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Washington
15
14
1
30
26
4
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York
40
30
70
34
36
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Total
374
272
22
668
472
186
10
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1
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TABLE No. 19. Still-Births by Seasons, 1895.
MONTHS.
January
56
February
59
March
71
Total for first quarter.
186
April
59
May.
53
June
46
Total for second quarter.
158
July
50
August .
55
September
60
Total for third quarter.
.. 165
October
47
November
46
December
65
Total for fourth quarter
158
Month not stated
1
Total not stated
1
Total
668
668
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BIRTHS.
NOTES ON BIRTHS.
In the year 1895, 15,430 births were registered in the State, including still-births (14,028 in 1892, 14,604 in 1893, and 14,607 in 1894).
The number of living children born was 14,762, and the number of still-births was 668.
Of the whole number of living children of which the sex was certified, 7,602 were males and 7,144 were females. In 16 births, the sex was not stated. For each 100 girls born there were 106.4 boys (106.7 in 1892, 107.4 in 1893, and 104.7 in 1894).
Birth-Rate .- The birth-rate of living children for the State was 22.23 for each 1,000 of population, using the figures as given in the census returns for 1890 as the basis of calculation.
Table No. 13 shows the number of births in each city with the birth-rate of each. The average birth-rate in the cities per 1,000 of population was 23.94 as compared with 21.65, the birth-rate of the rest of the State.
The birth-rate of the different counties varied widely. It was the highest in Aroostook, 39.56, and the lowest in Waldo, 14.84. In four counties, Aroostook, Androscoggin, Cumberland, and York, the birth-rate was above that of the whole State. The birth- rate in each county is shown in Tables No. 4 and No. 8.
For the purpose of comparison it may be stated that in 1895 the birth-rate in New Hampshire was 21.08; in Vermont, 21.18; in Massachusetts, 27.02 ; in Rhode Island, 25.68; and in Connecti- cut, 24.41.
Parentage .- Of the total births in the State, 63.05 per cent. were of native parents ; 20.17 per cent. were of foreign parentage ; 15.32 per cent. were of parents, one of whom was foreign ; while of 1.46 per cent. the nationality was not stated.
Lincoln county, as in each of the previous years, had the largest percentage of native-born parents, to wit, 92.82 per cent. Waldo followed with 91.02 per cent. of native parentage, and only 0.97 per cent. in which both parents were foreign-born.
In Hancock county, in 87.47 per cent. of the births, the parents were native-born.
In Franklin, the percentage was 81.22, and in Oxford, 81.47.
Low percentages of native-born parents were shown in Andros- coggin county, where, in 38.10 per cent. of the births, the parents were native-born, and 47.43 per cent. were foreign-born; and in York county with 53.05 per cent., and in Aroostook with 51.44 per cent. of the parents native-born.
The percentages of parentage, whether American-born or foreign- born, may be found for the other counties in Table No. 14.
Comparing the percentage of the births in our twenty cities with that of the rest of the State, we find that, in the cities, 41.69 per cent. of the births were of American parentage, while in the rural
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parts of the State, the percentage of American-born children was 73.01.
The largest percentage of foreign-born parents was in Biddeford, 68.05, and in Lewiston, 66.93 per cent.
The lowest percentage of foreign-born parents was again in Bel- fast where no birth was reported in which both parents were foreign, while in Ellsworth only 1.59 per cent., and in Rockland 8.51 per cent. of the births had both parents foreign-born. For further comparisons see Table No. 15.
Comparing the statistics of the other New England States with our 63.05 per cent. of American-born parents, we find that in 1895, in Vermont 78.93 per cent. of the births were of American-born parents ; in Massachusetts, 32.45 per cent. ; in Rhode Island, 33.31 per cent. ; and in Connecticut, 41.4 per cent.
Seasons and Births .- The largest number of births in any one month in 1895 was 1,329 in March; the smallest was 1,115 in November; the largest quarterly total was 3,835 in the third quar- ter ; the smallest, 3,497 in the last quarter.
