On health and occupation / by Benjamin Ward Richardson.

  • Benjamin Ward Richardson
Date:
1879
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Credit: On health and occupation / by Benjamin Ward Richardson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of these would probably tell us, if we knew them, that they too are not idlers, but, in their way, busy. The fact is worthy of special note, as showing what a hive of industry this island is, and also as indicating what importance attaches to our modes of life, so that health and industry shall go as far as is possible hand in hand. In the various occupations in which the people of England are employed there are found great differ- ences in respect to. health. It behoves us therefore to know what are the leading facts of such varied em- ployments. How are the people divided into different classes of the occupied. The Registrar-General in his returns on the census of the kingdom,—returns which, by the wonderful labours of Dr. Vm. Earr have been made the most precious treasures of historical knowledge,—has drawn out a system of division for us which is very easily understood and very readily told. The Registrar- General explains that there are six great classes of the community, each of which is composed of different orders. Class I.—Professional Men and Women. The first order of the professional class consists of persons who are concerned purely in carrying out the governing affairs of the kingdom. All civil servants, viz. all persons in the direct employment of the Legis- lature for governmental purposes, belong to this class, which includes some members of both sexes, and makes up a total of 10G,286. Of the members of the class, 99,892 are men and G,39i are women. This is the governing order. After the governing order come those who are engaged purely in defence of the country and in maintaining public authority. Soldiers come under
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