7. These statistics show that over two fifths have again fallen victims to the printers great malady, consumption. Printers' Register, April 7.
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Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1090, 18 July 1873, Page 3
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