The following is a tabular statement of the number of births in each quarter of each of the four years 1892-95 :
Ist Quarter.
2nd Quarter.
3rd Quarter.
4th Quarter.
1892
3,474
3,774
3,557
3,160
1893
3,395
3,694
3,504
3,267
1894
3,277
3,779
3,667
3,208
1895
3,593
3,831
3,835
3,497
The three consecutive months in which the largest number of births occurred were March, April, and May, 3,924.
Twin Births .- In 1895, 165 twin births occurred; in 61 instances the twins were both boys ; in 49, both girls ; in 54, a boy and a girl. In 95 cases the parentage was American; in 48, foreign ; and in 20 instances the parentage was mixed. Of the 330 children, 290 were born alive, and 40 were still-born.
Triplets in Portland and Jonesboro. Other facts may be learned by consulting Tables No. 16 and No. 17.
Still-Births .- Of the 668 still-born children, 374 were males, and 272 females. In 22 the sex was not stated. With the excep- tion of 10 still-births, as to which the nativity of the mother was not stated, 472 were of American mothers, and 186 were of foreign mothers.
The largest number of still-births, 110, occurred in Cumberland county ; while the minimum number, 14, was reported in Franklin county.
The largest number of still-births, 71, was returned in March; the smallest number was 46 in June and November. See Tables No. 18 and No. 19 for other details.
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MARRIAGES.
TABLE No. 20. Marriages and Marriage Rates by Counties for the Years 1892-95.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1895.
Marriages.
Rate.
Marriages.
Rate.
Marriages.
Rate.
Marriages.
Rate.
State
5,726
8.56
5,795
8.76
5,591
8.46
5,729
8.67
Androscoggin
479
9.78
463
9.46
456
9.31
459
9.37
Aroostook
458
9.24
494
9.96
492
9.92
543
10.95
Cumberland
779
8.57
820
9.02
757
8.32
813
8.94
Franklin .
145
8.50
150
8.80
166
9.73
158
9.27
Hancock
307
8.23
311
8.33
327
8.76
321
8.60
Kennebec
553
9.70
529
9.28
478
8.38
506
8.88
Knox
276
8.77
318
10.10
270
8.58
287
9.12
Lincoln
172
7.82
155
7.05
143
6.50
150
6.81
Oxford
224
7.32
223
7.29
217
7.10
249
8.14
Penobscot
697
9.58
694
9.52
631
8.66
684
9.39
Piscataquis
133
8.24
143
8.86
144
8.92
151
9.35
Sagadahoc
157
8.07
131
6.73
131
6.73
111
5.71
Somerset
297
9.10
298
9.13
285
8.74
307
9.41
Waldo .
240
8.65
225
8.11
226
8.14
218
7.89
Washington
354
7.96
406
9.13
414
9.31
320
7.19
York ...
455
7.24
435
6.92
454
7.23
452
7.19
6
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TABLE No. 21. Marriages by Counties and Nativity, 1895.
COUNTIES.
Both American.
Both foreign.
Husband American.
Wife American.
Not stated.
Total.
Androscoggin
252
128
47
28
4
459
Aroostook ...
273
96
85
85
4
543
Cumberland
534
133
84
57
5
813
Franklin
143
5
3
7
158
Hancock
276
8
14
22
1
321
Kennebec
370
57
43
33
3
506
Knox
248
10
13
12
4
287
Lincoln.
138
1
6
3
2
150
Oxford.
223
3
9
13
1
249
Penobscot
391
34
25
45
189
684
Piscataquis
117
10
13
4
151
Sagadahoc
92
2
10
6
1
111
Somerset
255
11
11
26
4
307
Waldo
202
7
7
218
Washington
238
32
12
36
10
320
York
313
S5
29
25
452
Total
4,065
614
408
418
224
5,729
MARRIAGES.
TABLE No. 22. Marriages by Months and Counties, 1895.
COUNTIES.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Not stated.
Total.
