New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-19
STATISTICS OF THE METROPOLITAN DIS
TRICT.
TIE BIRTHS MARRIAGES AND DEATHS OF looo-rhSE-
MENr HOUSE EvnS-PoPULAIloN OF IiE DIS
qp1cT-PREvENTABIE DISEASES.

,,,r nrpTIa MARRIAGES AND DEATHS OF looo-TENE-
MENT HOUSE Evns-PoPULArloN or TIE DIS
TpIcT-pREvENTABIB DISEASES
The concluding portion OF the report ot Dr iifiiis'
Peoister % vital statistics, which came yesterday rom
the prn,r is by far The most interesting portion OF 'e
Board OF Health reports, OF Whch we nave Ie.'V s'en
can abstracts Il treats Of tho population OF Ncw-York
CITY and tbs Metropolitan District Ghe main facts or
Which THE TRIBUNE has already publishedG gives the
birth and death rate OF NcwIork as compared Win other
largo cities refers TO the great delinquency heretofore IN
properly registering all births, marriages ana deahs
gives interesting tables of the comparative mortality OF
married and sngs denounces in fitting terms the foul
practice of borton frequent even in good society,"
&c IN be shocking in ts total showsthe rate OF increase
in our population since $780, advocates free baths for the
moor and gives concise summary OF the plans anu pu
poses Of the Bureau or vital staIstvsi; ,,t,- ~,
Concerning the necessity for complete feglstra!On OF
te report urges tho rigid enforcement OF the
law such registration Since lSl there have been
NV n g gstcred IN New York, while In Brook
~n thcre has been no registration until within the past
year Upon this point Dr. Hails say a. I'm I9t ~ ~,
the most nssnifcant title to land or estate, the law
necds REQUIRE formal registration and writing out OF de-
scrntvo records and the legal rights OF lineage aud
helrship are worth our regard tneh mucn moie
should there DO such sanctions, fOmallcs ana RECORDS
of marriages 90 will help maintain alike the Claims duties
and honor Of lineage and NJ the same time furnish needed
sources OF information and selfpreseryaton 10 society,"
number OF cases are cited where the title TO property
the right TO draw pension or the ilSnt peat .do
name which ones father has given m OF her nave Deen
upon the proper registry Of the fact Of MARRIAGE
and the Wife the widow and the orphan nave been SUI
ferers from the neglect OF this vital duty: ,,. =,
The marriage rate In the metropolitan Dlsttlct rs
somewhat higher than In -. The rate IN NewlOrR III
Ooctoer exceeded II in 900 In Boston the average Is
almost jS in 1909 In London the average Is lo TO me
1000 IN all England the ratio Is almost 20 10 'ne OVo
I'm France B. end in Austria 81 TO the 1000 -,
General prosperity in business, abundant ana cheap
markets wen rs healthiul moral tone III tne colhu
nty are i'm an countries the noticeable concohitahtS OF
increase in the rate Of marriages upon population Inc
enerai England mentions tho increase III
the English maria scratc IN the year 1858 as follows
The cl0ud passing the cotton manufacturing as
trcs in 1861 and 1862 reflected ut once IN the mar
raee stes and the rate which In 1850 was as gh rs
LILO persons married IN every 10000 pcrsonssylng was
reduced 10 1928 1861. ana further. to LOLA In 1862 In
1863 the crisis had passed. after hOuntul harvest the
pconle began 20 think fayOraby0f their prospects
and marriage proceeded at an Augmented rate, the pro
portion 70 every l01OO0 amounting 70 Loss" go
The proportion marriages Is always greater IN cites
than in rural districts. - .,
The relation Of marriage 20 health Ia on Interesting
branch OF thi, subject Tables given which were pre-
pared for the French Government regarding the benign
results OF marriage upon longevity and freedom from dis
aiding sickness showing the following ratio OK mortality
20 the I 900 Of married and single: