The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-12
STORK WAS BUSY
Brought $40 Babies to Topeka
and Left Them Here.
This Record for 1910 Is Largest
in City's History.
TEN PAIRS OF TWINS.
Number of Boys Born We're 399
Girls Won AL.
Increase of 1910 Over the Year
1909 Was 2O9 Births.
TEN PAIRS OF TWINS.

According to the reports made to
the office of the city board of health
there were $40 births in the city of
Topeka last year. Twenty-Five of these
babies were dead at birth or died
within twenty-four hours leaving a
grand total of S15 new inhabitants of
the city in one year. This number eX-
ceeds the number reported last year
by 209.
The big birth month of the year
was July-the hottest month in many
years. There were 81 children whose
births were reported in this month or
an average of more than three a day.
January and June followed July with
totals of 1 each. Then came March
and her winds blowing ~ children in
to existence and into the best city in
the world
The records last year gave an in
crease over all other years in the his
tory of Topeka. The 1909 list of 631
was considered an item in the growth
of the city. But an increase of 209
would indicate that Topeka was grow
ing prosperous and populous in more
ways than one.
The city sanitary sergeant could not
give satisfactory explanation this
afternoon for the big birth rate in
crease. DIR. Vanderpool mumbled
something about it being prosperous
year, everybody being happy, weather
conditions favorable and all that, but
he failed totally in explaining just
why there were 200 more children
born in the city than the year 1909.
1t is admitted, however, that much
of this increase is due to the energy of
DIR. VanderpoOl in threatening the
city doctors with fines and imprison-
ment unless they reported every birth
to the city physician. A large number
of births were recorded in this man
ner.
And still feel as though there are
more We have not obtained" said the
sanitary sergeant.
Ten sets of twins were born last
year. This is another record-as far
as the books show. Four of the '.sets"
were boys, three of them girls and the
other three were Combination sets
of a boy and girl each. There were
no triplets. or anything of that sort
tary Sergeant Vanderpool-and the
sergeant says that he knows of none
from personal investigation.
The lucky couples to welcome twins
into their portals in the year 1910 were:
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lewis, 1921 North
Polk street; Mr.. and Mrs Daniel
Schmemmer, 1901 East Crane street;
MIR. and Mrs. Henry E. Anderson, 16I
Emmett street; Mr.. and Mrs. B. f.
Fink, 1909 Crane street; Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Hartman, 124 North Chandler
street; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McArdla.
734 Madison street: Mr.. and Mrs. Eli
Mere, Az Lake street; Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ W. Snyder, 1872 Division street; Mr.
and Mrs. George Williams, 933 North
Tyler street; Mr.. and Mrs. Rush Nc
Conn, lis West Fifteenth street.
More Girls Than Boys.
One of the big surprises of the year
was the fact that there were more
girls than boys born in Topeka in 1910
This is another new feature of the
city records. The boys could muster
but 399 votes, while the girls turned
out AL suffra gettes.
This seemed to be a great satisfac-
ton to the girls who work in the city
hall and no were informed of their
victory today Even though they had
nothing to do with it they giggled
chucl<led and laughed in glee, claiming
that the world was growing better and
that Topeka would soon be a model
city-in case the present birth rate con-
tinued
There were eleven ilIegitimate chill
dren born in 1910 This Is good show
ing for the year and is a significance
of the moral advance in the city at
this time. A majority of the illegiti-
mate children were born at Crittenton
Home.
Three children were born on New
Years day. To Mr.. and Mrs c. E
Keeney, 709 West Sixth, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Wells. 1920 Quincy street; Mr..