Androscoggin
36
44
19
33
36
53
35
35
36
52
49
31
-
459
Aroostook
36
47
15
60
41
43
33
50
61
59
52
46
543
Cumberland
53
52
41
50
48
129
54
61
80
91
89
65
813
Franklin
20
11
12
11
12
8
13
10
16
13
23
9
-
158
Hancock
37
14
20
13
28
27
16
25
27
37
39
38
-
321
Kennebec
56
32
24
36
38
59
19
39
57
48
54
44
-
506
Knox
23
19
21
18
23
21
17
26
33
31
33
287
Lincoln
9
-1
9
7
13
18
11
14
11
19
16
16
150
Oxford
17
16
18
7
16
20
15
18
31
32
37
22
249
Penobscot
51
55
45
52
33
85
42
52
71
76
75
46
1
684
Piscataquis
6
7
10
12
13
17
9
7
13
23
21
13
151
Sagadahoc
3
11
2
6
6
15
12
8
8
16
9
15
111
Somerset
25
18
15
23
32
27
18
28
32
34
27
28
307
Waldo
22
9
11
15
16
24
7
15
24
18
20
37
218
Washington
26
15
24
21
21
26
40
23
34
27
32
31
320
York
29
24
23
23
29
48
37
31
49
54
56
49
-
452
Total
449
384
307
390
400
622
382
433
576
632
630
523
1 5,729
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TABLE No. 23.
Number of Marriages in Each Month of 1892, 1893. 1894, and 1895, with Monthly Ratio Compared with a Standard of 100.
I892.
1893.
1894.
1895.
MONTHS.
Marriages.
*Ratio.
Marriages.
Ratio.
Marriages.
Ratio.
Marriages.
Ratio.
January
321
66.1
397
80.7
400
84.2
449
92.2
February
334
76.1
315
70.8
298
64.9
384
87.5
March
322
66.0
345
70.1
342
72.0
307
63.0
April.
456
96.8
476
100.0
414
90.2
390
82.8
May
390
80.2
425
86.4
386
81.3
400
82.1
June
542
115.1
652
137.0
603
131.0
622
132.1
July
444
91.4
428
87.0
378
79.6
382
78.4
August
437
89.9
421
85.6
393
82.7
433
88.9
September
567
120.4
551
115.8
541
117.9
576
122.5
October.
569
117.1
582
118.3
636
133.9
632
129.8
November
698
148.2
652
137.0
628
136.8
630
133.8
December
608
125.1
515
104.7
554
116.6
523
107.4
Unknown.
38
-
36
-
18
-
1
-
* In this column the inaccuracies due to the unequal lengths of the months are oliminated.
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MARRIAGES.
TABLE No. 24. Marriages by Ages and Counties, 1895.
COUNTIES.
Under 15.
15 to 20.
20 to 25.
25 to 30.
30 to 35.
35 to 40.
40 to 45.
45 to 50.
50 to 55.
55 to 60.
60 to 70.
70 to 80.
80 and over.
Not stated.
Total.
Androscoggin .... males females
22
173
118
58
27
19
17
13
4
4
4
1
-
1
114
171
76
38
28
11
9
5
1
1
459
Aroostook
. males
15
220
166
56
43
17
9
2
6
6
1
-
1
543
Cumberland
males 1
21
277
244
109
62
32
20
15
12
13
7
1
813
females
147
321
191
70
34
19
14
5
5
6
1
-
8
49
48
22
9
4
7
3 4
3 1
3 1
1
158
Hancock
.. males females
2
115
102
40
20
18
8
11
9 2
5 2
5 1
1
321
Kennebec
. males -
20
178
124
64
44
25
15
12 8
12
10
1
1
506 506
females
151
181
73
34
25
9
11
5
8
1
287
females
1
96
96
41
23
13
5
5
2
3 2
4
-
287
Lincoln
. males -
7
45
41
27
11
6
3
3
2 2
4 1
1
1
4
86
71
24
14
11
12
6 5
5 2
12
3
1 1
249 249
Penobscot
males females
3
177
250
126
48
29
19
10
9
2
7
1
-
-
5
46
53
20
8
8
3
3 1
1 1
2
42
-
-
151
Sagadahoc
males 1 females
3
33
34
18
13
1
2
3
3
1 1
-
I
1
111
Somerset.
males females 3
98
95
54
22
13
10
5
6 3
4
3 1
307 307
Waldo.
