Show longer life for working ChIs classes ses has been gained new york longer life for the working classes in this country has been gained during the past quarter of a century as a result of public lical health th acrivi ties a report of the metropolitan lite life insurance company shows the expectation of life at birth for or the industrial policy policyholders holders of this company crossed the CO 60 year mark for the first time in 1835 1935 in 1911 tho the expectation of life at birth for this class of the population was only years whereas now it is years expectation of lire life at birth for the working classes is now almost as good as tor for the population as a whole it appears from comparison of the life insurance figures with those of the united states registration area for the whole population in 1934 life expectation at birth was years the gain in life expectation of tho the insured wage earners appears even more striking when compared wl with ti I 1 U urban dwellers rather than with the population as a whole this Is a fairer comparison the life insurance itata statisticians ians point out because the insured wage earners live chiefly in cities white males at af age ten in the urban area ot of the united states gained years of life from 1910 to 1930 while white male industrial policy policyholders holders at the same ago ga gained ined years from 1811 1011 12 to at the same age white females in the industrial policyholder group gained aye a year ar more than those in the urban area of the united states credit given health authorities the gain in ufa life expectation tor for the industrial class Is all the more striking and encouraging because it was waa made during a quarter century that included the world war the devastating 1918 1919 19 influenza epidemic and the economic depression each of which greatly affected the lives and health of the population commenting on this the life insurance surplice sur alice officers compliment the tha health authorities of the country as follows throughout this quarter century and in the face of the calamities mentioned those charged with tho the administration of our public health activities have maintained a sc scientific lenti attitude toward their duties cur rent discoveries in medicine and sanitary science have been applied as soon as they had demonstrated thel their worth the results are undoubtedly reflected in the highly gratifying figures that have b a e n quoted |