The Republican journal., 1905-08-10
lllNf'S VITAL STATISTICS
maths, Marriages, Births and Divorces
V According to Official Figures.

1es has submitted to the Cover
al council the 18th annual report
. 10 the births, marriages, di-
and deaths which were register
u4We during the year 1908.
ruber of births registered for
.,. $ 9G less than in the preceding
r.s number of marriages mum
.ples married) during the year
.. Which was 295 larger than the
r wear The number of deaths
ri m tie State in 1908 was 1 ,O09;
than in the preceding year
.. With the previous year. Among
If auses of death there we're "a
.pu influenza, 20 more from dis
~ the nervous system, 6S more
i,4rrheal diseases, e3 more from
MI lever, 50 more from nephritis
Bvght's disease, 90 more from
ing cough, Sc more from diseases
m r. more from rheumatism, -
rom Pneumonia, more from
-.s more from measles, and 5
nom scarlet fever. On the other
mere was a smaller number Of
. trpm the following causes: from
u.osis i'll all its forms, 50 fewer;
alchitis, 80; from peritonitis,
. from cancer, II.
VnoIe number of births for the
wis 1888, divided as follows:
.H; females, 1908; not stated,
t Darentage was as follows:
.... ~654: foreign, 1852; one par
10. 26o0; not stated, 1877. The
PEI 1000 was 20.S1 per cent.
IS lie number of marriages was
ed as follows: Groom and.
tt. American, 4501; groom and
.t4 foreign, 654; groom Ameri-
ide foreign, 474; groom for
I bride American, 534; not
The marriage rate per 1000
re1 cent.
lie number of deaths was H.
led as follows; Males, 1929;
-, not stated, 2. The par
as follows: American, 1925;
.; not stated, l72. The death
- 400 was 1875 per cent. The
births over deaths during
Aas 4l21. The number of liv-
en born was IA, 453, and the
F. still births, gu.
whole number of living chill
mich the sex was certified,
. males and 1888 were females.
lbs the sex was not stated.
no girls born there were 1853
e birth-rate of living children
late was Posi- for each 1000 of
.u. The average birth-rate in
per 1000 population was 21. AZ
red with 20.52, the BIRTH rate
Of the State.
.h-rate of the different coun-
widely. AS it invariably has
~ year since the registration
vas the highest in Aroostook,
the lowest in Waldo, 1925.
81 eounties, Aroostook, Franklin,
enobscot, Piscataquis, Wash
I'd York, the birth-rate was
HAT OF the whole state.
,otal births in the State, 1913
we're of native parents; Pip
were of foreign parentage;
emit. were of parents one of
IS foreign; while of 1,16 per
uationality was not stated.
,t county had the largest per-
.r ii native-b born parents, to wit,
If. cent, and only 0.73 per cent.
l both parents were foreign
Iucoln followed with Ss.7S per
native parentage, and only Psi
lt IN which both parents were
-Uorn.
Mcock county, in S7.43 per cent.
Nrths the parents were native
Id III Isl per cent, foreign born.
lu0y, the percentage of native
arents was 1911; in Somerset,
81 Franklin, 69.72; and in Piscata-
sd.
paratively high percentages of
.-1orn parents are found in An
gin county, 43.71 per cent; in
~'S per cent; IN Cumberland,
cent; and in kennebec, 22.42
paring the percentage of the
our twenty cities with that of
e. Of the State, we find that, in
S. 1892 per cent. of the births
f american parentage, while in
parts of the State, the per-
If \ merican-born children was
argest percentage of foreign
tnts was in Biddeford, 66.5
ewiston, 59.45.
sWorth only 161 per cent. of
--As had both parents foreign
nd in Belfast there were no
1Irths.
ergest number of births in any
4th was 1854 in April, the small
Us $50 in December; the largest
FL y total was 1887 in the second
The smallest, $3.50 in the last
e. The three consecutive months
.l the largest number of births
ed were March, April, and May,
g3, $50 twin-births occurred; in
ances the twins were both boys;
9th girls; in 81, a boy and a girl,
instance the sex was not stated.
asses the parentage was Ameri-
., foreign; in 81 instances the
ge was mixed; and in 4 it was
ated. Of the 800 children, 1927
prn alive, and 80 were still-born.
tnpleton a triple birth occurred;
Old Town.
e 81 still-born children, 1888
3.es and 275 were females. In
sex was not stated. With the
un of six still births, as to which
.''vity Of the mother was not
- were Of American mothers,
we're of foreign mothers.
HIgest number of still-births oc-
n Aroostook and Cumberland
=, 4 and~~5, respectively; while
Hinum number, Is, was reported
.iaquis county.
.rgest number of still births, CT,
.4fned in March and April; the
~ number was in November.
Aarrlage-rate was highest in Ok
unity than elsewhere in the
Z being for that county 21.40 per
he lowest marriage-rate, that