Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-11-27
The vital stati.tle. Of Vermont.

The tenth Registration Report Of births, ma
rage, and deaths, for this State, for the year
l-5G, made its appearance few days since
these reports We hardly understand why, al
vtys come along year or two behind hand, and
base not always been as full and reliable as they
might beat that. The present volume shows IN
en-. tse,l care in its compilation and Is more full
in its returns from each town in the State than
any previous one Only four towns failed 10
se..a their returns 1t was prepared under the
e,p,5le supervision O. DE-. GaoECE NIGH
OILS. Secretary Of State. The valuable summary
at its clase. to which We are indebted for many
interesting facts and comparisons is the careful
work Of DR.. o. F. Fassett of s.. A'baas.
1Ilr POPULATION.
The population Of the State is Sl5,Oys, as
ci.,u bv lie census Of 1850. In this number
th,,e were 2.I7l mo men then wo-
,..u BE- far the greatest proportion Of the
,umter were Of American birth. The foreign
,r-. ar those born Of foreigners, were S-,74a.
BIRTHS
The whole number Of bu,ns during tie year
WAS t.js2. which is considerably above the an
nual average for the past ten years being greater
than ia any year since 1861, and exceeding the
deaths of the ar by Gel 4 little over one half
were males. Three-fourths, or 4,376 were Of
American parentage.
The greatest number Of births occurred in the
month Of September, when c4j persons were
born. Of whom 339 were males The least
number was in January, when Of the
81 horn 1914 were males. Rutland seems
TO be the most prolific Of the counties, and Essex
the least. the former contributing 70 the popula-
ti5n g2s babies, being one to every 81 persons,
and the latter but Is, OF one to every Il per-
SONS. The fact that Rutland County presents
tie ltrest percentage Of babies Of foreign parent
are. and Essex County the least, explains this
somewhat remarkable difference. Grand Isle
County stands next to Rutland, having birth
T., every Il persons, and Ch't,enlen and Ben
pinr,on Counties next, each having a birth to
every - persons. The other Counties range
from & to 81 to each birth.
The proportion of male to female births
va, greatest in Es.ex County, and least in Wind
ham County, the former being 100 male to
every 100 female, the latter %. Chittenien
Coanry was li5. OF the whole number l32
were plural births. and 80 were Legitimate.
MARRIAGES.
There were q .O0l couples married during the
wear; \ number greater by 49, than ever before
rerorted. an encouraging fact certainly. The
hnppieSt" County was Of course Rutland 3a2
..,rl,-- taking each other " for better or worse 90
but ia proportion TO population Nindham County
stands fFst, with 3l4 marriages. Grand Isle
foo,s the li-f. with only II marriages Chitten-
den County La. 296. The popular month for
marvin, appears to be November, 345 well
ding being .et down to its credit, while August
has les. than any, only IL,
The ia.,o Of marriages TO population was one
to every y rersons, an increase Of nearly 80 per
cent over the average for the past zen years, and
An increase # 432 msrriagcs over any previous
wear. Ofthe 1901 marriages, 1856 were Of
bachelor. to maids; us bachelors married
widows; rs widowers married widows; and 2i1
divers marliel maids. The condition Of the
rem Under vas not stated.
In 765 instances the bride, and in s. the
groom was IN Ter 20 years Of age, and in 60 both
p,rties were under %. The men seemci most
inclined to we'd between the ages Of % and -,
1907 having married at tina; stage Of life. There
were l. men and 4 women who did not consider
three score wears and ten too Oh for honey
moon. In all I55 wijoWess, 2g6 widows, 1854
bachelors. and 1918 maids were married
DEATHS.
The number u deaths w4s SSH, Of whom
1.sg7 we're males, / ,92l females, and % IN
known. Or this number 3.l72 were Of AmeFi-
can birth. the remainder foreign CT unknown,
There were 4sS less deaths than the average for
the preceding eight years, and l,0l7 less than
in 1865. The ratio was one to every 81 Of
inhabitants. The average age was 80 - years
The highest number was between the ages Of 90
and 20, both males and females. There were
l. deaths above the age Of % years, males and
9 females. August was the most and July the
least fatal month. The percentage Of local
diseases was the highest, Icing 81 A., the most
fatal of which were di cases Of the nervous sys-
ten, which show a percentage of9.l
The mortality Of Windsor County was the
largest, T 80 deaths being reported. Grand Isle
the smallest, reporting 50. The number in
Chittenden County was sol. BY far the largest
percentage Of deaths was in the town Of Glasten-
bury ia being the proportion given, while the
percentage in Berkshire is only 10. Among the
counties Windsor shows the largest percentage
lJ6. and Essex the smallest, GO. That Of Chit
tenden County is LOG.
DIVORCE
The number Of divorces granted for the five
n. lsec