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While the figures in Table VI show the relative mortality of males in each specified occupation in comparison with the average mortality of all males, and indicate the relative mortal- ity in each occupation in comparison with the others, the latter is better shown by taking the mortality of the total occupied males, computed in the same way, as the standard of comparison, and this is done in Table VII for the registration states which gives results for males between 25 and 65 years of age according to both standards, and for a more extended list of occupations.

TABLE VIII.

Occupations

Mortality at 25 to 65 years

on basis of 1000 deaths among

All males

Occupied males

Cigar makers and tobacco workers 1301

Compositors, printers, and pressmen 963

Coopers 1033

Engineers and firemen (not locomotive) 858

Glass blowers and glass workers 828

Harness and saddle makers, trunk makers, etc. 818

Hat and cap makers 1490

Iron and steel workers 708

Leather curriers, dressers, finishers, and tanners. 664

Machinists 761

Marble and stone cutters 974

Masons (brick and stone) 807

Mill and factory operatives (textiles) 614

Millers (flour and grist) 619

Painters, glaziers, and varnishers 934

Plasterers and whitewashers T 124

Plumbers, and gas and steam fitters 1021

Tailors 984

Tinners and tinware makers 960

Others of this class 795

Agriculture, transportation, and other outdoor

Boatmen and canal men 1324

Draymen, hackmen, teamsters, drivers, etc 897

Farmers, farm laborers, gardeners, etc 358

Livery-stable keepers and hostlers 851

Lumbermen and raftsmen 721

M iners and quarrymen 546

Sailors, fishermen, and pilots 1071

Steam-railroad employe's 559

Telegraph and telephone operators, electric- light men, etc 600

1624 1204 1290 1072 1035

1022

I86 4

88 3

829

950

1218

1008

768

774 1167 1404

1275 1226

1200

994

1654

1122 446

1063 900 682

1338 700

750