Arterio-Sclerosis in Coal Miners

Abstract

AiTHOr.C(ifl it is now genierallv hecld that the condlitions connected with a miner's occupation, apart fromn its special risks, arec as favourable to health as those-of other mianiual wvorkers, it should noted that after the age of 55 coalI mniners in th-e aggregate die off mnore rapidly than othier occul)ied mnales, while between the ag~es of 25 and 55 the deathi rate is lower.