. males females
11 1
52
82
40
10
8
13
4
3
1
1
-
1
218
Washington
.males -
24
120
93
41
15
5
4
6
4 1
5 3
3 1
2
320
York
. males females 1
16
182
109
48
34
14
17
9
13 3
1
1
452
Total
males
204 2,052
1,586
709
414
230
179
113
95
8 101 38 53
10
5,729
Grand total. 20
1,836
4,148 2,519
1,092
668
37]
286
172
128
154,46
4 14
11,458
4
223
204
56
24
18
5
3
2
3
1
2
1
158
females
2
54
53
22
9
5
6
1
7
117
92
36
27
11
11
Knox
males -
13
96
78
31
19
16
20
females
4S
51
23
11
5
3
5
150
Oxford
.males females
1
6
84
29
18
10
6
9
22
239
185
94
48
31
19
13
12
5
1
684 6S4
Piscataquis
. males females
45
55
23
8
8
7
2
4
1
10
112
72
43
23
20
8
79
58
18
17
10
12
5
6
2
-
-
218
females
1
112
120
51
13
6
6
4
98
189
70
27
28
13
11
8
3
females 20
1,632
2,096
933
383
254
141
107
59
33
3
151
111
26
42
18
1 6 1
-
-
-
1
452
-
4
4 5,729
6
2
3 3
4
-
1
-
1
3
813
Franklin
. males
2 543
females
-
321
1
4 2
320
150
459
.
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TABLE
Interesting Facts in
COUNTIES.
Instances in which the age of the bride exceeds that of
the groom.
Widowers.
Widows.
M. F.
M.
F.
M. F.
M. F.
M. F.
Androscoggin
82
86
56
15
17
357
384
93
68
6
4
1
Aroostook
49
72
37
5
6
464
499
68
40
8
2
-
1
Cumberland
130
130
83
16
18
667
711
128
96
17
1
1
Franklin
20
30
19
6
8
122
131
35
27
1
I
-
Hancock
49
45
34
8
14
267
273
51
45
3
?
Kennebec
71
100
69
24
16
382
421
107
Knox.
37
58
32
18
17
211
238
- 68
45
8
4
-
-
Lincoln
19
26
22
6
4
118
124
28
24
4
1
1
Oxford
35
52
39
12
11
184
199
52
42
9
8
3
Penobscot
93
97
81
28
35
558
564
10.
111
16
6
-
Piscataquis
23
23
19
8
7
119
123
28
24
3
3
1
-
Sagadahoc
17
17
7
1
4
93
100
16
9
2
-
-
Somerset
36
48
36
13
15
245
256
56
47
6
4
-
-
Waldo
44
40
25
14
15
164
179
49
37
5
2
-
-
Washington
37
51
23
3
6
266
290
50
27
4
?
1
-
York
75
77
43
9
6
365
403
82
46
2
3
2
-
Total
817
952
625
186
199
4,582
4,895
1,018
767
110
51
8
4
Fourth marriage.
Divorced.
First marriage.
Second marriage.
Third marriage.
16
6
1
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MARRIAGES.
No. 25. Relation to Marriage.
Fifth marriage.
not stated.
married.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M. F.
M. F.
-
-
3
2
918
72
70
18
14
68
70
18
17
-
-
3
1
1,086
70
57
18
14
69
52
18
15
-
1
1
3
1,626
8
76
18
15
80
76
18
17
1
1
-
-
316
75
72
18
14
66
72
19
16
1
-
-
642
.70
62
18
14
52
62
18
16
-
-
1,012
77
67
17
15
77
65
5
17
1
-
-
-
574
79
66
18
14
75
64
19
15
1
-
-
-
300
8
74
17
15
80
74
17
15
1
-
-
498
84
69
19
14
84
60
19
16
1
-
3
3
1,368
81
74
17
14
81
74
17
7
-
-
1
1
302
75
66
19
15
75
56
19
15
1
-
1
222
68
67
17
15
68
67
5
19
1
1
-
-
614
76
75
17
14
76
75
17
16
1
-
436
74
75
17
14
73
75
20
16
1
-
-
-
640
77
76
16
14
77
76
16
16
1
-
1
904
69
62
18
14
65
62
19
15
-
1
12
10
11,458
Total number of persons
Oldest.
