Sussex, 10.841 ; Union, 15.820; Warren, 12.354. The figures given for the counties of Essex, Hudson and Passaic are believed to approximate the true birth-rate of these districts, and the reason for the comparatively full returns from these localities is doubtless to be found in the official energy and better executive ability of the local registrars of vital statistics of the counties named. In certain other municipalities and townships of the State the returns are carefully and satisfactorily collected, but, when considered by counties, the remainder of the State does not furnish returns of births which can be relied upon.

Marriages.—The number of marriages recorded during the year ending June 30th, 1901, was 15,857. The following table shows a considerable increase in the number of marriages during the past three years, coincident with the prosperous condition of business throughout the State. The large number of marriages reported during the years 1886–1897 was due to the unrestricted authority contained in the laws for the performance of the marriage ceremony in the case of non-residents, and the marked decrease in marriages which occurred in 1898 was directly consequent upon the enactment of the law requiring a license in cases where both parties are non-residents of the State.

TABLE 2.-SHOWING THE NUMBER OF MARRIAGES RECORDED IN NEW JERSEY

FOR THE TWENTY-THREE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30TH, 1901.

Year.......

1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1881. 1885. | 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890.

Marriages in New

Jersey

7,096 7,936 8,109 8,837 9,166 8,968 8,989 12,351 15,416 16,025 15,726 15,564

Year...........

1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895.

1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901.

Marriages in New

Jersey

15,305 16,082 17,178 16,245) 15,873 18,870 18,171 18,213 13,336 14,611 15,857

Deaths.—The number of deaths which occurred in New Jersey during the year ending June 30th, 1901, was 31,048, and the annual death-rate, based upon the estimated population for the year, was 16.12 per 1,000 inhabitants.

TABLE 3.-SHOWING MUNICIPALITIES IN NEW JERSEY HAVING OVER 5,000 IN

HABITANTS, AND SHOWING ALSO POPULATION, TOTAL DEATHS, DEATHS UNDER
ONE YEAR, DEATHS UNDER FIVE YEARS, AND TOTAL DEATH-RATE PER 1,000
POPULATION, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 1901.

Atlantic County

Atlantic City.. Bergen County

Englewood...

Hackensack Burlington County

Burlington Camden County

Camden.

Gloucester City... Cumberland County

Bridgeton.....

Millville
Essex County,

East Orange....
Montclair.
Newark ...........

Orange.
Hudson County-

Bayonne.
Harrison
Hoboken
Jersey City .....

Town of Union.
Mercer County-

Trenton.......
Middlesex County-

New Brunswick
Perth Amboy.

South Amboy
Monmouth County-

Long Branch Morris County

Dover.

Morristown.... Passaic County

Passaic...

Paterson Salem County

Salem City
Union County,

Elizabeth
Plainfield

Rahway.....
Warren County-
Phillipsburg.

State...

TABLE 4.-DEATHS AMONG CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE IN NEW JERSEY

PER 10,000 POPULATION FOR THE TWENTY-THREE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30TH, 1901.

Population.

Number of deaths under five years

Deaths per 10,000
population among
children under five
years,

TABLE 5.-DEATHS IN NEW JERSEY, PER 10,000 POPULATION, ROM THE CLASSI•

FIED CAUSES FOR THE TWENTY-THREE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30TH, 1901.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883.1881. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889.

....

.75

.76

.92

..........................

........

Remittent fever

2.62 2.59 3.71 3.10 2.89 1.84 1.62 1.85 1.61) 1.91 1.41 Enteric or typhoid....

3.17 3.29 4.94 7.43 4.66 5.12 5.02 4.15 3.83 4.50 5.14 Small-pox

.13 2.18 3.08 .44 .56 .01 .03 .03 .03 .02 Scarlet fever... ........... ..... ....................

6.14 5.06) 4.30 10.09 7.05 4.88 5.05 1.69 1.89 4.17 3.78 Measles. .................................................

.60 .73 1.08 1.51 1.05 .67 2.20 .53 .83 Whooping cough...

2.71 1.14) 1.C2 2.12 1.56

.41 2.09 1.34 1.17 1.97 Diphtheria and croup

10.86 7.71 9.72 12.37 9.47 8.21 11.70 9.94 11.37 14.80 11.18 Erysipelas

1.34 .95 1.06 .79 .74 .61 .57 .60 .711.93 .80 Diarrheal diseases of children

18.11 19 15 19.43 15.06 21.96(19.72 22.25 20.32 20.66 25.50 23.99 Consumption

27.31 23.99 25.76 29.21 25.8125.75 25.97 24.45 27.20 24 41/24.50 Acute lung diseases ............

21.16 17.57 17.80 23.13 22.79 17.41 20.07 17.55 19.04 21.74 20.33 Brain and nervous diseases of children, 16.13 14.48 14.15 16.80 13.92 12.80 14.01 13.53 14.04 14.33 13.66 Diseases of heart and circulation 9.52 8.68 10.45 9.92 10.21 10.60 11.75 11.49 11.39 12.29 12.68 Renal and cystic diseases....

5.46 4.56 5.24 6.43 6.27 7.14 7.34 7.06 6.50 7.41 7.50 Adult brain and spinal diseases........... 12.87 11.91 12.91 12,78 12.91 18.33 14.82 14.74 13.64 15.23 14.14 Digestive and intestinal diseases.......... 10.20 8.88 9.30 6.22 7.63 8.62 8.91 9.25 9.24 10.73 10.30 Cancer

3.70 3.75 3.88 3.37 3.81 3.87 3.89 4.15 4.21) 4.45 4.11 Acute rheumatism..

.74
.43 .27
.28 .51

.10 Puerperal

1.90) 2.15 2.61 2.05 1.63 1.77 2.09 1.96 1.95 1.97 1.80 Violent deaths..

6.66 7.50 6.59 7.60 7.82 9.59 7.65

.56

.76

.49

.98

.83

.....................................

....

CAUSES OF DEATH.

1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1891. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901.

........ ..............

..................................

.31

.44

Remittent fever........

1.85 1.21) 1.30 .96 1.02 .85 1.69 1.74 45 .52 .40 .46 Enteric or typhoid

5.42 4.69 4.15 3.28 3.07 3.39 3.35 2.70 2.48 2.62 1.87 1.95 Small-pɔx. .25 .27 .06 .13 .01

.17 Scarlet fever

1.45 1.91 6.66 2.89 1.72 1.57 1.06 1.15 1.11 1.01 1.16 .80 Measles .........................................

1.20 1.69 1.30 .47 1.62 .56 2.26 .88 1.07 .52 1.21 Whooping cough...

2.57 2.02) 1.07 1.51 2.07) 1.62 1.60 1.81 .85 1.52 1.61 .90 Diphtheria and croup.

10.92 11.74 11.74 10.89 8.19 8.75 10.22 7.831 5.24 4.19 4.87 4.33 Erysipelas

.56 .57 .62 .48 .61

.40 .38 .32

58 .36 Diarrheul diseases of children..... 24.47 21.57 26.74 25.87 24.66 22.39 22.15 19.55 16,31 19.23 15.83 18.01 Consumption..