The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-01-21
But Deaths Went Back to
Normal After High Tide
in 1918 Due to Influenza
MARRIAGES ALMOST
DOUBLE LAST YEAR
Police Department Made q
Third Less Arrests in
1919 Than in 1918

A marked decrease in the number of
births. almost 100 per cent increase in
marriages and sharp falling off in
deaths in Barre during the year 1919,
as compared with 1918, is reported by
City Clerk James Mackay in making
up the statistics for the annual city
report. There were 203 births last
year, as compared with 264 the previous
year; S4 marriages, as contrasted with
as, and l4l deaths against 24s of the
year 1918. The death rate was back to
about normal after the influenza cpl.
demic OF 1918.
This report. as submitted to the city
council last night, showed that ll2 Of
the births were males, leaving 81 who
were females. OF the fathers 81 were
Americans and III foreign, with the
nationality of FIVE unknown, while the
mothers were made up Of l07 Amer
leans and 90 foreign
Next to Americans were Italians in
nationality of fathers, there being 80
from sunny Italy. There were 20 Span
iards, 10 Scotch and l6 Canadian. There
were IA other nationalities represented
among the fathers. with five mHe un-
known, as already stated There were
four Swiss, three Russian, two Aus
trian, two Swede, one English, two
Syrian, two Irish, and one each of Ger
man, Finlander, Greek, Mexican, Dan
ish, Jugo,Slav and Norwegian.
In 43 instances it was the first child
born to the woman and in 50, the second
born. In two instances ii was the
tenth child. in one the thirteenth and
III another the fifteenth.
The Marriages.
Turning next to the marriage stats
ties, il is shown thats as of the 81
grooms were Americans and 60 of the
brides were Americans. The Italians
were next TO the Americans, 20 Of the
grooms being of that nationality and
II of the brides. Scotch, Canadians and
Spaniards followed in that order. Ira
ditions about the month of June being
the favorite marriage month were brok-
en- because July, August and December
exceeded the month of roses, July and
December with ii each and August
with l3, as contrasted with nine in
June February was the low mAnth
with only one marriage.
A Year of Older Peoples Deaths.
II is peculiar fact, too, that in the
statistics of deaths, more than one half
were of persons beyond the age of 80
years. II was year of old peoples
taking off. The mortality from tuber-
eulosis was under what it has been for
the last decade, barring the year 1918,
when many of the cases, listed under
influenza, undoubtedly were fastened
BY the inroads OF tuberculosis and
would probably have been ultimately
eiassed under the tuberculosis division.
Still the percentage of deaths from
tuberculosis was high, being 10 per
cent of the total. Pneumonia consti-
tuted s per cent, cancer : per cent and
heart diseasel6 per cent. Cerebral hem
orrhage also took a considerable toll, !
having eight deaths.
No less than seven Of the deaths were |
listed as accidental. two being by as
phyxia and one each by drowning, gun
shot wound. powder burn, shock and
traumatism by machinery. There was
one suicide by the use Of firearms and
two homicides, one by stranguation
and the other by firearms. Twenty |
seven causes are aseribed for the deaths |
of the remainder not here enumerated. |
All of these statistics were complied /
by the city clerk at no slight trouble,
whereas most of that work has hereto
fore been done BY the health officer.
Under the district health officer system,
the health officer does not perform that /
duty The report was accepted and
ordered printed in the annual city re-
port.
Arrests in 1919 Fell of a Third.
Another annual report submitted last
night was that of Chief of Police An
drew Mitchell. Arrests fell of one
third during 1919 as contrsstcd with
1918. there being only 30 arrests,
against 334 in the previous year. In
tcNication cases were cut nearly in halt,
there being l49, compared with 21O for
the previous wear. Breach Of the peace
arrests decreased from D 90 p. Other
oncnses listed were a. followss Adul-
tery 4. assault with intent to kill l,
burglary ,. driving team without light
1. forgery /. furnishing liquor ], keep
ing liqnor ,, keeping gambling house l.
grand larceny 3. petit larceny q, mali
cious mischief ]. murder ,, operating
auto without license !, operating auto
without display Of number plate J.
operating auto while under influence OF
liquor ,. operating auto in careless and
negligent manner ,, operating auto
without owners consent I. selling liq-
nor 1. search and seizure ,. support
:. violating city ordinance ,. violating
traffic regulation ?; total, 22o-
March was tho big month for the
police. a arrests being made then. A.
he wear advanced. the arrests taPeHed
Ct until IN December there were only
nine arrfsfs. while TINS far IA January
of the new year there has been only
one Chief Nfchcll's DecemhcT report
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