The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-07-06
From the New York TimeS.I
MARRIAGES ANB BIRTHS.
Some Curious Facts About MetPOpOli-
tan ife-FiguFeS for The year 1870.

Among other valuable items fur
nished by the annual report Of the
I New York Board Of Health are the
/ figures Of the Bureau Of Vital Statis-
tics. These give but partial idea of
what is aimed at, /. C., the total and
| correct number Of marriages, births,
and deaths, with dates, ages, and ma
tiVities of the persons enumerated.
I The law requiring all officials, civil
and ecclesiastical, to record marriages
performed by them, has been very
ministers Of certain persuasiOns de-
cline to comply with 4 law which has
Jas they allegel invaded the sacred
ness of a religious ordinance.
The extent Of such noncompliance
may be addueed from the single in
stance Of the figures enumeFating the
total of marriages to be 7,S45 for the
year 1870. That is a palpable .inaeeu-
Tslcy, as a moments calculation must
show. Several suits against these
cOnJumaUiOus elergymen have been
commenced, and it is the intention to
I follow the matter up hereafter in ev-
I cry case. The interests Of science, law
and order seem u imperatiyely de-
nand it. The table Of births is about
as faulty, from various causes, Of
which that in relation 10 those born
Z out OF wedl0ck is most prominent.
The total given is li,j2L
I All these statistics aTc-even In an
I incomplete form valuable and inter
I esting. They not only furnish q
! great deal Of important Information
I for scientific purposes, but suggest
many curious speculatiOns upon hu-
man character and existence, and re-
veal many Of the hidden secrets Of
! this world Of metropolitan life.
The marriage registry gives the
age, nativity and color Of the con-
tracting parties. Tire largest num-
] Der OF marriages per month was
/ l,Oi9, in November; the small
! est was 4Sl, during the month Of
! December. There were two mis-
/ cegenatiOns. Th5re were 5.fTI males
and !, SIS females Of foreign birth: ..
go males and 1850 females native
Z born, > males and female who were
: born upon the seas. OF first marriag-
I es, there were G,j22 Of men and G.G0i
of women, showing that s. widows
secured bachelors. or second mar
riages, there were OF men and 9d7
women or third marriages, there
were CT men and 10 women. Only
two men appear on the list Of the
fourth marriage, no woman seeming,
10 have undertaken the fourth nup-
/ tial experiment. The age Of the par
ties in the majority Of these cases was
between twenty aud twenty-five. Bat
ITO e..
twenty. There were ,, So males and
l,Sl6fcmales between twenty-five and
thirty, ,26j males aud 6jS females be-
tween thirty and thirty-five, ,GGl males
and 333 females between thirty-fivc
and forty, Is males and , females lee
tween forty-five and fifty, 4males and
, females between fifty and ffty-five,
is males and no females between siXiy
and siXty-five, 10 males between sew
enty and eighty, and ! male between
eighty and ninety.
The registry Of births Is an interest
ing study, notwithstanding the isae-
curacy Of the figures. The color afI4 :
3jS was white. and that Of l6g black,
! Z, SD were males, and oslo femaIes.
( Q, is2 were of foreign and 2.533 of ns.
Z tive parentage, Of which I,A5g were
fathers and S2y mothers. The yaIns.
OF these figures, If correct anil faIl
would be immense, and the resoluti0B
OF the authorities 10 enforce the law
with its full penalties against an who
/ fail to comply with It Is most COM
meHdable. The proOfOf age, nativity,
identity, parentage and marriage is
! Frequently in dispute in the courts
{ where vast interests are at stake, and
this record, If thoroughly kept, would
be Of almost inestimable Importance.