The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-08
VITAL STATISTICS.

Charles Def. Bancroft, city sheriff,
whose authority in such matters is unques.
toned, has kindly furnished the WATCH.
MAN detailed and classified statement OF
the record of births and deaths in Mont
pelier Tor the year 1895. 1t includes only
the city of Montpelier and not Berlin Side.
This record as presented is well worth pre-.
serving for future reference:
Whole number of deaths, ~. Sex, 36
males, SO females-one. half occurring before
The middle of May. Number of deaths in
each month-January, 3; February II;
March, 10; April, Z; May, 6; June, o. July,
8; August, 10; September, Z; October, 8; No
vember, l; December, s. Disease-apo.
plexy, IA; pneumonia, 3; diseases of the
heart s; bright's disease of the kidneys, 7;
cholera infantum, 4 meningitis, 3; cancer,
4; consumption, 3; membraneous Group, 3;
dropsy, q infantile diseases, % puerperal
fever, 2; accident l; typhoid fever, l; vari'
Gus other causes and complication OF dis
eases, A. Ages-under one year, II; be-
tween one and two, 8; two and five, p five
and ten, /; ten and twenty, 0; twenty and
twenty fl ye, 3; twenty-five and thirty, 2:
thirty-hve and forty, l; forty and forty-fve,
3; for y five and fifty, l; fifty and fifty five,
g.; fifty five and sixty, 9; sixty and sixty
| five, 3; sixty-tive and seventy, 5; seventy
and seventy five, 4; seventy five and eighty,
TO- eighty and eighty five, 2; eighty.fve and
ninety, 3; ninety and min ty-hve, 3; the
oldest being "a years and months. The
average age, At years. Average age OF all
| over one year 561 years Average age of
the twenty-five oldest (all over seventy 81
years-the six oldest averaging an age of
| 90 years and 3 months Twenty six were
| males and twenty seven were females over
| 81 years of age. Fifteen were husbands and
| nine were wives. Seven were widowers
| thirteen were widows and two cases both
husband and wife. No deaths from diph.
| iberia have occurred during the year, Num-
Der of deaths in 1894, rs; average ag4, 40
years. Average number of deaths yearly
| for the five previous years, l02; the greater
number occurring In 1890, 1876. BY a census
l. of the city. taken june l, 1895, it showed a
| gain of 1000 over 1890 Notwithstandin g
| this the statistics show the fact that the
death rate has annually decreased since
1890, dropping from 126 that year TO ~ the
cent was 80 below the average for the five
preceding years.
Whole number of births in 1895 126, an
| increase of n over 1894, Sex-6S males and
So females, they being Of ten different ma
tonalities Number of births in each
montl: January, 4; February, 81 March,
II; April, III May, 9; june, II; July Is;
August, 10; September, IL; October, 9; No
vem6er, 10; December, 8. o. the parents,
144 were born in Vernon is in New York,
8 in Massachusetts, 8 in Maine, in New
Hampshire; in Connecticut, l in Mich
igan / in Pennsylvania. 30 In the Province
OF Quebec il Iceland, in Italy, IN
Scotiand 3 in England, 3 IN Germany, 8 in
| New Brunswick, 2 in Russia, 2 in Swiizer-
land, 2 Sweden aud in Newfoundland.
| Tint, three were of a mixed paventage.
The parents of thirty were granite cutters
| and tool sharpeners. Barre street was, as
usual the most prolific, 80 having been
bo N in that leighNorhood Ward 2, the
banner ward, had 40 births.