Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-21
VITAL STATISTICS.
Registrar Young Issues Re-
port for Year of 1897.
Statistics Regarding Maine Births,
Deaths and Marriages.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis with Several inicc.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis with Several inicc.
tious Diseases Are Steadily Decreasing.

| registrar n. q. Young of the State
bureau of the registration of vital sta
tistics has issued his annual report
Owing to the slowness of the returns
from the municipal authorities which
are governed by law, the report is al
ways a year or two after it is pub
lished. This report is for the year
| 1897.
The number Of births registered for
that year is 2S7 smaller than in the
preceding year. The number of births
recorded in each of the registration
Years thus far. 1929, is. respectively
14.O2S. 1864. 1867. 15.430. 1929. and
! 15,142.
| The number of marriages (number
OF couples marrieD in 1897. was 1891. II
number 2iS smaller than in the pre-
ceding year. The number of mar
riages registered in the State in each
of the years 1927. is respectively.
1926. 1895, 1884. 5729. 5579. and 533l In
these figures we have. undoubtedly. an
eXemplification of the fact which has
been worked out in other states and
countries, where the statistics of Il
IpiiStl StIitS VI years 10
available, that the marriage rate is in
tiuenced very largely by the financial
stress or prosperity Of the country.
In 1891 the number of deaths record
ed in the State was 1926. "A number
$40 larger than that of the deaths reg
istercd in the preceding year. Tho
number of deaths in each year thus
far recorded. is: In 1892. l2.147: in
1893, ,l3t; in 1894. Hop: in 1895. TO-
1854: in 1896. 1926; in 1897 II 1876. An
investigation of the causes which have
contributed TO the increase in the gen
eral mortality of the State reveals the
fact that it was due chiefly to an in
crease in the number of deaths from
influenza, pneumonia, diseases of the
nervous system. and diphtheria.
AS the total number of births regis
tered in Maine in the year 1897 was
I5.1f2 ana the number of deaths was
il 236. the natural increase of births
oyer deaths was 1905.
In the year 1891. 15,142 births We're
registered in the State, including still
births n4.02S in 1892, l4,604 in 1893. IN
Coz i'm 1924. - 430 in 1925. and Is i29 in
Is
The number Of living children born
was ll.430 and the number Of still
iirths was ~.
OF the whole number Of living chit
rem Of which the sex was certified,
.9a were males and 1927 were females.
IN II births the sex was NOT stated.
For each 100 girls born there were
pr boys U06-1 in 1892, 1914 in 1898.
1p41 in 1874 1864 in 1895. and 1853 in
| 1851.
The birth-rate of living children for
tle state was II So for each 1000 popu-
lation. using the figures as given in the
census returns for 1890 as the basis of
calculation.
Table No. ~ shows the number of
births in each city with the birth-ra
Or each. The average birth-rate in the
cities per 1000 population was 23.5l rs
compared with ELL. the birth-rate of
tho rest Of the State.
The birth-rate of the different coun-
tics varied widely. 1t was the highest
in Aroostook, 1854. and the lowest i'll
Waldo, 1852. In five counties, Aroos-
took, Cumberland. Franklin, Piscata
quis. and Washington, the brth-ratc
Was above that of the whole State.
or the total births in the State, 2.65
per cent. We're of native parents: 1896
per cent. were Of foreign parentage;
Is 80 per cent. were of parents, one of
whom was foreign: while of 1.01 per
cent the nationality was not stated.
Lincoln county as in each of the
previous years, had the largest per
ccntag" of native-born parents to wit.
a y per cent. Waldo followed with
81 90 per cent. Of native parcntage, and
only 1874 per cent. in which both
parents were foreign born.
In Hancock county, in 8G.T6 per cent.
of the births. the parents We're native
born.
The largest percentage of foreign
born parents was in Biddeford. 73.13
and in Lewiston, $3.50
Tho lowest percentage of foreign
born parents was in Belfast and ELS
worth where no birth was reported IN
which both parents were foreign, and
in Rockland only 5.4S per cent. of the
births had both parents foreign-born.
The largest number OF births in any
ono month in 1897 was 1890 in March;
the smallest was 9S4 in November; the
largest quarterly total was 1898 in the
second quarter; the smallest 3l9? IN
the last quarter.
| In 1897. $50 births occurred: in
81 instances the twins were both boys;
in SO. both girls: in So, a boy and
Ci.l In f06 cases the parentage was
| American; in 43, foreign; and in ~ IN
/ stances the parentagc was mixed. of
| the $50 children. 32S were born alive,
and 81 were still-born.
| of the 712 stil-born children. 3"3
were males, and 297 females. In - the
sex was not stated. With the excep-
! ton of still-births, as to which the
| nativity of the mother was not stated,
| 1876 were Of American mothers, and 20i
were of foreign mothers.
| The marriage-rate was higher in
! Franklin county than elsewhere in
/ the state, it being for that county 1910
! per 1000 The lowest marriage-rate,
that of lbs per 1000, was in Lincoln
| county.
OF the 527S records Of marriage in
which there was a statement of birth
| place, in - per cent. the groom and
| bride were both American; in IL per
| cant. both were of foreign birth; in
pcr cent. the groom was American and
/ the bride Of foreign birth; while in 5