Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

having been divorced from Il IoiHiei
marriage The oldest groom was 81
years of age, and the Oldest bride was
| 80 years old; the youngest groom was
Is years of age and the youngest
bride was II years of age; 5435 men
and $40 women were married for the
first time; 942 men and 862 women We're
married the second time; 104 men and
IS women were united in the third
marriage; 10 men and II women con-
tracted marriage for the fourth time;
enc man and one woman were married
a fifth time: and one man was married
the sixth time
At the age OF l. years three grooms
were married: at 16 years. three; at IL
years. II; ct IS years. II, and at ~
years, 159. At the age Of II years one
bride vas married; at l. years. seven;
at Il years, IL; ct 10 years. 81; at 10
years. l51; at II years, 2S9.
One; man VAS married for the sixth
time at the age OF 20 years and one for
tie fifth time at 40 years. One bride
WAS married for q second time at the
age OF Il years: ard one at IL years,
who had been divorced. In one in
stance the bride was married a third
divorced twice; while in another case
the bride was married a fifth time
when but IS years old. One woman
contracted marriage for tine first time
al the age Of - years.
The counties OF .ArOostook. Franklin,
Hancock, Knox, Lincoln, Piscata1uis.
SaSadahoc. Somerset and Washing ton
had lower death rates than that of the
whole, state, while the counties of An
droscogGin, Cumberland kennebec,
oxford. Penobscot, Waldo ana York
had death rates larger than that OF
the State. The largest number of
deaths occurred in August and the
smallest number OF deaths in any one
month was in January. During the
sprin;, months 1905 deaths occurred
during the summer, eS66: during the
autumn, .S22: and in the winter, .617.
Among children dying before they
were five years old, 14f7 were males
and 1884 were females: there were 253
more deaths among boys under five
years of age than among girls within
the same age-period. On the contrary
at the age-periods from 10 to so years
there was a prepOnderance of deaths
among females, while there were more
deaths among males at Tire ages be-
tween so and 80 years, and from 80 to
100 years, more among females. At
the age of 100 years and over two men
and one woman died.
Brain diseases, including apopleXy
paralysis, insanity, and inflammatory
diseases of the brain and it's mem
branes were the principal causes of
death The IF
nature were as follows in the following
order: Heart disease. pneumonia, cor
sumption, old age, cancer, kidney dis
ceases, infantile diarrhoca, bronchitis
diphtheria and Group. The kidney dis
eases include deaths from nephritis,
Bright's disease. albuminuria and ure-
mia. The number of deaths from
measles, wnoopng cough and diph-
iberia and Group was larger than in
the preceding year, while there was a
smaller number of deaths from typhoid
fever, scarlet fever. influenza, tetanus
and malarial disease. There were 133
deaths during the year from typhoid
fever of which number IS were males
and So were females. AS Indicative OF
the loss which the State incurs from
typhoid fever. it is we'll to bear in
mind that the age distribution of the
decedents shows that the deaths from
this disease are principally among
those active and progressive age
periods when human life is of more
value.
From consumption the past year 915
deaths We're registered which is equiv
alent to a death-rate of 1913 per 10000
of population. The death rate of the
cities was 14.3S per cent. The smallest
number of deaths from consumption
occurred between the age period be-
tween five and 10 years, and of the de-
cedents, whose ages were given, Il per
cent. died at those ages when their
deaths entailed the greatest loss to the
State. AS to the sex. All of the de-
cedents, or 44.9 per cent. were males,
and J04, or 55.1 per cent. were females