HOT AND COLD.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13683, 27 August 1908, Page 7

HOT AND COLD.

LONGEVITY STATISTICS.

lie-cause in tropical countries more decayed vegetable matter is found, and, iri"' com-equent-e, more miasma, the idea has become popular that only vigoious health and long life are likely in nor- s ihr-rn latitudes where frost now and then assorts itself. The fact that humanity marines much eariier in tropical climes .-eems to warrant the conclusion that jt must necessarily perish much earlier. Dr. Lugi 'Sambon, of Rome, attempts to put rhi popular impression to sleep by an elaborate exhibition of statistics, which lie has just gathered together.

He does not contend that the, warmest climate is the most suitable to. a- man, under the conditions of modern civilisation, but he remonstrates vigorously against the idea that a cold and variable climate is the most conducive to the physical and intellectual' improvement of the human race. While northern climes may produce stalwart frames, statistics show that they do not conduce to longevity. In proof of his position the doctor cites the fact that the average Arab outlives the average Esquimau by not 1,-ss than twenty-five yearsHe shows that the people who live along the unhealthy coasts of Central and South America survive the inhabitants of !he higher and cooler altitudes of the interior. He shows also that the Hindus, who often reach puberty as early as nine years, live to a surprising old age. The inhabitants of the southern countries of Euiope are found to live much long- r ihan those of the more northern latitude.

To illustrate, in England in a population of 27,000,000 (here are but 146 centenarians, while in Spain, with a, population of but 38,000,000, then- are 401 centenarians. The probabilities are that ihe great mortality found in southern latiiudes is found.in the cities, and is, therefore, not so much the fault of the climate- ns of an indifference to snnitarv laws.

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