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Why Are You Likely To Die? And At What Age? Here It Is taeh Period Of Life Charted Bv Health Department. Shows Death Causes. New York Times. With a view to the reduction ol the mortality rate in preventable diseases, the health department has recently charted and analyzed the chic! causes of death at different age periods in New York during ihc six years 1923-1928 inclusive. Finding that certain diseases ac count for most of the deaths at particular age periods, the depart ment also lays down advice for pre longing life by a considerable span. These recommendations include observance of prenatal care to in sure the birth of healthy babies; Immunization against smallpox and diphtheria; scrupulous cleanliness: caution to avoid accidents; work, recreation and rest in proper pro portion: good- food, fresh air and sunshine; health examinations, aiid avoidance of quackery. These rules, says the department, are better than any startling '‘elixir of life.” In the youngest age group—under one year—the most common cause of death is premature birth, ac counting for 23 per cent of the to tab Pneumonia is a close second v. ith diarrhea disease third. These causes are distinctly responsiva to preventive measures. During the second year of life the proportion of deaths caused by ■pneumonia, measles, diarrhea, tu berculosis and whooping rough reaches the startling total of 70 pol ecat, a percentage which, says the department, can certainly be re duced. Accidents Take Rig Toll. During the nest lew years the causes of death undergo a decided change in their relative standing. By the time a child has reached the age of 4, deaths from accidents consti tute 20 per cent of the total, with pneumonia and diphtheria each over 15 per cent, and tuberculosis ranking fourth, it is thus seen ’hat as soon as a child is able to toddle In the streets, motor accidents begin to figur# Accidental deaths are. by far the leading cause of mortality in the age with the accidental deaths >f boys hgarly double those of girls. In the males. 250. or 32 per cent of the total deaths for this age group, are killed yearly by accident; in the fe males. 109. or 17 per cent. Exre’i cnce shows that a large proportion 1 ■ r."1 of the deaths are due to street acci dents, which explains the prepon derance of boys. The deaths from diphtheria in this and younger groups decrease, and should, accord ing to the department, disappear with the immunization ottall young children with toxin-antit#ln. Prac tically all that has been said in con nection with this age group applies also to the group of 10 to 14 years Inclusive. With adolescence, pulmonary tu In the age group 20 to 24, inclusive, this disease accounts for 332 women berculosis takes the lead as the cause of death, especially in females yearly, or 31 per cent of the total for the group, and 274 men, or 21 per cent. Earlier recognition ;>i this disease and more attention to the importance of bodily nutrition is the department's formula for a re duction in this cause of death Fatal accidents still are numerous In the group, ar.d present a difficult | problem, as one is no longer cicalms ] with yoking children subject ti pa-j rental discipline. conditions in me ate group -'u r<» 24, inclusive, are very similar to those of the preceding one. In the! next higher group, 25 to 29 years, in clusive, the role of industry is :c. fleeted in raising the proportion of deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis among males, with 303 deaths from this disease yearly, or 23 per cent of the total for the group. Among the females, 294, or 24 per cent of their group tcftal. die yearly front this cause. Industry, too. plays *n im portant part in the j accidental deaths within this group, 193 ner,. or 15 per cent of the group total, being the victims of fatal mishaps, i Cancer assumes a prominent role ! in the age group 35 to 44 years, in clusive, and among women of thts age it constitutes the third most | common cause of death, with 462 yearly, or 15 per cent of the group total. Prom that age on, for both sexes, diseases of the circulatory system constitute the leading cause of death, with pulmonary tubercu losis and pneumonia about tied for second place. Among men, circula tory diseases account for 776, or t7 per cent: among woman 662, or 20 per cent. In the age group 45 to 64 yea's, inclusive, cancer ranks i\ext to heart disease as a cause of death. The proportion of deaths frSm diabetes among women is more than doublt that among males. A study of the Your Winter Requirements Your requirements in Winter Merchan dise of every description can be satisfac torily met by this store. We have made our greatest efforts to buy the merchan dise you will require for the season now here at the lowest possible prices in keep ing with quality and are offering you this merchandise at the most attractive prices ever shown here. Before you make your purchases we invite you to visit our stores and take just a few minutes in inspecting our offerings. We will esteem it a privi lege and pleasure to show you without any obligations to buy. CAMPBELL’S various causes of death in tiis group, according to the department, gives little hope of effecting any considerable immediate improve ment through preventive measures, although more effective control of the infectious diseases in intnncy and chilhood should gradually be followed by a reduction in some gf the degenerative diseases of later