One hundred years ago:
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some of the CANADIAN statistics
for the Year 1905 :
The average life expectancy in Canada was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes in Canada
had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Montreal to Toronto
cost eleven dollars.
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S. and CANADA,
and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!
The average wage in Canada was 22 cents per hour.
The average Canadian worker made between $200
and $400 per year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn
$2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year,
a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year,
and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births in Canada
took place at home .
Ninety percent of all Canadian doctors
had no college education.
Instead, they attended
so-called medical schools, many of which
were condemned in the press and by the
government as "substandard."
Sugar cost four cents a pound.
Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month,
and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people
from entering into their country for any reason.
Five leading causes of death in 1905 were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea
hadn't been invented yet.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two out of every 10 Canadian adults couldn't read or write.
Only 6 percent of all Canadians had graduated
from high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine
were all available over the counter
at the local corner drug stores.
Back then pharmacist said,
"Heroin clears the complexion,
gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach
and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
(Shocking!)
Eighteen percent of households in Canada
had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.
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