Youngest.
Oldest couple.
Youngest couple.
M. F.
M.
F.
Number of marriages
1
1
-
87
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NOTES ON MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages registered in the State during the year 1895 was 5,729 (5,726 in 1892, 5,795 in 1893, and 5,594 in 1894). We have, therefore, for the year 1895, a marriage-rate of 17.34 (persons married) to every 1,000 of population, or at the rate of 8.67 marriages per 1,000 persons.
Marriage-Rates .- The marriage-rate was higher in Aroostook county than elsewhere in the State, as in the preceding year, it being for that county 21.90 per 1,000. The lowest marriage-rate, that of 11.42 per 1,000, was in Sagadahoc county. See Table No. 4.
Comparing the marriage-rate of Maine, 17.34 per 1,000, with that of the other New England States, we find that for the same year, 1895, it was in New Hampshire 20.52; in Vermont, 16.51; Massachusetts, 18.48; Rhode Island, 18.2; and Connecticut, 16.2.
Nativity .- Of the 5,505 records of marriage in which there is a statement of birthplace, in 74 per cent. the groom and bride were both American ; in 11 per cent. both were of foreign birth; in 7 per cent. the groom was American and the bride of foreign birth ; while in 8 per cent. a foreign groom and American bride were united.
Seasons .- The largest number of marriages, 632, was solem- nized in October, while the smallest number in any one month, 307, occurred in March. See Table No. 22.
Ages of the Married .- The largest number, both of grooms and brides, was between 20 and 25 years of age. While still under 15 years of age, 20 brides were married; in the age-period 15-20 years, there were 204 grooms and 1,632 brides ; in the period 20-25 years, 2,052 men and 2,096 women were married; from 25-30, 1,586 men and 933 women; from 30-35, 709 men and 383 women ; from 35-40, 414 men and 254 women; from 40-45, 230 men and
89
MARRIAGES.
141 women ; from 45-50, 179 men and 107 women; from 50-55, 113 men and 59 women ; from 55-60, 95 men and 33 women ; from 60-70, 101 men and 53 women ; from 70-80, 38 men and 8 women ; over 80, 4 men. See Table No. 24.
In 4,912 marriages the groom was older than the bride ; while in 817, the bride was the elder; 952 widowers and 625 widows were remarried ; 186 men and 199 women were remarried after having been divorced from a former marriage.
Table No. 25 exhibits the fact that 4,582 men and 4,895 women were married the first time ; that 1,018 men and 767 women were married the second time ; that 110 men and 51 women were united in a third marriage ; while 8 men and 4 women contracted marriage a fourth time. In one marriage in which the bride was 41, it was her fifth marriage.
The oldest groom was 84 years of age, and the oldest bride was 76 ; in 11 marriages the bride was only 14 years old.
.
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REGISTRATION REPORT.
TABLE
Divorces Decreed by the Supreme Court of Maine for the
Counties.
Libellant wife.
Libellant husband.
Adultery.
Adultery and desertion.
Extreme cruelty.
Extreme cruelty and
intoxication.
Desertion.
Desertion and
intoxication.
Desertion and extreme
Desertion and failure
to support.
Desertion and cruel and abusive treatment.
Androscoggin
45
18
12
-
-
-
20
1
-
1
1
Aroostook
20
10
4
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
Cumberland
59
25
6
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
Franklin
18
4
4
5
10
Knox .
