GO TO ICELAND FOR LONG LIFE.
Tt would be interesting to l'now i* any part of the world beats Iceland) in the a\crage of life of its inha,bi-', tants. It is shown in the census of ; j 1905 that on an average the peaple of that island live to to the age of | 01.8 years, which is very nearly, double the mean duration of human life as it was computed a generation a ,o. Sweden dnd Norway are regarded as very healthful countries, | but Iceland takes the palm in longevity, the mean duration of life m I Sweden being 50.2 years and in I Norway 49.94 years. Some of Ice- : land’s earthquakes are nerve-racking, but an the whole the lives of most of its simple and industrious inhabitants slip along with few incidents that unduly stimulate or depress the pulse. The little island enjoys many of the advantages of civilisation and avoids most of its drawbacks.
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Northland Age, Volume V, Issue 7, 5 October 1908, Page 7
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156GO TO ICELAND FOR LONG LIFE. Northland Age, Volume V, Issue 7, 5 October 1908, Page 7
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