life. Practically the same can be said of the deaths occurring in the last group—65 years or more—when diseases of the circulatory system, including chronic heart disease and arteriosclerosis, are responsible for more than half of the deaths. To a large extent the time has ! gone by when considerable reduc tion in the death rate can be ef fected by administrative control measures says the health depart ment, except in abating the infec tious diseases of early life. Further progress depends on the practice of personal hygiene by the individual, and on his utilization of well-estab lished principles of preventive medi cine and public health. Another Jurist v Says Booze Buyer • Is Guilty By Law Juugr Flays So-called “Good f’iU itns" Who Patronise Bootleggers. Louisville. Kj—The October grand jury of the United States district court here was under in struction Irom Judge Charles I. Dawson to indict, If the evidence warranted the buyer as well as the seller of liquor. Attacking the "so-called rood citizen” who patronizes bootleggers. Judge Dawson, former Kentucky At torney General, declared the wide spread impression that it is not against the law to purchase liquor is erroneous. Referring to a recent decision of the circuit court of appeals of the second district at Philadelphia, Judge Dawson said that he had not read that court’s opinion, but It was his opinion “that what that court really decided was that one who purchases liquor is not such an aider or abbeter of the seller as to make him guilty as a seller under the federal law.” Point Of Disagreement. To that extent. Judge Dawson said in his chaige. ‘‘I agree with the opinion, but if that opinion holds that it is not an offense against the national prohibition act for one to purchase liquor without a permit and not or a prescription, then I, cannot agree with it, because I have no doubt whatever tffat the Volstead act intended to and does, in express terms, make it illegal for individuals to purchase liquor for personal con sumption for beverage purposes,” He cited section 6 of the national prohibition act. which, he said along other provisions declares: "No one shall manufacture, cell purchase, transport or prescribe any liquor without first obtaining a per mit from the commission to do sc. except that a person may, without a permit purchase and use liquor for medicinal purposes when pre scribed by a physician. "If the language just read,” Judge Dawson commented, “does not pro hibit the purchase of liquor by ndi vfduals for personal consumption for beverage purposes without a ner mit, then I am incapable of under standing the meaning of language.” PARIS LANDLORD WAITS 15 YEARS FOR RENT FROM ABSENT TENANT Paris.—A landlord who waited 15 years for his rent has come to light. More than that, he had not seen his tenant in that time nor hqd he inquired as to what might have be come of him. The landlord finally called on the police, who learned that a German, M. Fourmann, the tenant, was • een Urfct by the concierge in July, 1914, just before war was declared. The owner, it developed, never worried about the unpaid rent be cause he considered M. Fourmann honest, knew that his household goods were valuable and, besides, did not consider it any of his busi ness whether his tenant lived in the apartment. SCIENTISTS TO REMEASURE THE DISTANCE TO THE SUN Cincinnati.—The distance to the sun is to be remeasured through work at the University of Cincin nati In cooperation with the Royal Observatory of Berlin. The latest computation, accepted by astronomers fixes the mileage at 92,900,000 believed to be within 50, 000 miles of the exact distance. Astronomers use a planet as a stepping stone to help them reach out with more accurate computa tions toward thg sun's exact posi tion. In the present measurements Eros, the latest planet discovered, which is but 14,000,000 miles from the earth, is the stepping stone. At the beginning of 131 it will be in a favorable position for the solar work. Zara Aghaa, the world’s oldest man, died in Constantinople recent ly. He was 155 years old, and had never been sick. He was killed when struck by an automobile. Latest New York Vice Racket Is Traced To Night Club Hostesses New System Of Clubs And Komi Houses Supersedes White Slav ery. Girls Confess. New York.—A new traffic in wom en, a more vicious successor of white slavery, of which night clubs, speakeasies, public dance halls, cer tain types of employment agencies and eoneessionnalres in amusement “palaces" are the Integral links, has been created by the development of the ’‘hostess” racket, according to the annual report of the Commit tee of Fourteen, made public recent ly. The report, which reviews vice conditions in New York during 19*8, condemns Harlem as the most per nicious centre of prostitution in the city, a "slumming ground for cer tain classes of whites" looking for "picturesqueness, for thrills, and, too frequently for a convenient place in which to go on a moral vacation,” While supporting New York's claim to being the cleanest metro polis in the United States, if not in the world, the committee, organis'd in 1905 to fight lor tile suppression of disorderly resorts, fires a broad side for the second successive ye.'