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Show Centenarians In Great Britain. Once more woman haa demonstrated hor superior vitality, to the discomfiture discom-fiture of mere man. Of the centenarians centenari-ans who died In the United Kingdom during last year 42 were women and only a paltry 16 were men; in 1905 tho numbers were 36 and 22, respectively, respec-tively, and In 1904, 41 to 22. During tho last ten years the women who-died who-died after completing 100 yeara, at least, of life, exceeded the male centenarians cen-tenarians by 327 to 177 an-advantago of nearly 85 per cent. ' Tested by the longth of life, woman can equally claim the superiority Brldgot Danaher, who died last March In Limerick, was aald to be 112 years old; Mary O'Hare, another daughter of Erin, was only two years younger, and Mrs. Sarah Kgan, of King's Counts', Coun-ts', was credited with 107 years, whllo Bridget Soraera, who ended her days In Sllgo Workhouse' in Mtrch, 1904, had reached tho ripe old age of 114. So healthy Is Ireland that It Is said she has at present more than COO centenarians, cen-tenarians, while England, Scotland and Wales can only muster 192 among them. |