The mortality, sufferings and diseases of grinders / by G. Calvert Holland. Part II, Pen-blade grinders.

  • George Calvert Holland
Date:
1842
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Credit: The mortality, sufferings and diseases of grinders / by G. Calvert Holland. Part II, Pen-blade grinders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    IS Comparison of deaths at particular ages, out of 1C00 deaths above 20 years of age, in England and Wales,—Sheffield generally, and of the Pen-blade Grinders particularly:— England and Wales. Sheffield | Pen-blade generally, j Grinders. 20 to 29 30 to 39 40 to 49 50 to 59 From 20 to 60 At all Ages above 20 1838—9 160 136 126 127 1837—41 ; 1832—42 184 402 164 329 158 j 209 155 1 60 549 ! 661 1000 1000 1000 1000 According to the latter table, 160, out of 1000 deaths above 20 years of age, die in the kingdom between 20 and 29; in Sheffield, 184, but in this branch 402. In the next period, between 30 and 39, in the kingdom at large the deaths are 136—in this town 164, but in this branch 329. The deaths under 50 years of age in the kingdom, are 422—in Sheffield 506, and among the pen-blade grinders 940 ! What an awful disparity ! At this period—little beyond the prime of life, when there are only 60 indivi- duals remaining out of 1000, in the kingdom there are left out of the same number, 578. These are startling results and cannot fail to awaken the attention of the legislature. The evils demand consideration, and they need only to be fearlessly exposed to be corrected. They are neither mysterious nor incurable in their character. To know them, it is simply necessary to visit the rooms in which the artisans work—and to redress them, ventilation on the simplest principle only is required, the carrying out of which, on a comprehensive scale, must, however, be enforced on the proprietors of wheels. We have further evidence to adduce of the misery of this class of artisans. Wretchedness is implied in the
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