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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 59 
VITAL STATISTICS OF THE GENNAH VILLAGE FOR FIVE YEARS 
Year 
Population 
at the be- 
ginning of 
the year 
Born 
Total 
Per 1,000 
of popu- 
lation 
Died 
Total 
Per i.ooo 
of popu- 
lation 
Males 
Females 
Males 
Females 
1904 
498 
22 
44.2 
8 
16.1 
1905 
512 
9 
12 
21 
41.0 
7 
9 
16 
31.2 
IQ06 
517 
4 
8 
12 
23.2 
5 
10 
15 
29.0 
1907 
520 
5 
12 
17 
32.7 
7 
4 
n 
21.2 
I9O8 
526 
12 
10 
22 
41.8 
3 
5 
8 
15.2 
1909 
540 








Total. 
... 
30 l 
42 l 
94 2 

22 l 
28 
58* 

Avg.. 
5i5 a 
7-5 
10.5 
19 
36.9 
5-5 
7 
n.6 
22.5 
1 For 4 years. 
2 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 i, 1908 l 
73 
66 
i39 
35-5 
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 
1 With 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 looo 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. 
