, 1885-04-08

thing" and calls 1t "eVlQtlt" lie uses COO
strong expressions. 1t is everywhere dan.
gerouS TO be born illegitimate, and it is
also somewhat more dangerous out here
than in Denmark. but the difference does
not Justify sucr strong terms. There may
very we'll be found countries in Europe
where ii is at least equally az dangerous
as in st. Croix, for Denmark stands high
in this respect.
l will now state some other results de-
rived from the list of births and deaths fur.
nished from the Pastors Office. They refer
OILY to the year 1888, for | have not had
time to work them out for other years, as
such work takes considerable time.
In the year 1888 there were in all 500
births and 839 deaths, there was therefore
an excess Of 81 births, that is not much,
but it is better than nothing, only untortu-
nately it is quite exceptional.
There were 10 still born, or about 4.5 per
cent. of the births, which is a low proper
ton in comparison with countries in Europe,
and, of course, is due to the well made
wom"n and easy births.
OF the total number born GliU6 there were
Legitimate
in the town o # 4 T4s%ts9s .tss 1919 3 out Of q f 3M 0'F:h'- 800.
And for the two towns we get 62 per
cent illegitimate out Of the total children
born alive, while in Denmark, in COpen.
hagen only 1920 %, and in the provincial
towns still less, only 90 o. are illegitimate.
'''N' 1911 out Of a5s were i~lsgitimaes
or about 75ole
-" " Frederiksted
or about 669olo
For the two country districts together the
proportion is over TOO O illegitimate, willis
for the country districts in Denmark it is
only S'6oIc
These figures speak for themselves.
OF 1856 children born alive in the owns
there died at the age 0-l year
in the LIST year of life) 1876, i.~.
401'S per 1000, while the death
rate in Copenhagen at the same
age is 233 per 1000 and in the
provincial towns 1856.
Out of 5l6 children born alive in the
country district there died III
the age OIL years 1872 lie. 1921
per 1000:
In the country districts Of Denmark
there died at the same age 1l9
per 1000.
Ont Of 1856 children born alive in the
towns, there died between tia
ages of and 5 years AZ i. 9. 10
per 1000:
in Copenhagen between the
same ages 90, and IN the pro-
vinciaI towns n per 1000.
Out Of SIG children born alive in the
country districts, there died be-
tween the ages of l and 8 years
81 i e. 1898 per 1000
in the country districts OF
Denmark 81 per 1000.
From which it APPEARS that
out of 1000 children born alive in st. Crolx
lin 1889 there died in the ages from O-5
years,
in the towns 526'8-in Copen-
hagen 1922 and i'll the Provincial
towns 229.
in the country in st. Oroix
462.5-in the country in Denmark
$50.
We easily perceive from this:
LIST. That the infant mortality here in
ST. CroIx in the first five years Of life is
considerably greater than in Denmark.
The relation being about AZ follows:
In our two towns there died in 1888, A
OF theagr0 5yelrSfor evrIy27 OF the same
age in Copenhlgel (and Copenhagen, on
account OF The many iIlegitlmate births IN
ChristianShavn, is very unfavourably
placed) and for every 10 in che Provincial
towns, hat is TO say u time IA many as
i'll Copenhagen and y times as many as III
the provincial towns.
In our country districts there died "a OF
the aye % years for every 8 in the country
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