VITAL STATISTICS. 



405 



Comparing the births and marriages during the period 1856-0, for 

 which the record of each is given, it appears that while tlie average 

 annual number of marriages was 5.71 to 1,000 of the j)opulation, the 

 births stood 13.6 to the 1,000. These figures apply to the white popula- 

 tion. The rate of increase among the negroes Avas much greater. The 

 above table makes the average annual number of their births 29.9 per 

 thousand. For both races the birth rate was 23 per 1,000. The number 

 of births during each month for the four years 1856-9 is given with the 

 distinction of sex as follows : 



Births for Four Years. 



Month of Birth. 



Month of 



CONCErTION. 



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January. . 

 February. . 

 March . , 

 April . . . 

 May . . . 

 June ... . 

 July . . . 

 August . . . 

 September . 

 October. . 

 November . 

 December . 



Total. . . . 



April. 

 May . 

 June . 

 July . 

 August . 

 September 

 October . . 

 November . 

 December. 

 January. . 

 February . 

 March. . . 



4,260 

 4,294 

 4,974 

 5,396 

 5,623 

 5,604 

 5,684 

 6,079| 

 6,181 

 5,717 

 5,868 

 6,162 



65,792 



2,372 

 2,246 

 2,721 

 2,816 

 2,926 

 2,876 

 2,831 

 3,082 

 3,067 

 2,881 

 2,893 

 2,978 







33,689 



1,888 

 2,048 

 2,253 

 2,580 

 2,697 

 2,728 

 2,803 

 2,997 

 3,114 

 2,836 

 2,975 

 3,184 



32,103 



484 



198 



468 



236 



229 



148 



28 



85 



47 



45 



82 



206 



1,586 



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6 o 



126.16 



109.66 



120.77 



109.14 



108.49 



105.42 



100.99 



102.83 



98.49 



101.58 



97.24 



93.53 



104.31 



This being the whole number of births of known dates, registered in 

 South Carolina during this period. From the foregoing tables may be 

 deduced the following one, showing the order of relative fecundity of each 

 month. 