46
20
9
2
15
-
-
Lincoln
15
9
4
1
00
-
Oxford
19
13
6
18
1
10
23
Piscataquis
9
3
4
1
-
-
Sagadahoc
12
4
-
-
-
-
-
Somerset.
27
21
6
1
11
1
1
Waldo
19
1
1
3
Washington
12
4
3
-
-
7
York
38
16
12
3
18
1
-
-
-
Total
480
201
103
1
11
1
207
1
1
5
3
-
7
-
-
Hancock
17
8
Kennebec
57
26
-
18
-
2
-
Penobscot
67
19
-
-
-
-
-
11
-
-
13
3
9
35
cruelty.
9I
DIVORCES.
No 26. Year 1895, as Returned by Clerks of the Several Counties.
Desertion, cruel and abusive treatment and intoxication.
Intoxication.
Intoxication and failure to support.
Cruel and abusive treatment.
Cruel and abusive treat-
Cruel and abusive treat-
ment and extreme
cruelty.
Cruel and abusive treat-
ment and failure to
Cruel and abusive treat-
ment and intoxication.
Failure to support.
Failure to support, cruel
and abusive treatment
Nullity of marriage.
No cause reported.
Total.
I
1
9
1
OT
7
1
1
1
1
63
-
I
13
-
1
1
1
1
-
1
-
30
-
7
2
12
1
9
7
5
-
1
-
84
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
co
I
-
1
1
-
-
-
25
-
8
6
15
-
-
1
6
9
1
1
8
83
1
1
1
1
4
2
2
66
1
2
4
-
-
2
1
1
-
24
-
2
1
6
-
-
1
2
1
-
32
16
22
1
-
1
1
I
86
1
1
1
3
1
1
-
1
-
1
-
12
1
1
1
1
-
1
1
1
1
1
-
16
-
-
7
1
2
2
CO
OT
6
-
48
-
-
1
-
9
2
1
1
20
-
1
1
2
1
-
1
2
-
-
-
16
-
2
-
15
-
-
-
1
4
-
1
-
54
62
12
145
6
3
25
38
36
10
9
681
1
22
-
3
S
24
-
-
-
1
4
1
2
1
2
ment and adultery.
and desertion.
support.
-
1
7
.
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REGISTRATION REPORT.
TABLE No. 27. Divorces by Causes, the Sex of the Libellants, and the Number of Years Married, 1895.
CAUSES.
Number.
Sex.
Under 6 months.
Under 1 year.
1 to 5.
5 to 10.
10 to 20
20 to 30.
Over 30.
Unknown,
Males,
61
1
1
28
10
Adultery ....
103 Females, Males,
42
1
Adultery and desertion
Desertion and extreme cruelty.
1 Females,
Extreme cruelty.
11 Females,
11
5
3
1
1
1
191 1
21
31
12 11
Desertion and intoxication
1 Females,
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
Males,
1
1
1
1
1
1
62 Females, Males,
59
17
18
15 S
1
3 1
Cruel and abusive treatment.
145 Females,
112
1
6
26
31
1
1
6 Females,
5
3
1
Males,
1
1
-
- 1 1
1 1
1
Males,
1
24
11
1
10
1
1
Males,
1
1
38 Females,
37
13
13
10
1
1
Males,
36 Females,
36
17
8
8
3
Failure to support, cruel and abusive treatment and desertion ...
Nullity of marriage
2 Females, Males,
1
1
No cause reported
9 Females,
S
2
2
1
2
1
1
Males,
201
1
3
67
39
Total
681 Females,
480
1
6
146
122
58 19 13 137.49 14
1
Desertion and failure to support
Desertion and cruel and abusive treat- ment .
Intoxication.
Intoxication and failure to support ...
12 Females,
12
5
Males,
33
1
12
8
Cruel and abusive treatment and adul- tery ....
Cruel and abusive treatment and ex- treme cruelty
Cruel and abusive treatment and failure to support .
Cruel and abusive treatment and intox- ication
Failure to support.
Males,
10 Females,
10
4
1
1
Males,
1
1
-
-
1
1
1
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Extreme cruelty and intoxication
Desertion.
