The Irish standard., 1911-09-16
EMIGRATION AND
VITAL STATISTICS
Latest Report of Registrar General
Indicates Improved Condi-
tions in Ireland.
Lack of Prosperity Not an Incentive
to the Commission of Race
Suicide.
Report Shows Tide of Emigration
is Being Checked-Signs are
Hopeful.

The quarterly return of the Regis
trar-General shows that during the
quarter ended Goth June last there
were registered in the S27 Registrars
districts in Ireland a6,S59 births-a
number equal to an annual birth rate
of 24.6 in every 1000 of the estimated
population-and 1852 deaths, repre-
senting an annual rate OF 1871 per
1,000 In the same period (according
to the returns obtained by the Royal
Irish Constabulary and the Metropolis
tan Police, who acted as enumerators
at the several Irish seaports) 1860
persons emigrated.
In England and Wales the birth
rate represented was PAT in every
1000 of the estimated population, and
the death-rate 1871 per 1000.
The birth-rate in Ireland for the
quarter is 0.3 above the average rate
for the corresponding quarter of the
ten years 1901-1910, but O.2 below the
| rate for the second quarter Of 1910.
The deaths are 1926 below those regis
tered in the corresponding quarter of
| 1910; the death-rate is IL below the
rate for that quarter, and 1.13 below
the average for the second quarter of
the ten years 1901-1910.
| Compared with those for the! corre-
spending quarter OF 1910, the return
I of pauperism furnished by the local
Government Board shows a decrease
| of 3,4SO in the average number of
workhouse inmates on Saturdays dur
| ing the quarter, and decrease of 49,
| 1874 in the average number of persons
on outdoor relief.
| Compared with the averages for the
second quarter of the ten years, 1901
! 1910, the number OF workhouse in
mates shows a decrease of 4,99S, and
the number Of persons on outdoor re-
! lief shows a decrease of 1886. the
22.5 per cent under the average for
| the second quarter of the ten years.
| The estimated decrease in the popu-
lation as compared with the average
population for those years is O.6 per
cent
! The annual marriage rate (6.6 per
1000 of the population) represented by
the marriages registered during the
first quarter of 1911 is O.4 above the
average rate for the corresponding
quarter of the preceding ten years.
/ The marriages G,23D registered in
Ireland during the first quarter OF 1911
! are equivalent to an annual rate of
66 per 1000 of the estimated popula-
(, ton, being IL above the rate for the
corresponding quarter of 1910, and
also O.4 above the average rate for the
! first quarter of the ten years 1901
! 1910.
The number of births registered
during the quarter ended goth June
last was 2s,S59-13,732 boys and 1927
| girls-being equal to an annual ratio
of in every 4O.7. or 24.6 per 1000 Of
the estimated population. The aver
age number of births registered dur
ing the corresponding quarter of the
ten years 19O1-191o was 26,712, equiv
alent to an annual rate of 243 per
1000 of the estimated mean popula-
ton of those years.
The respective birth rates for the
four provinces last quarter are-Lein-
ster, Psi per 1000 of the population
according to the census of 1911; Num-
ster. 24.2; Ulster, 25.1; and Connaught.
22.4.
The highest county or county bor-
ough birth rate is 1876 for Dublin
county borough, and the lowest 1871
for Clare county. OF the intermediate
rates the highest five are-Belfast
county borough, 300; Limerick county
and county borough, 26.5; Kerry, 1868; !;
Kildare, 25.4; and Wexford, 25.1 The
lowest five are Dublin county, 1873;
Roscornmon. 1875; Meath, 1877; Sligo,
1919, and Longford. 20.3. ..
The number Of deaths registered in
Ireland during the quarter ended 30th
June last was 1s,692-9.352 males and
9,340 females-affording an annual
ratio of 1 in every 5S.5, or Ill per
1000 of the estimated population; the