Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-21

per cent. a foreign groom ard Ameri
can bride were united.
The largest number of marriages
$50, was solemnized in November
while the smallest numhcr in any one
month, 3O4. occurred in March.
The largest number both of proone
and brides was between 20 and 81 vears
of age While still under Il wears Of
age, 10 brides were married. in tho
age-period $50 years, there were 1ss
grooms, and 1868 brides. In the are
from 1880. there We're &c men and G
women; over So 4 men.
In 1914 marriages, the groom was
older Than the bride; while in 797 the
bride was the elder: SI3 widowcrs and
$50 widows were remarked. lag men
and 1919 women We're remarked after
having been divorced from a former
marriage.
The fact is exhibited that 4369 men
and 4570 women were married the first
time; that Sal men and 694 women
were married the second time. that 1O4
men and So women were united I'm the
third marriage: II men and 3 women
contracted marriage "A fourth time,
while men were married the sixth
time. The Oldest groom was Sc years
OF age, ana the oldest bride was &C.
In one marriage the bride was only 13.
and in II only IA years old: and in one
marriage the groom was Sc and the
bride IA years old.
Seven hundred and twenty-five
divorces were decreed in the wear 1897
(152 in 1892. 627 in 1882. GA in 1894. 6SI
in In
was decreed in Maine one divorce for
every "A marriages solemniZed
Some of the causes for which
divorces were granted are: Adultery,
Sc, or 1l.9 per cent. of the whole num-
Der; extreme cruelty. 5. or 0.O7 per
cent: desertion. 1873, or 27.4 per cent;
intoXication. IS, or lis per cent: cruel
and abusive treatment, 2l0. or 291 per
cent; failure TO support, 80. or "a per
cent. The other divorces were granted
for multiple or associated causes.
The wife was the libelant in $50
divorces, and the husband in 1856.
Five divorces were granted before
the married life had lasted one year:
Isl. after from to years marriage:
1875 after ; to ~ years; POS. after 10 To
-,
20, after more than 30 years of mar
ried life.
The number Of deaths registered in
the year 1897 was II .236 G2l47 in 1892.
11l3i in 1893. HOP in 1894. Io.4s4 in
1895. and 10 CPS in 1886. The number
of deaths for this registration year
was. therefore. go more than that for
The year 1926. 112 more than for 1895.
PA more than for 1894. l02 more than
for 1893. and 9l1 less than for 1892. The
dea th-rate for the State for the year
1897 was 1899 for every 1000 Of popula-
tion as returned by the census of 1890
GS.37 in 1892. 1854 in 1898. 1856 in 1924.
1888 in 1895. and 1907 in 1850. Based
on the estimated population of 1891.
the death-ratc would be slightly lower.
1917
BY referring to Table No. 4, it viii
be seen that the death-rate Of Wash
ington county was lower than that Of
any other county. being only 1897. The
counties Aroostook, Franklin. Hancock,
Knox. Lincoln. oxford. Penobscot,
Piscataquis. Sagadahoc. Somerset.
Waldo. and Washington had lower
dcath-rates than that of the whole
State; while the counties Androscog-
gin, Cumberland. keunebec. and York,
large manufacturing cen
tiers. have death-rates larger than that
of the State The highest county
death-rate was that Of Androscoggin
20.32
The death-rate in the cities was Poll
90 Is in 1922, 1889 in lS93, 1866 in 1894
$50 in 1895. and 1878 in 1896 as com
pared with that of the rest of the
state with the cities omitted. which
death-rate was l5.6S G1.i6 in 1892. 1854
in 1898. 1879 in 1894, li77 in 1895, ana
l493 in 1880.
The largest number of deaths &C
CURED in March, 1859. In 1896 the
largest number of deaths was in Au-
gust. 1919 The smallest number of
June In the preceding year the
smallest number was 661 in November
OF the 1.226 decedents. 1924 were
males and 5606 were females. The sex
of 6 was unstated.
Among children dying before they
we're > years old. 1862 We're males, and
1l52 were females: there We're 210 more
deaths among boys under 3 years of
age than among girls within the same
age-period ON the contrary. at the
periods from 10 to 80 years there
was a prcpondcrance of deaths among
females. while there were more deaths
males at the ages from 80 to SO
At the age of 100 years and over. six
persons died. two men and four
women.
Of the 1913 deaths, including 7l2
Still-birthS and 1855 premature births.
the cause of II ,696 was certified, leav-
ing 437 of which the cause of death
preclude satisfactory classification.
Disregarding influenza. the number
Of deaths caused by infectious diseases
was 6S4 in 1892. 67S in 1893. $50 in 1894,
In 1897 there were. therefore. II less
deaths from these causes than in the
preceding year. BY consulting the
table which follows. it will be seen
phoid fever was smaller than in any
previous registration year: that from
whooping-cough the mortality was
less than in any of the preceding
ity from diphtheria and Group was
much larger than for any other regis
tration year
No death has resulted from smallpox
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