The Irish standard., 1911-08-26
LAID BEFORE PARLIAMENT.

The annual return of the Registrar
General for Ireland has been recently
laid before Parliament. 1t contains
some very interesting information and,
had we space, we would like to go
more fully into the matter. AS it is,
we can give but a brief synopsis, but
brief, as it may be, we hope it may
cast light over some of the condi-
tons that appear perpleNed, says the
New York Irish American.
In the first instance we find that the
number of marriages solemnized in
Ireland during the year 1910 was g.
liz. or a. rate of about 800 per cent of
the population, showing a decrease of
about .0S on the average for the pre-
ceding ten years.
The births tor 1910, numbered 1o1,-
963, rate Of about 1873 per 1000 and
being .01 above the average rate for
the ten years ending Dec. 81, 1910.
On the other hand. while the deaths
rose to the number of 1854, or Ill
per 1000, the rate was no less than .O6
below the preceding ten years average
So far the conditions appear favor
able enough. There are some other
features, however. that are equally as
as the above For instance:
OF the 22,112 marriages solcmnized.
15,527 were Roman Catholic; 3,474
Church of Ireland (Episcopaliam
2,3l4 Presbyterian: 457 of other reli-
gious denominations: Ais were civil
contracts" Is were by Quakers, and
II by Jews.
OF the 22,112 men who entered we'd
lock, 334 were under age, whilst 1889
women yentured the leap in the dark
while rated as minors. We learn that
the percentage of those who married
under age in Ireland was very much
lower than in either England or Scot
land.
Ulster ranks first in the marriage
rate with SO in the 1000. Leinster fol-
lowing next with 5.4. Munster AS and
Connacht last with SO per 1000.
Taken again by counties. we singu-
larry discover that the County Bor-
ough of Belfast ranks first in the mar
riage rate with rs per 1000, whilst
Clare is last with but 81 per 1000.
These figures are followed by the
County Borough of Dublin with 6.S and
52,1O3 Of the births were boys and
only 1850 girls. OF these 39,13O were
legitimate. Or 97.2 per cent, whilst p
933 were born out OF wedlock, or only
rs per cent; the vast majority Of
these are credited to the northeastern
counties, the home Of the. true blues"
There We're 1,12S twin births and Is
triplets.
The mortality rate is distributed as
follows: Connacht, 14.0: Munster. 1874:
Ulster. l7.6: Leinster 1875 per 1000 of
the population as per census of 1901.
The lowest rate per 1000 by counties
is as follows: Glare, 1871; Mayo, 1872;
Tipperary. 1874 Kerry, 1875: Roscom-
mon, 1873 and Leitrim, 1873.
On the other hand, the counties
that show the highest death rate per
1000 OF the census Of 1901, are Dublin
County Borough, ga; Belfast County
Borough. 1875: Wexford, 49, Armagh
and Waterford Borough and County
each 17.9, and the counties of Tyrone
and Monaghan. IT'S each.
There has been decline in the raw
ages of tuberculosis of SIS for 1910, or
decrease of 1896. as compared with
the averages for ten preceding years.
This result has not been SO much due
to the hysteric efforts of the Countess
of Aberdeen and others (and there is
no wish to disparage the good serv-
ices), but rather to the improved hous-
ings and conditions of living, conse-
quent upon the agitation for legsla-
ton of remedial character, and
some of which has been secured and
more yet expected.
32,457 natives of Ireland left there
during the year 1910. OF this number
1877 were males and 1920 females.
From Leinster there were taken 4,25s,
Munster was taxed for $3.50. Ulster,
in turn, was impoverished to the tune
of 12,271, whilst little Connacht was
punished for 1888. SO per cent of
these involuntary emigrants (because
Industrial and political conditions be-
ing equal emigration would sink to
cipher), were under the age of Is
years, $50 we're between the ages of
Is and IS while the remaining GO per