207 Females, Males,
112
34
33
-
-
-
1
1
3 Females, Males,
3
-
4
1 3 00111 11
1 1
3 Females,
1
1
1
1
-
1
1
Males,
5 Females,
5
Males,
Males,
1 Females, Males,
1
95
Males,
1
25 Females,
1
LIBELLANTS.
NUMBER OF YEARS MARRIED.
1 Females, Males,
93
DIVORCES.
NOTES ON DIVORCES.
Six hundred and eighty-one divorces were decreed in the year 1895 (552 in 1892, 627 in 1893, and 674 in 1894). In 1895 there was decreed in Maine one divorce for every 8.4 marriages solem- nized within the same year ; in New Hampshire, one to every 9.8; in Vermont, one to 9.7; in Massachusetts, one to 24.2; in Rhode Island, one to 9.4 ; in Connecticut, one to 15.8. The divorce-rate is, therefore, greater in Maine than in any other New England State, and much greater than in some of them.
Some of the causes for which divorces were granted are : Adul- tery, 103, or 15.1 per cent. of the whole number ; extreme cruelty, 11, or 1.6 per cent. ; desertion, 207, or 30.4 per cent. ; intoxica- tion, 62, or 9.1 per cent. ; cruel and abusive treatment, 145, or 21.3 per cent. ; failure to support, 36, or 5.2 per cent. The other divorces were granted for multiple or associated causes.
The wife was the libellant in 480 divorces, and the husband in 201.
In the divorces granted for adultery, the husband was the libel- lant 61 times, and the wife 42 times.
On account of extreme cruelty, the wife was the libellant in all of the 11 cases.
For desertion, the husband was the libellant 95 times, and the wife in 112.
For intoxication, the husband was the libellant in 3 cases, and the wife in 59.
For cruel and abusive treatment, the husband was the libellant in 33 instances, and the wife in 112.
For failure to support, the wife was the libellant in the 36 divorces decreed for that cause.
Two divorces were granted before the married life had lasted 6 months ; 9, before 1 year ; 213, after from 1 to 5 years marriage ; 161, after 5 to 10 years ; 195, after 10 to 20 years; 68, after 20 to 30 years ; and 27, after more than 30 years of married life. Tables No. 26 and 27 may be consulted for more detailed state- ments.
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REGISTRATION REPORT.
TABLE No. 28. Deaths and Death-Rates by Counties, for the Years 1892-95,
1892.
1893.
1894.
1895.
Deaths.
Rate.
Deaths.
Rate.
Deaths.
Rate.
Deaths.
Rate.
State.
12,147
18.37
11,134
16.84 11,012
16.66 10,464
15.83
Androscoggin
803
16.39
819|
16.73
941
19.22
866
14.40
Aroostook .
619
12.48
609
12.72
657
13.46
665
13.52
Cumberland.
1,845
20.28
1,719
18.90
1,690
18.57
1,629
17.91
Franklin
337
19.76
319
18.98
276
16.35
272
16.10
Hancock
581
15.57
494
13.35
553
16.27
510
13.78
Kennebec
1,273
22.32
1,153
20.22
1,132
19.86
1,014
17.79
Knox ..
629
19.99
569
18.09
509
16.18
526
16.73
Lincoln
439
19.95
330
15.06
341
15.50
325
14.78
Oxford
561
18.30
506
16.62
470
15.42
455
14 98
Penobscot
1,208
16.57
1,122
15.43
1,192
16.40
1,130
15.51
Piscataquis
246
15.24
249
15.91
214
13.52
207
13.14
Sagadahoc
352
18.09
326
16.76
290
14.91
287
14.75
Somerset
548
16.79
51]
15.84
520
16.12
521
16.07
Waldo
538
19.38
408
14.70
444
16.00
405
14.59
Washington
775
17.42
761
17.22
636
14.39
603
13.67
York
1,393
22.20
1,239
19.72
1,147
18.26
1,049
16.70
95
NUMBER OF DEATHS IN EACH MONTH.
TABLE No. 29.
