, 1885-04-08

the relation between the legitimate anu IL
legitimate births on the one hand and then
between the deaths among the Respective
classes Of child IN during the first mohth
on the other hand. 1t appears then:
that III 1881 there were in all 9l0 births, OF
which 24S were legitimate,=c. 2IoIo
and $40 were i~llegitimate, &c. 1921
and in 1881 there died during
the LIST month Of life 100 child
rem, Of whom 81 were lrgiti-
mate c. ll3o!o
ard 80 were illegitimate &C 8230lo
In 1882 there were III all ST.
births, Of which 257 were
ltgitimate,=.... -. ......c. 32oIo
and 59l illegitimate,=....c. 6o0Io
/" 1882 there died during the LIST
month 142 children, of whom
20 were legitimatr.=....-- G. 1870
and 1872 were iIlegirimatr,=c. $500
In 1883 there were in all 800
births, Of which 293 were Iegi-
and 597 iJIceitimatp.=.....,c. G70Io
1888 there died duIing the LIST
month $40 children, OF whom
- were ~legitimatn,= &c. 23oIo
and lO8 were illegitimatr, &C. 100
In the years 1873 there were i'll
all 2679 births, of which SIS
WV lCEt' III r. "-- ~ w o
and 1861 were illrgitimatr,=c 7OoIo
And in the same 3 years there died
during the lst m0nth Of life
402 children Of whom 73 were
legitimate c lSo o
and 329 were ill~egitnnate,=c. sol 0
In other words in 1873 there were 100 o
lie. Il 10 Of the births illegitimate, while OF
the children who died during the first month
of life $50 10, or over 8 10, We're ilIeg tlmate
1t is now proved that proper ionately
more legitimate than legitimate children
die here, but il is also proved that the diff
ference IS not SO great us according to Pas
tor loses impression. We see how careful
we should be H. dealing with absolute
figures.
1t may now he asked whether this result
is $ ,mrthing p~rCulilr 10 st. CroiX, whether,
in other woris, ii is, rs Pastor Los says
special dan grrous out Ire to be born out
Of yedlork, or whe her it i, not l law that
there die everywhere more Legitimate
than lc iji9ate children.
Now this is exactly the case.
OF 900 children born alive in Copeuha-
gen in 1875-79 there died in the
LIST month Of life, legitimate So
ilIrgitimate...... lO3
OF l 900 children born alive in he
provincial torns of Denmark
il 1875-79 there died in the.
LIST month Of lIf@, eg innate 48
iliegitimat0...... 49,. 81
Of loo children horn alive in the
Country Districts Of Den
marx in l575.79 there died
i'll the LIST moath, Iegitim t. Al
illeg innate ........ 63
Which means in other W 'rdS that in
Copenhagen the proportion between the
deaths OF legitimate and iIlrgitimatr
child en- was about 3 to 3, in he provincial
towns 4 to I and in the country districts
2tO 3. The meaning of these figures is
easier graSped by reducing all the proper
lions to a common denomination: We then
get fer every 105 illpgitimate children dying
as above, there die
in Copenhagen .-.-63 legitimate,
in the provincial townS....60 I"
and in the Country districts. 20
therefore the proportion IS most favour
able (the difference leaSt) in the
country, next in Copenhagen, and most
unfavorablt in the provincial towns, which
by tn by will make it understood, why,
t. p IS or loses SUI prise, the mortality is
larg ST in he towns here also. We
see rhaT everywhere more Legitimate
children than gitimate die; it is a law.
How does the matter stand her, according
to Pas or Losses hxurtS?
In 1881 80 there ware born alive 49,