New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-31
FRENCH POPULATION STATISTICS.

FkENCH POPULATION STA
The Pafis Pres,e has haa tvo consecutive aiI'cles,
eIren ely curious Dpob the state IF the popuiat on 10
France bth If witch are base' upon the repo W vs.
oe Wat eville, Dit cOr of the Estsbl- hInehs "
nevoei ce 10 the Minister Of the lnteIlo'. In tns
report the bumh. r. lot only Of births ana d"sihs gen
eralh il examine d. bu, their propoion stunied, aud
that of the hIihs Of llegmste children 10 tue oeaeos
by ib'snticide ID compared. The Pero1 lhher con.i'
efaion II that from le26 20 1883 Nov, 10 oegn WHO,
beTe the figures reIsise TO the mere re o poPu
ion geperal In 1926 the sum total of pop .l.tion IN
France 81 e5i ,545 -oOls in 1885, 1t was %
There rad therefore been, IN 2e years an INC
$780, ,0s3 souls. During all this time the numosf oi
buti- ta- amounted TO q las 52s, ana tea' OF .ne
DE this Ia 75 257 consequently a. the VII er 0 Ine
Presse OBJ ervea the increase Of population ought 10
bave been 1870 III rouls, instead OF 3,sJOoeJ but
II Gee 40 600 Dring individuals oTrespoDd merely 10
ihcs+ ro, within thee % yesrs, hsye ei' rrance alu
ced in frcigb countries This 8 one woud snihce u
prove bow htle tire Frencbman is tempted out ot MS
own lshd. Oddly enough, however, the lumber OF
deaihs of fOres in France adequate 10 the uuh
Der of destbs Or Fr.pohme in foreign pats; me aver
see Of tie former being 600 year, and OF the later
l,5O0. ,
In 20 departments the population has increased;
among o. er- in te RhOBe snd the Seue the increase
ha b, in ratio Of 80 per cent, snt IN tle Bsucoe.
ou Rhone, the Loire Coiea Ill that OF 20 per cent
In oepaItments popu alton he- Absolutely onla-
ished: in the Bsss.s Alpes, Calvaios, Canal Eare,
GeIs Marcbt, ano Ta.ntt-G 4roni e. Strange hlstiat
in inst fat aLd pltneols Normandy thus oecrease
maLdy) NJ. dc Wa'tevie's report marks only an IN
OF one seyen, DlD.n, OF, de he expresses IT,
Itg gafive res ult. 80
lbe ipcres-e upon the conpiete population ls GER
tau " not Attributable 20 the greater unber O olths
within the lat few years but 10 the more pr)t'actea
IiOd Of noIvidDal xi't-ncei coDsrqneo'y 10 t1e
better aIo beslt eI condition # he popul1tJn mere
is The pr of From 1920 10 1899 the smbunt ot T Us
ives IS 500 ~ upop population of 81, 2,652 l29 soul
while from lei0 10 1853 l'he other hall OF tne e
ysars), it OILY 1855 s0l uoon p"pulati9a OF
35 ,76l soul; moouci result, as s visible OF
SO 92t rths les. than in the first Is year, and toa
OF 2,75U 632 III the ent re population. lhi,
is unqutsiioDably proof in favor OF the lmproVei
CONDITION OF the population. 81 far We see ony, as IL
w.Te he physical side of the question IL we eXshe
the moral sCe Of IT, the reus are le55 satisfactory
The amount of ilegiima,e births is 7Ol50 upon an
averspe per AMI M, making about one natural chhd
for every l3 legitimate coiIdr-D. In 1898 Vhe year
whe d most lie imate births took place they bore
the proportion OF 20 II; and in lsi5, tue year when
f.xest aie to be cOu1ted they ore u Il.
To the qu.ttion OF ileeiiu ate birth are in4matey
attached thfes oibefs- those OF deserted chldren,
still bonn chid'n, ind CHILDREN "ssas nsted on 81
birth 1t W taEe the 6-st, the category ot de-
serted ciildren In 2s years from 1876 10 ls3Jl the
tote. rrmber Of tlese unlotuDotts had bsen sje i2O
| or 20 943 year One ill abandoned on every 81
| births ,
| certain dminution in the number OF childr,D de-
,,rt,0 lshea compared 70 the increase of 3opuiati)D
has been di-,ncty vislb within the last 10 Or 2Oy ara
spo It II to be ascnb,d Ouy to h- assistance 1orctd
IL &C dspaI Ill, BITS Oi France Dy lhe AlIlEtdu)u "
| unmarried u otheIs.
| But if there ~ a dimrnution on aband )nmen, c
cblrI,n there is ceTtao increase ON infhnli;iGei
from 1896 TO 1892 it c.lcust that there Has olt
tee out Of 10 eco oOd births; from 1888 10 1899
OIL. upon CO.. Udd; om leiO TO 1916, oue rpOn OOl
ode; az from 1s47 20 1853, one upon 600 ood.
| f. arfu lroer,s ion, and, NJ. dc w atevi le stys
"Irovl,, in fact, thst In 2s years the awful crime
b,s CouJ'ed.' -
Ore thing that Is not 10 he ri p1ei il hat, in all de
p0riu eIts where large ceJteIs Of population exist
enid murder l,s, frequent; and II Is most frequent
| Ia la-foIal or agricultural departments. This Is MOI
entire ly 10 be ascibed 10 the - civilized Instincts se
,.uaIkoble in the babt ants Of the rura districts
| France. il cones Chi, hS from tie anpler means %
co, G., ~. mt Of crime in large towns and from the
10 it owing 20 the greater indulgence
,lo1n 10 the eretched meteor, who II country CHS
trics is urevocsby cOnd. mned to perpetual shsme.
Ii II incontestaole that the increase OF pop Jaon II
IIaD.e Is entirely oWipg to the Diminished frequenc,
of deaths; no to the greater frequency OF births
1bis proves certain d'g|ee of an-lloraron IN th'
d ope condition, prr cipaly al regards phytica
bealih. Al the time, the degradation OF the
moral ipie ctusl state proved BY the constan
incIease Of ipfabticde. N de Wateville says, Dis
tees IL the great Of all crim, bat abov,
| all, the crime OF cblo-murdef"