The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-17
CITY MORTALITY DURING 1857.
rae Deaths. BirtAs and Marriages Tor the
Past Near.

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IN ac.oraasoe with our usual custom we present our
reader, With te ~ststs;ics or mortality Ia New York
Cting Dc year 1857 We also give two sts,enents
alcTlnStlc nuneer-or rather VIVA, purports TO be the
-olbirhs and marriages for the ee ven months
eejDg -'h November last We should state, however.
ia 81 these .sst the statistics in the City Inspectors De-
~parimccia7e no; at ali reliable. rs the provisions Of the
%" itQuiriog their registry are ncl enforced with that
Success which IN such matters Is so necessary TO perfect
accorao7 On a comparison OF the table of births with
that o. the mortality we find that the former does not ex-
coed l6,62i FOR the time stated, or about rs ,0c for the
Whole twelve months, while the deaths for the same
period arc set down a, % las. According to these figures,
the population OF the city must be on the decrease-en in
ference which everybody knows is not supported by facts.
II S absurd TO "a! that we are indebted for the growth of
our CITY to emigration for Il such were the case
oearl7 the whole population OF New York; must be
O. foreign birth. The disparity between the two state
nenis does not, therefore, Justify any such inference, but
Ia simply explained by the negligence exhibited in
Complying with the requirements OF the law.
The number OF marriages during the eleven months
ending November is 3,34l, which is equal 70 about TOO
for Che whole year. We are informed that the clergy are
very rcnlss IN making TIE returns, and tha;for this reason
stseslcs presented IN this table are mol as reliable as they
otherWse would be, Solar, however, as they 20, they
are very suggestive and possess a peculiar interest. II
vi. be found, however, on reference to the column of
nsures u1de- The head Of ':color, :" thai in eleven months no
less taan eieyen mixed marriages took place, and in every
Gaze they were celebrated between white women aud CO.
iored men-taa; is, eleven white women were married TO
eleven oolored inca. Surely the abolitionists ought 70 be
satisfied with such a result. The difference in the ages at
which the sexes marry is another interesting feature pre-.
scented by these statistics. While SO males were married
under twent, years, it appears the number Of females
VINO became wives at that age was 800. 1t will be found,
however tha, quite a change takes place after the females
have attained the age of %, and that from thai, time to the
cad OF tae chapter the number Of marriages among them
becomes small by degrees and beautifully less. Perhaps
II 8 8 due consideration Of this circumstance which pro
ouces that remarkably prolonged juveuility in a portion
OF cur female population. However tha. may be, il is GER.
tam thai the manageable condition is below the age
O. swenfy+nve@ fact fully borne out BY the
hgures, which show that more females get married from
t~enI7 70 twenty 1--we than during any other five years OF
their lives Toe marrying period among the males is from
twenty i've to thirty, although, OF course, it is hardly ne
cessar7 TO remind the re.der, with the figures before him
that both sekes marry up to the age of sixty FIVE. There
~ one Circumstance which does not appear from this
table, sad which the City Inspector ought to
BRING out we are 1t informed of the com
aSs o. the marrying parties. For instance.
II appears that % males were married q, the age Of from
40 70 %, and % st the age q from so to So; but we are
oot told the ages OF the females to whom they we're mar.
A 7ste At The end OF the table would supply the de-
hc,e1cy
7he deaths during tn. year mustered %, 1906, show ma
IN increase Of 1888 ever the mortality 6f 1856. The moe:
sts DISEASES arc cholera in.an,un Il .l42l, consestisr.
.Fs5), consumption (2ie4s), convulHions 1888. dropsy
/ 256 fevers 1855, determinations q ,ssoh, marssmus
t'ofDi and smallpox (42o). The number Of cases Of
tioSrn vs 500. IA nearly oil the diseases which we
ave enanerates the mo-taity wss greater tran during
ne preceding year. Il is particularly interesting in this
Connection % be able to state that, Notwithstanding the
regarding the increase o, deaths frcm small
sE, a comparison Of the mortalsrfrom that disease shows
st, Wills $40 died during 1889, the deaths in 1851 did
v exceed 425. This L will be perceived, Is less than an
'e-age OF ore u each week.
II = painful 70 see tie increase Winch has taken place in
: Humber OF cases o. sp;csde, ta.rty-nve more having
sSred during the psst year than IN Se year 1855.
dow fever, VIC are glsd to pe-ceive, has entirely dis.
Feared from the is,, no desehs having occurred
m that disease in 1857. There were thirty eight deaths
n unkno~ ~ Diseases fact which does na speaeyery
,ably either for the knowledge OF some Of the r,sdi-
fraternity, o. the progress Of rses,cal ssience. TIE
tber Of deaths among ck5lden urdc- Eve years ,t is,
eUsl, more than one-t alr the whole mortality, being
? Is While on this particular sub eet vo must call at
1 ua 90 the large number o. cases q sullbo~n snt pre-
& 1ebirths, which togeshe~ are pa. down at / "A, or
~ enc twelfth or the whole mortality. The deeths
yz male children preponsei ate largely over tas fe-
les, FOR while ,ose OF the isa er died during fht year,
nurober OF the former deossse q VIA Os2. Thsmor.
ty ans " meo an6 vopea ~as as feRows-Men, s.o,1;
smea. c,074 To mike Up for this dispropo1ior d, will
foual thAt there arc, more male than females bern.
10 the public insutuu oas tie nun Der a deaths wtz2,sz5.
Bile HkHIBITrSG TAR sesTHI Y pEArHs PRoh VA
RrouS DISEASES DURrso THS FfRsr SIX xospHs
CT 1867.
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