Number of Deaths in Each Month of 1892, 1893, 1894, and 1895, with Monthly Ratio Compared with a Standard of 100.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1895.
MONTHS.
Deaths.
* Ratio.
Deaths.
Ratio.
Deaths.
Ratio.
Deaths.
Ratio.
January
1,577
154.5
849
90.0
1,266
136.6
906
101.9
February
1,292
136.7
845
100.0
980
116.6
821
102.2
March.
1,095
106.0
959
103.3
920
103.4
1,053
118.4
April
1,048
106.0
1,037
100.0
994
110.0
854
99.3
May
1,045
106.0
969
100.0
851
93.3
843
94.8
June
833
84.6
819
90.0
816
90.0
715
83.1
July ..
866
84.6
823
90.0
865
93.3
803
90.3
August
938
82.2
1,080
106.6
953
100.0
938
105.5
September
976
93.9
975
106.6
956
106.6
1,023
118.9
October
844
81.8
917
100.0
821
86.6
902
101.5
November
790
78.8
796
86.6
761
83.3
743
86.4
December
793
76.5
1,037
100.0
819
86.6
858
96.5
Unknown
50
28
10
5
* In this column the inaccuracies due to the unequal lengths of the months are eliminated.
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REGISTRATION REPORT.
TABLE Shows the Number of Deaths in the State, and in
CAUSES OF DEATH.
State.
Androscoggin.
Aroostook.
Cumberland.
All causes .
11,302 10,755
842
698
1,713
CLASSES.
I .- Zymotic diseases .
2,885
236
296
439
II .- Parasitic diseases.
3
-
1
III .- Dietetic diseases
35
3
1
6
IV .- Constitutional diseases
666
50
29
103
V .- Developmental diseases.
1,688
135
157
275
VI .- Local diseases ..
5,065
386
191
823
VII .- Deaths from violence.
413
32
23
67
VIII .- Deaths from ill-defined causes
547
93
59
69
GROUPS.
I .- 1. Infectious diseases.
727
48
102
121
2. Specific neoplastic diseases
1,405
107
81
227
3. Diarrheal diseases .
635
71
102
75
4. Zoögenous diseases
1
117
10
11
16
II .- 1. Parasitic diseases.
3
1
-
III .- 1. Dietetic diseases.
35
3
1
6
IV .- 1. Constitutional diseases
666
50
29
103
V .- 1. Developmental diseases
1,688
135
157
275
VI .- 1. Diseases of nervous system
1,585
104
50
260
2. Diseases of organs of special sense
4
-
-
3. Diseases of circulatory system
1,048
99
21
152
4. Diseases of respiratory system.
1,165
92
51
208
5. Diseases of digestive system ..
693
51
50
103
6. Diseases of lymphatics, etc .
4
-
2
7. Diseases of urinary system .
475
35
13
91
8. Diseases of organs of generation.
35
4
1
3
9. Accidents and diseases of reproduction
36
4
3
10. Diseases of osseous system
6
11. Diseases of the integument
14
1
VII .- 1. Accident, negligence or doubtful ..
341
30
19
57
2. Homicide .
6
-
3. Suicide
66
2
4
9
VIII .- 1 Deaths from ill-defined causes
547
93
59
69
935
757
1,782
Specified causes
1
·
1
1
1
5. Septic diseases ..
CAUSES OF DEATH, BY CLASSES AND GROUPS.
No. 30. Each County, Arranged by Classes and Groups.
Franklin.
Hancock.
Kennebec.
Knox.
Lincoln.
Oxford.
Penobscot.
Piscataquis.
Sagadahoc.
Somerset.
Waldo.
Washington.
York.
286 273
547
1,087 1,050
556 538
343 332
484 465
1,208 1,150
227 218
307 299
562 536
435 413
618
1,089
69
122
259
146
62
93
309
60
65
130
83
223
293
2
co
1
7
1
38
66
13
ão
=
30
31
37
74
138
81
58
63
178
46
36 165
92
68
83
167
128
274
555
241
170
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