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In this lecture "Return of the Microbes" the professor of medicine mentions in passing that in Victorian Britain a male adult had an slightly higher life expect
by ItsMe000001 8y ago
In this lecture "Return of the Microbes" the professor of medicine mentions in passing that in Victorian Britain a male adult had an slightly higher life expectancy than a male adult in today's Britain. He excludes children but also women for good reason (child birth used to be very risky).
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/return-of-the-microbes-how-infections-are-once-more-taking-over https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/return-of-the-...
- Nursie 8y agoWhile that's interesting, I'm not sure it's really proven, he mentions it in passing and gives a figure for only a single town, I suspect cherry picked. And I've been to Blackpool, I'm hardly surprised the life expectancy there isn't up to much... I find the second graph here much more compelling, which shows across the country that there has been a steady improvement over time from 1841 to the present - https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/articles/howhaslifeexpectancychangedovertime/2015-09-09 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsde...