The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-09-26
Names Vital Statistics.


DR.. \. G. Young, registrar of vital
statistics, las submitted his last annual
report, that for 1905.
The number of children born in the
State in 1905 was l6,O05, of which IL, 294
were living and Ill still births. OF the
living children of which the sex was
certified, 1904 were males and 7,4s3
females. For each 100 girls born there
were 1O4.1 boys. The birth rate in the
cities per 1000 population was 2o.oS as
compared with 21.S2, the birth rate of
the rest of the State.
AS it has invariably been since regis
tration begun in the State the birth
rate was the highest in Aroostook
county, 3460, and the lowest in Waldo,
l452. OF the total births, COOS per
cent were of native parents, 20.79 of
foreign parentage. and 1890 of parents
one of whom was foreign. Lincoln
county had the largest percentage of
native-born parents, 81 ,01 per cent, and
only 0.5S per cent. in which both parents
were foreign born. High percentages
of foreign born parents were found in
Androscoggin county, 1890, and in Y DIRK
LOulllN3 oi'VO. 1iiS PSlSSAlOSS Va lo1-
eign born parents in Cumberland was
2S22 In Ellsworth there were no for
eign births. The largest percentage of
foreign born parents was in Biddeford,
$3.50. and in Lewiston, $3.50.
There were 16S twin births. In 80
instances the twins were both boys; in
81 both girls, and in "a boy and a girl.
In Monticello triple birth occurred in
which all the children were living.
There were also triplets in Bath and
York. In each of these cases only one
child was living.
The number of marriages registered
in the State was 6,264, a marriage rae
of 5. 76 per 200 persons. The marriage
was higher in Oxford county than else-
where in the State, 1919 per 900. The
lowest marriage rate was in Lincoln
county, 5.91 per 1000. OF 6,225 mar
riages where there was statement of
birthplace, in y per cent. the couple
were both American born, in II per
cent. both were of foreign birth, in s
per cent the groom American and the
bride foreign, in per cent. the groom
foreign and the bride American.
The largest number both of grooms
and brides was between 20 and 25 years.
While under Is eight brides were mar
RED In the period 6070, 103 men and
As women were married; 1880, So men
and five women, and over so, one man
and one woman. In 5,319 marriages
the groom was older than the bride,
while in 945 the bride was the older.
There were remarked 1I3 wldcWers,
500 widows, and PSI men and 1856 women
were remarked after having been di-
vorced from former marriage.
There were $50 neil and $50 women
nd
81 women the third, six men and seven
women the fourth, and three men and
one woman the fifth. The youngest
groom was 49, the youngest bride ID.
One man was married the first time at
90. one at 65, one at 81 and one at 81.
Four brides were married second time
at the age of II, one Is and one IS In
one instance the bride was married
fourth time when 80. and in another
the bride was married a fifth time when
%. One woman contracted marriage
for the first time at 81, While the groom
was but p.
Eight hundred and forty-eight d.
yorceS were decreed in 1905, which was
one for every "a marriages. Adultery
was the cause of III per cent. OF the
whole number, desertion 26.4 per cent,
intoXication 1873 per cent, and cruel
and abusive treatment, 35,4. The wife
was the ibeliant in 80 divorces, and
the husband in 23S. In the divorces
granted for adultery the husband was
the libellant 81 times and the wife 80.
For intoxication the wife was the libel
liant in all but two cases. Four divorces
were granted before marriage life had
lasted six months, eight before one
years marriage, 242 after from one to
five wears, 237 after from five to ten
years, 240 after from ten to 20 years, "a
after from 20 to 80 and p after more
than So
The number of deaths registered in
Maine in 1905 was 1881, which was 35
more than for 1904, 3T2 more than for
1903 and 7Os more than in 1902. The
death rate of Aroostook county was
lower than that of any other county,
being only 1888. The highest death
rate was that in kennebec, 1913. The
death rate in the cities was 70, against
1900 in 1904 With the cities omitted
the death rate of the State was 1549.
The largest number of deaths occurred
in March, 1877, the smallest number in
July, 76S. OF the II, 3S1 decedents, $685.
were males and ), 545 females.
The highest city death rate was 22.54
per 900 in Old Town, and the lowest
1913 IN Auburn. The death rate for
the State was 1892 per 1000 as COM
pared with 1854 the previous year.
There were no deaths in Wilton, Sor-
rento, Edinburg, Maxfied, Patten,
Woodvile, Medford, Perkins, Bedding
ton and DeblOis.
The various diseases of the brain
have occupied the first place among the
causes of death, and consumption was
the next most prominent cause until
1898 when it was reduced to the third
place on the list. In 1899 and 1890 it
occupied the fourth place, in 1901 the
third place, and since that year the
fourth place. Diseases of the heart
have the second place and pneumonia
the third tuberculosis in its various
forms was the cause of 1,lO9 deaths,
s94 being pulmonary tuberculosis, a
rate of 1880 per 1000 population.
Diseases of the nervous system and
organs of special sense occasioned 1,64S
Deaths diseases of the heart, 1922;
diseases of the digestive system, 1903;
cancer, 622; typhoid fever, 1856. There
were no deaths from small pox. Mea-
sizes caused 80 deaths. There were only
seven deaths from scarlet fever, the
smallest since 1891.
There were four recorded deaths of
centenarians. Mrs. Mary NJ. Cunning