.r at night clubs and speakeasies which it says have brought about a vice situation comparable to tie days of the Raines law hotel and the backroom saloon with its "fam ily entrance.” Whalen Warmly Praised. The report disavows any inten tion ol piecing the blame for the.e conditions on prohibition "in frank ly exposing the relation between prostitution and places in which an illegal liquor traffic exists." The late Joseph A. Warren and his successor as police commission er, Grover A. Whalen, are warmly praised for their co-operation .vith the committee's work, as are Chief Justice Kemochan of Special Ses sions and the Women's courts. Again urging the centralization of the Magistrates’ courts, the report urg'.s reform in the following three direc tions: 1. An ajnepdment to the state laws relating to the hours of em ployment of women in restaurants to prevent Its present evasion by the ruse of listing hostesses as enter tainers. 2. More effective enforcement by j the commissioner of licenses of the provisions relating to" closing nours of resorts. 3. Increased allowances for police investigation of places suspected of violating the law. In startlingly frank lapguaga the report, which covers fifty-five pa-* >s describes In minute detail the op erations and activities of the var ious parasitical organizations nn1 individuals directly concerned In the new vice traffic upoh whit's public attention was focused recent ly by disclosures of a widespread white slave ring in Boston "A total of 392 night clubs and speakeasies were Investigated .ten than once in 1928,'' the report sa/s. “Of this number, 380 were found to be definitely identified with pros titution In all 998 ’hostesses' were observed in these resorts, of which number 544 admitted they vere prostitutes In addition, a tot vl of 525 other women met In the same places, but not regularly rmp.ov 'U by the management, admitted 'hat they were prostitutes. A total, there fore, of 1,069 confessed prostitute were found tn 380 places." Compulsion Not Direct, The alarming aspect of the new traffic, according to the report, -s that the white slavery traffic in volved direct compulsion, whereas under existing conditions "compul sion is indirect -or non-existent usually the latter." The great ma jority of the victims; the investiga tors found, come from small towns in adjoining and distant states, es pecially from places under econo mic depression. Many or the girls get their s'art in vice at certain types ot employ ment agencies which advertise fw hostesses. The committee’s -investi gators found 68 tier cent of these employment agencies “shady" and 40 per cqnt ‘‘definitely engaged in the traffic.'* A horde of these of fices are in two buildings in the “West Forties." where depraved and perverted characters congregate, the report says. The offices were continually crowded with girts, many of them runaways. “Usually the employment agent seems to think it is business to de termine the girl s status by personal experimentation rather than by mere inquiry.” the report says. “Again, when the hostess is giver an assignment in a night club ‘he proprietor or others connected with this operation may also attempt in the same way to ascertain whether or not the new hostess is ‘regular.*" C'oneessionnairea Involved. A syndicate which contracts for the check room, tobacco and candy concessions at 160 places also was investigated by the committee. Only attractive girls were hired by this syndicate, which paid them $2 a night and took away their tips. Th; girls were told they could make money by doubling ft* hostesses avid being “nice" to male customers. Of the public dance halls tnvest' gated the most objectionable one-, were found between 14th and 135th streets, the report continues. Tn all but one or two "very bad condi tions were observed including in decent dancing and soliciting foi prostitution." Almost four pages of the report are devoted to a special survey of Harlem, which "has been found present this problem in its m >st acute form, due In a large measure to the Inability of white officers understand and win the confidence and co-operation of this dense y populated negro district." The prevalence and openness of vice in Harlem <* graphically illus trated by the findings of one Inves tigator who worked only five days s week dsainst a six-day week for h's associates, yet reported a number of violations exceeding the total of four other Investigators In other districts tlurirm Congestion Blamed. Harlem is tire Mecca of the Amer ican negro and waves of tm*taxa tion have poured into It from the south and the West Indies, the re port says "These newcomers." the report continues, "are largely unmarried men and women or are represent t tives of broken families. They find that rents are disproportionately high; the direct result is a wide spread lodger evil, with its Inevit able attacks on privacy, morality and the integrity of family life. inmates later to Negroes. Tn three houses of proatltu'lon catering exclusively to negroes 'he managers and the inmates were all white. Winding up Its review of condi tions In night clubs and speakeasies, the report says: "This shows only too well wherein the vice probnrn cf New York lies today. Street solicit ing by prostitutes is so rare that it may be considered as practically negligible. Prostitution in hotels, apartments, rooming houses and similar places has been greatly re duced. It is the clubs and speak easies which have furnished com mercialised prostitution with a long wanted place and opportunity for its illicit operations." Girls employed id such places are not only exposed to immoral in fluences but come Into close con tact with crime, the reports points out. 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