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and military class (225.58), and the professional class (211.80), and was below the average in all other classes, being lowest in the clerical and official class (125.91).
Of the individual occupations the death rate from these diseases was highest among laborers (381.08), janitors and sextons (344.03), physicians (342.57), sailors, fishermen, and pilots (303. 27), boatmen and canal men (285. 39), coopers (282.68), policemen, watchmen, etc. (278.08), and was lowest among messengers and newsboys (20.46), telegraph and telephone operators, etc. (20.86), stenographers and typewriters (23.86), bankers, brokers, and officials of companies (62.93), launderers (74.23), commercial travelers and salesmen (77.63), and steam- railroad employes (85.97).
Taking the principal occupations, the death rate from these diseases was highest among saloon keepers, etc. (265.84), boot and shoe makers (250.34), brick and stone masons (239.98), marble and stone cutters (233.02), cabinetmakers and uphol- sterers (226.34), blacksmiths (221.21), and lawyers (220.01), and was lowest among accountants, bookkeepers, clerks and copyists (142.41), machinists (150.08), iron and steel workers (157.49), carpenters (175.98), butchers (178.51), and bakers and confectioners (199.75).
The average death rate from suicide was 16.92 per 100,000, It was highest in the personal-service, police, and military class (29.37), th 6 entertainment class (23.78), and the professional class (21.7*), and was lowest in the class engaged in agriculture, transportation, and other outdoor pursuits (12).
In the individual occupations the death rate from suicide was highest among architects, artists, etc. (42.07), barbers (40.18), janitors and sextons (37.53), brewers, etc. (36.16), tailors (34.87), and musicians and teachers of music (32.26), and was lowest among clergymen (4.02), brassfounders, etc. (5.65), plumbers (5-97) i and hat and cap makers (6.01).
Taking the principal occupations, the death rate from suicide was highest among lawyers (27.16), cabinetmakers, etc. (27.16), bakers and confectioners (25.66), blacksmiths (22.95), painters,
