Migration 



One of the questions in which there was interest was whether the small 

 increasing town was increasing because of influx of migrants or because 

 the number of out-migrants was less than the natural increase. A second 

 was to discover whether the decreasing small towns were decreasing be- 

 cause of out-migration or because of reduced fertility. 



Tt was possible to answer this for the period 1940-1950. The births bv 

 place of residence were secured from the New Hampshire Office of Vital 

 Statistics for the years 1941-50. Deaths by place of residence were not pub- 

 lished for the years 1941-43, but were available for the period 1944-1950. 

 The deaths by residence for these earlier years were estimated by taking 

 the average deaths 1944^50 for each town and rounding off to the nearest 

 whole number such that the sum of the deaths in 1941-42-43 most nearly 

 equalled three times the mean number of deaths carried to one decimal place. 



From a look at Table 7, it is immediately obvious that the reason for 

 decrease during the period 1940-50 of the decreasing towns is out-migra- 

 tion while the reason for increase in the increasing towns, in 8 of the 10 

 cases, is due to in-migration. In two cases, E. Kingston and Fremont, the 

 increase was due to net out-migration being less than natural increase. 



Economic Orientation 



To test the hypothesis that there will be a difference in the economic struc- 

 ture of the two sets of towns, some analysis of occupations and some evalu- 

 ation of the nature and extent of non-agricultural employment had to be 

 attempted. The data available for use in this analysis were meager and of 

 doubtful validity. 



From The New Hampshire Register for the years 1921, 1930, 1941, and 

 1950 the various types of industries, manufacturing establishments, stores, 

 hotels, etc., were enumerated and classified as follows in Table 8. 



Table 8. Number of Specified Non-Farm Establishments Listed in New Hampshire Register 



Type of Establishment 1921 1930 1941 1950 



Inc. Dec. Inc. Dec. Inc. Dec. Inc. Dec. 



Towns Towns Tov.'ns Towns Towns Towns Towns Towns 



Source: The New Hampshire Register, Fred L. Tower Publishing Co., Portland, Maine, 

 1921, 1930, 1941, 1950. 



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