﻿1 8 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL, 59 



VITAL STATISTICS OF THE GENNAH VILLAGE FOR FIVE YEARS 





Population 

 at the be- 

 ginning of 

 the year 



B 



orn 





Per 1,000 



Died 





Per 1,000 



Year 







Total 



of popu- 





Total 



of popu- 













Males 



Females 





lation 



Males 



Females 





lation 



1904 



498 







22 



44.2 







8 



16.1 



1905 



512 



9 



12 



21 



41.0 



7 



9 



16 



31.2 



I906 



517 



4 



8 



12 



23.2 



5 



10 



15 



29.0 



1907 



520 



5 



12 



17 



32.7 



7 



4 



11 



21.2 



1908 



526 



12 



10 



22 



41.8 



3 



5 



8 



15.2 



1909 



540 



















Total. 



30 l 



42 l 



94 2 





22 x 



28 l 



58 2 





Avg.. 



5I5 2 



7-5 



10.5 



19 



36.9 



5-5 



7 



11.6 



22.5 



For 4 years. 



For 5 years. 



VITAL STATISTICS OF THE VILLAGES BOULAC AND BERIS 

 FOR ONE YEAR, APRIL 1, 1907, TO APRIL 1, 1908 



Joint population at the beginning of 1907. .. .2,582 

 Joint population at the beginning of 1908. .. .2,638 

 Born : 



Males 44 



Females 45 



Total 89 



Rate, per 1000 of population, near 34.5 



Died: 



Males 17 



Females 22 



Total 39 



Rate, per 1000 of population, near 15. 1 



For 18 months, 

 to October 1, 1908 ] 



73 

 66 

 i39 



35-5 



5i 



63 



114 



29-5 



The birth-rate at the Kharga Oasis, it is seen, is very high. It is 

 higher than anywhere in Europe, except in some parts of Russia 

 and in the Hungary group of nationalities. 2 It harmonizes, however, 

 with that of Egypt in general, where it averaged, among the native 



^Vith an epidemic of measles in May at Beris. 



2 In Europe the birth-rate ranges, according to the most recent statistics, 

 from approximately 22 per 1000 in France to a little over 40 in some of 

 the groups of peoples under Hungary and to well over 40 in many parts 

 of Russia. The death-rate ranges from a little less than 17 in Sweden 

 to 29.9 per thousand (reports of 1904) in Russia, and the natural yearly in- 

 crease per 1000 population from 0.7 in France to 14.0 in Germany. In the 

 United States the birth-rate, while not exactly known, is probably less than 

 30 per 1000; the death-rate (in the registration area) approximately 18; and 

 the yearly increment a little over 12 per 1000. 



