Deaths of males with traceable occupations in the 15 to 50 age group - 1851 to 1879

1851	Henry Longdon	41 years	Agricultural Labourer
1853	Edward Vickers	19 years	Agricultural Labourer
1854	James Short	18 years	Coal Miner
1857	John Bishop	16 years	Saythesmith
1859	Albot Peace	21 years	Farmer and Grinder
	George Morton	22 years	Farmer
1860	Samuel Bishop	17 years	Scythesmith
1861	Thomas Biggin	27 years	Farmer and Scythemaker
1862	John Reaney	31 years	Scythegrinder
	Thomas Godburn	36 years	Agricultural Labourer
	Abraham Moseley	33 years	File Maker
1867	William Coates	31 years	Farm Labourer
1871	Joseph Bishop	41 years	Farmer and Scythemaker
	Joseph Peat	15 years	Afflicted from birth
	Edwin Taylor	43 years	Farm Labourer
1872	Henry Parkin	43 years	Schoolmaster
1875	Thomas Fletcher	44 years	File Cutter
1877	Thomas Fearnehough	21 years	Clay Miner
1879	Henry Lowe	17 years	Saw Handle Maker

i.e.	9 from the steel industry
	6 from farming, with 3 from farming and steel
	2 miners
	1 school master and 1 afflicted from birth

Unfortunately the sample was much too small to be at all conslusive, but the figures suggest the expected higher rate of death amongst the industrial workers than among the agricultural workers when these figures are compared with the proportion of workers in these two fiels, i.e. only 21% in the steel industry compared to 50% in agriculture in 1851.

There was also no great significance in the the ages of deaths, i.e. of the sample of 19:

6 died under the age of 20
4 died in their 20s
4 died in their 30s
5 died in their 40s