In 1843, the British statistician William Farr in comparison life expectancies in 3 parts of England: rural Surrey, metropolitan London and industrial Liverpool. Farr observed that people in Surrey were making the most of life expectancies close to fifty, a big improvement more than the long ceiling on the mid-30s. https://naturalbookmarks.com/story16931312/detailed-notes-on-culture-of-the-united-states