From the 23 Feb 1881 British
Canadian page 3
[Not a complete transcription]
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
From the report of the Registrar
General of Ontario for the year 1879, we gather the following information.
During the year there were 41,035
births, 12,509 marriages, and 17,938 deaths registered in Ontario. In the
COUNTY OF
NORFOLK
there were 715 births, 265
marriages, and 325 deaths. In the Town of Simcoe there were 87 births, 48
marriages and 35 deaths. The following table shows the number of
| in each month of the year, as well
as the sex, for the whole County-- |
| Month |
Males |
Females |
Total |
| January |
40 |
35 |
75 |
| February |
21 |
28 |
49 |
| March |
49 |
32 |
81 |
| April |
30 |
24 |
54 |
| May |
34 |
24 |
58 |
| June |
22 |
21 |
43 |
| July |
33 |
20 |
59 |
| August |
36 |
29 |
65 |
| September |
32 |
22 |
54 |
| October |
32 |
29 |
61 |
| November |
34 |
36 |
70 |
| December |
21 |
25 |
46 |
| Total |
384 |
331 |
715 |
| Twins,
16 |
Illegitimate,
11 |
| The following table shows the
number of marriages in each month-- |
| January . .
. . . |
25 |
| February .
. . . |
23 |
| March
. . . . . . |
26 |
| April . . .
. . . . . |
12 |
| May .
. . . . . . . |
18 |
| June . . .
. . . . . |
16 |
|
|
| July . . .
. . . . . . |
21 |
| August . .
. . . . . |
18 |
| September
. . . |
25 |
| October
. . . . . |
27 |
| November .
. . . |
22 |
December
. . . .
|
32 |
|
| The following
table illustrates the ages of the persons married-- |
|
Ages |
| Under 20 |
| 20 and
under 25 |
| 25 and
under 30 |
| 30 and
under 35 |
| 35 and
under 40 |
| 40 and
under 45 |
| 45 and
under 50 |
| 50 and
under 55 |
| 55 and
under 60 |
| 60 and
under 65 |
| 65 and
under 70 |
|
| Males |
Females |
| 4 |
77 |
| 119 |
126 |
| 82 |
33 |
| 19 |
10 |
| 11 |
5 |
| 6 |
5 |
| 7 |
4 |
| 7 |
2 |
| 2 |
0 |
| 5 |
1 |
| 3 |
1 |
|
|
Males 173; females
152; total 325. One quarter of the whole number that died were under
four years of age.
|
| Blacksmith |
1 |
| butcher |
1 |
| baker |
1 |
| carpenters |
2 |
| clergymen |
2 |
| contractor |
1 |
| farmers |
59 |
| farmers' wives |
54 |
| gentleman |
1 |
| housewives |
10 |
| laborers |
9 |
| lumbermen |
2 |
| lawyers |
1 |
| millers |
2 |
| manufacturer |
1 |
| merchant |
1 |
| other mechanic |
1 |
| physicians |
2 |
| public officials |
2 |
| railroad employees |
2 |
| shoemaker |
1 |
| sailors |
2 |
| tavenkeepers |
2 |
tailor
|
1 |
|
Causes of
Death
[abbreviated, rearranged]
|
| phithisis |
45 |
| old
age |
30 |
| infantile
debility |
23 |
| convulsions |
21 |
| pneumonia |
19 |
| congestion
lungs |
15 |
| diphtheria |
14 |
| fever |
11 |
| paralysis |
10 |
| typhoid
fever |
6 |
| apoplexy |
5 |
| childbirth |
5 |
| croup |
5 |
| diarrhoea
[sic] |
5 |
| other
causes |
37 |
| total |
251 |
| causes
not given |
75 |
| grand
total |
325 |
| [All
numbers sic] |
|
|
