Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-07-18
Maine Lost Seven Centena-
rians inYear 1898.
A Steady Increase Ii Population Of
State Shown.
Greatest Number Of Deaths Occurred in Manu-.
iaciufinp Ccniers.

the state Tor the year 1898 has been Is
sued by DR.. A. G. Young, registrar of vi
tai statistics. 1t shows among othe
things that there has been a steady gal
in population. Moreover 1t shows tina
there is a marked falling off in the death
rate from consumption.
These are but a few of the things tha
may be seen at a glance. To a studen
OF statistics the report is of the creates
value but even to the person who is bu
| slightly interested i'm statistical matter
| Every part of the report is convenient,
arranged and shows what an immens
amount of labor has been done bv Dr
Young in preparing a report that mus
of necessity be i'm great demand. TIL,
following are a few of the extracts take,
from the report:
The births. marriages and deaths fol-
| 1898 were:
Number of births. 14.i73: number OF
marriages. 5lH: number of deaths. 10 956
birth-rate. Il. SO; marriage-rate. 1.7S; death
rate. 1851.
The births were: Males. 7i3S: females
7ol6: not stated, 10; total, H.473.
Parentage: American 9o97: foreign
2S41 one parent foreign. 2S99; not stated
1870: total. H.473
The marriages for 1898 We're: Groom
and bride both American. 1913: groom and
hri1 IL,
bride foreign. So; groom foreign. bride
American. 42l; not stated. As; whole mum
/ ber of marriages, 5lH.
The number of deaths is: Males $500
| females. SAT-: not stated. 3: total. 10 .956
American. 9i0S; foreign. 1910; not stated
23S: total. 1886
The table of births shows by compari-
son that in 1885, i22 more males than fe-
males were born. the total number of
births being 1f,473. The number of twins
born was l66, Aroostook county showing
q pairs. the greatest number
The number of births registered in 1895
is q smaller than during the preceding
year; the number of marriages registered
is 5lH decrease of lS7 from the year
previous. The number of deaths during
the same year is 10 $50 a decrease of 2SC
from the number of the year previous
Compared with 1897. among the chief
causes of death. there were in 1898. Ig
more deaths from measles more from
scarlet fever, more from cerebro-spi-
nal meningitis. 65 more from typhoid fe-
yer, III more from infantile diarrhea. or
1Ss from the diarrheal diseases collective
ly. 6S more from cancer. and 90 more
from diseases of the heart. On the other
hand, there was smaller number of
deaths from the following causes: From
influenza, 1i9 fewer: from whooping
cough. 2; from diphthcria and Group 36:
from pulmonary tuberculosis. 107; from
diseases of the nervous system. 81: from
pneumonia 161: and from bronchitis. q
fewer deaths than in 1897.
a note worthy and uninterrupted dim
mutton of the number of deaths from
pulmonary tuberculosis. or consumption,
has been going on in this State ever since
the registration of vital statistics was
begun. The death-rate from conSump-
ton per 10000 of population. according to
the census enumeration in 1880. has been
reduced from 20.45 in 1892 to IS in 1898
If the rate were based upon the actual
would be still more favorable.
The reasons for this falling off in tn.
death-rate from consumption are prob
ably more than one. but the principal
reason is. undoubtedly. that our people
are understanding more and more clear
ly the significance of the fact that pul-
monary tuberculosis is preventable dis
ease and that it should be prevented.
The largest number of deaths occurred
in September. III. In 1897. the largest
| number of deaths was in March. 1853 The
smallest number of deaths in any one
month was 79l in June. In the preceding
year the smallest number was 769 in
June. During the spring months 27ly
deaths occurred: during the summer. 26oS;
during the autumn. 3o1S: in the winter,
2615.
| In 1S92. the highest mortality occurred
| in January; in 1893. in August; in 1894. II,
January; i'm 1896 in March: in 1896 in Au-
| gust: in 1897. in March: in 1898. in Sep
tember. The smallest number of deaths
in all the seven registration years has
been in November, with the exception OF
| 1897. when it was in June; and 1898, when
! it was in September
VI tHf ut.fcutiite. "ttc iIltles,
| and 5i47 were females. The sex of three
was unStated.
| Among children dying before they were
) years old. 1888 were males. and 1ll5
were females: there We're 223 more DEATH
among boys under years of age than
| among girls within the same age-period
| on the contrary. at the age-periods from
| 10 to 80 years there WAS a preponderance
| of deaths among females, while there
| were more deaths among males at the
| ages from 50 to so.
| Among the persons whose decease oc.
| Cured in 1898. seven had reached or ex-
| ceeded the age of 100 years. Four o
| these persons were women. Their names
together with a few facts relating to TIL,
life history of each. are as follows:
September 3. John McDougal died a
| Mars Hill at the age of 10 years. II,
| was born in New Brunswick. His par
ents were born in Scotland. His occu
patton was that of farmer.
June Is. Amy Pinkham died at Booth
| bay at the age of log years. months. ant
- days She was born in Southport. HcI
fathers name was Henry Abbott Th,
maiden name of her mother was Kezai
| White.