, 1879-01-12
NEW-ENGLAND FAMILIES.

NEN-ENHIAND FAM1LfES.
More Talk About Their Dacrrase In Numhers
what Tb.v ,yore r,yo cant,,;es = s--
son,a yo,.,I. w. r1aa
1an',a.. ,,.s;sa, I'.'
'o.4;le o"ot Men.u' "!te t!mes anu ''dse"e.
~oestaons "a ean'eatS se1euce are receiving SO
large share Of attention ut the present time
that passing response may be made to some
pcculiaritics Of American social };fe which nav
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Ao' w A"N't.'ai ~ e'ely Epa1s4 Ut AmerlcAn
physician. Ut. Nathan Allen, Of Lowell, Mass,
member OF the American Medical Association,
who has diso1oved mncb carefrl ohcarv,tioo in
his direction. and in the ;1isussion Witch meiii.
cine tleuds with eocjal science. has n,1hlished n
number of nanrrs cmhoiv;np sonna i'm norrapt,
sentiments. From his own s1aristjcs and those
of other observers. il seems to bc we'll established
remarkable diminution in the sizc Of families
among the native Inhabitants. From a careful
Examination OF The history Of MANY towns in
Massachusetts. it has hcen fond that the
average number Of children to eoch fami1y has
been gradually Diminishing through several
successive generatlons: cnmmencing in SINE
nlaces with aiuht or nine to each family. nn,l
now numbering only three or four, It was
stated some time since in a prominent medical
ionrnai in Ncy ynrx That medical men of that
city fonul an average OF not mora than three
children in q family. Among the higher classes
verr fcyr families lad more than i've childrcn.
yery many lad but one child, and altogether
ton many lad none at all He has also shown
conclusvely that tue physical improvement OF
the American people has been retarded by undue
.leyciopneut OF tic intcllcctual faculties.
FYc.ss of deyc1onment of anv mart Of
lhc system has been shown to be hostile to fer
ti]ity. As was remarked recently 10 the COL
nmrs of the New York lfet{;cat Journal. this
would seem to be clearly shown by the growing
d;sinc]ination Among Young married WON en- to
assume the duties Of maternity, and such dlsin~
cIination, il widespread. of c,,lrse tends to uu-
dermine the Foundation OF the married and ma
ternal relation. Dr., Allen has also Shown that
fhe nirrh-rate Of a people depcpIcd ycry much
unon = narttcu1ar tyne of o:rauizaton. and
henre there must be u certain physical standard
which determines the laws Of ronn|atinn. Sta
tistics are adduced which prove that the decline
in the birth-ratc OF New Enelanders-which
corresnonds ycrv nearly to TINT Of France-is SO
der;drd that the hirth.rate of TINT stncl Of neo.
pie is now oniy about one-half that Of the Irish,
English. German, and French Canadian.
HHM it. used ID to be- in NY A 6v ~
Co;t Tv1sr IN his RECENTLY nnhhsf,c5 Hjstorv Of
amsr;,an Iit.rat,re os f1)1,xs KIT whn ,ni
If what sort wer. thnse nennle WIN in the sew
entecnth century took nosstssion Of England.
sas.;"n II # stif1 At tho tirst ronce We scr
11.ot ther wcre = nroiinc race m1rrv;nr e,rjv
ana If onnortnnitr oresenteI: uarrying oftcn:
never derininor fn Te;oi.e in hnvinr their honses
cdif;oI and beaufffirll vii h many chtirrn
n tha rear 1GtO thrre wcrc IN New En,,,ani
twcfue ;n1en.ndnnt rro,,ns of coinn;sts. fiftv
tnwns 1pnmIstion of aho,,t a. I'm sn,1: mi'
nnr;n,1 he TX Hsore foi1nwin.r that Gat, ,nnrc
1,arenn. - ;e s,,nnoscd. Want nn1t IRON, liz NV
~ tha f1td Enoland tfan came from the did
En11ana ~ ths Now, Wi 81 thr;;tv and
tn.n,;n- have h.or ctheeo NewFnp1onJers thar
f1on. t6at nr;ma1 con,mnnjtr of 81 so,n nersons
hara daeccnGiei Tho threc and n In III ,n;iIions
tr1'o comnnse the nresent nonnlnt;on Of Nav
FnoJand. wh;1c of thc enti1e nnnuiation nov
snrE,ad nver the Tinted States. nrobabiy every
thir7 ncrsnn ran read in the history OF tie first
ecttIcment of New England the history of his
own nroienitors- f hardly needs to be- men
tionc alter this tbat The copdltions OF life there
were not At ali those for which Nautilus subse-
n,entlv invented his theory If jnhosnitaIity tn
;nfouts. Formulation was sparse: work was
nent;fn1. fonf was nlcntifn}: and the arrival
n tie honschod of new child was not The
arrival ri n now annct;te amonr q brood
ri children already half-fed.2ett vo7
ra,ber the arrival Of new helner
whose helm was scarcer Than food: IL vas.
IN foct n fresh installmont from Haven ri
what tfev called. m RbIjco1 authority. thr vcrv
th,r;t,re of the ord, The tynical 'househn1d
If Nav England vas one Of patriarchal ponu-
1onsncss III III thc savinrs nj ,he n rhra1v