CONTENTS.

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1.- GENERAL ABSTRACT. – Population State Census of 1895. — Births, Mar-

riages, and Deaths registered in each county and town in 1896, distin-

guishing sex and parentage of Births, nativity of the Married, and sex,

nativity and average age of Decedents, . . . . . . .

11. — Births registered in 1896, by counties, by months, and by sex, . ..

A. - Supplement. — Plurality Births registered in 1896, by counties and

by sex, . . . . . . . . . . .

III. - Still-Born registered in 1896, by counties and by sex, . . . . 18

IV. – MARRIAGES registered in 1896, by counties and by months, . .

V. - MARRIAGEs registered in 1896, by counties and by age periods, . . 20

VI. – MARRIAGEs registered in 1896, by ages and conjugal condition, . .

VII. - Deaths registered in 1896, by counties, by months, and by sex, . . 25

VIII. — DEATHS, exhibiting the age and sex of Deaths registered in each county

and in the State in 1896, also population of 1895, and Percentages of

Deaths to Population, . . . . . . . . . . 28

IX.- CAUSES OF Death, 1896, nosologically arranged, by months, by age, and

by sex, . . . . . . . . . . . . .

X. - Causes of Death, 1896, nosologically classified, by counties,. . . 52

Note on classification of infantile diseases, . . . . . .

XI. - DEATHS FROM SEVERAL Specified Causes, 1896, by counties and by

towns, · · · · · · · · · · · · · 64

DIVORCES.

I. - DIVORCES, State and counties, by statute causes, 1896,

MEDICAL EXAMINERS' RETURNS, 1896.

1. — Deaths investigated, State and counties, . . . . . . .

II. – Causes of DEATH, classified and arranged, by months, ages, and sex, .

EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS, . . . . . . . .

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TABLE I. — POPULATION (1895), — Births,
General Abstract, exhibiting, in Connection with the Population

Deaths registered in Each County and Town in Massachusetts
Children Born, the Vativity of Persons Married, and the Sex,
ber who Died.

BARNSTABLE,

BERKSHIRE,

1 3,079 3,806

2 1,543 2,484

27,654 494 270 224

86,292 2,285 1,185 1,100

219,019 7,280 3,674 3,605

4,238 66 38 28

330,393 8,746 4,497 | 4,248

40,145 901 468 435

152,938 4,998 2,645 2,351

54,710 1,298 646 651

499,217

| 7,318

6,802

3,016 61

25

134,819 | 3,238 1,647 | 1,584

101,498 2,217 | 1,135 1,080

539,799 17,779 9,101 8,668

306,4458,845 4,528 | 4,313

150

MIDDLESEX,

NANTUCKET,

5

352

7 1,231 1,310

2 1,101 | 654

10 4,336 9,456

4 2,948 4,039

322

194

1,912

953

258

1,995

868

SUFFOLK, .

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MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 1896.

according to the State Census of 1895, the Births, Marriages, and

during the year 1896, — distinguishing the Sex and the Parentage of

Nativity, and Aggregate and Average Ages by Counties of the Num-

584 300284 507 64 13 584 28,170 48-24

1,547 807 740 1,155 360 32 1,544 55,313 35-82

4,085 2,498 2,487 3,630 1,321 34 4,983 140,377 28:17

98 52 46 91 6 1 975,231 53.92

6,295 3,163 3,132 4,751 1,480 64 *0,226 226,043 36-30

642 312 330 535 97 10 64229,099 48-26

2,859 1,433 1,426 2,124 706 29 2,858 86,804 30-39

931 471 460 729 1930 93138,687 41-55

9,445 4,684 4,781 6,791 2,564 90 9,429 321,425 34.09

84 35 49 795 - 84 4,511 53.70

2,230 1,137 1,093 1,707 489 34 2,224 87,414 39-30

1,854 901 893 1,511 317 26 1,853 79,510 42.91

12,449 6,510 5,939/ 8,354 3,987 108 12,447 383,995 30-85

5,378 2,777 2,601 3,921 1,395 62 5,373 193,156 35.95

* Not including 54 lost at sea.

TABLE I. — Births, Marriages, and Deaths,

Adams,

Alford,

Becket,

Cheshire,

Clarksburg, .

Dalton,

Egremont,

Florida,

Gt. Barrington,

Hancock,

Hinsdale,

Lanesborough,

Lee, . . .

Lenox,

Monterey,

Mt. Washington, .

New Ashford,

New Marlborough,

North Adams,

Otis,

Peru,

Pittsfield,

Richmond,

Sandisfield

Savoy, ..

Sheffield,

Stockbridge,

Tyringham,

Washington,

W. Stockbridge,

Williamstown,

Windsor,