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SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT
TO THB
LEGISLATURE :
UNDER THE ACT OF MARCH, 1842, RELATING TO THE
REGISTRY AND RETURNS
OP
BBTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MAY Ist, 1843.
BY JOHN A. BOLLES,
segbetabt of tee commonwealth.
'Dmemm.'hmVf 1848*
So 0t It:
PUTTON AND WENTWORTH, STATE PRINTERS.
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Secretary's Office, Dec., 1843.
To the President of the Senate
and Speaker of the House of Representatives :
I have the honor to transmit the following Report and Tables,
prepared in conformity to the Act of 1842, " relating to the Reg-
istry and Returns of Births, Marriages and Deaths."
REPORT.
The duty of the Secretary, under the Registration Act of
1842, is twofold^ and relates 1st, to the Town Clerks ; and 2d,
to the Legislature.
I. As RELATING TO THE ToWN ClERKS.
The Secretary is directed to prepare and furnish to the town
clerks blank forms of returns, in accordance with the details of
the act ; to accompany those forms with the needful ezplana-
^^ tions and instructions ; and generally to do whatever may be
required to carry into effect all the objects and provisions of the
several laws which relate to this matter.
In discharging this portion of my duty, I prepared and for-
warded to the clerk of every town and city a blank form of
return in April last, accompanied with the following Circular
Letter of instructions, and the forms therewith connected :
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{Circular.)
COMMONWEALTH OP MASSACHUSETTS.
Secretart's Office, Boston, April 10th, 1843.
To the Totm Clerk:
Sir, — In conformity with the Act of March 3, 1842, (which
is hereto annexed,) I transmit herewith a blank form of Return
of the Births, Marriages eipd Deaths, which shall have occurred
in your town for one year, ending May 1, 1843. The manner
in which this blank is to be filled up and signed, needs no ex-
planation. The Return must, by law, be made during the
month of May, or the Clerk incurs the penalty of $10 for neg-
lect. Last year 35 towns neglected to make Returns. It is to
be hoped that the present year may find every Clerk prompt in
the discharge of his duty.
Besides filling the enclosed blank, the law requires every
Town Clerk to send to the Secretary, at the time above named,
a certified cofpy of his record of Births, Marriages and Deaths
for the year.
You will, therefore, please forward an exact and certified
copy of your record. Nothing short of this can be taken to be
a proper compliance with the requisitions of the Statute ; — ^and
from nothing else can any safe conclusions be drawn in regard
to needful reforms in our system of registration.
In keeping your records for another year, you will find it
expedient and convenient to record the Births, Marriages and
Deaths in separate volumes — ruled for the purpose. I enclose
a specimen of the manner in which each volume might be tuled
and kept so as to furnish the information desired by the law,
and, at the same time, enable you, each year, to prepare a clear
and intelligible copy of the record.
The Town Clerks will find, on looking into the Revised Stat-
utes, (Chapters 15th and 75th,) that the citizens are bound to
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make returns to them of all Births, Marriages and Deaths. An
increased attention to these legal requirements will be the natu-
ral result of a proper effort on the part of town officers to en-
force the law. There is not a town, probably, in the Common-
wealth, which has not, at the present time, a just claim of hun-
dreds of dollars^ upon delinquent parents, &c. A few exactions
of the penalty would give imiversal efficacy to the statute, and
result in great and general benefit.
Regarding this matter as one of great importance, I trust that
you may coincide in my opinion, and do all in your power to
perfect your record and return.
I am, very truly, yours,
JOHN A. BOLLES,
Secretary of the Commonwealth*
An Act relating to the Registry and Returns of Births^ Mar-
riages and Deaths.
Sect. 1. The Clerks of the several towns and cities in the
Commonwealth shall, annually, in the month of May, transmit
to the Secretary of the Commonwealth a certified copy of their
record of the Births, Marriages and Deaths of all persons with-
in their respective towns and cities, which may come to their
knowledge ; shall state the number of Births and Marriages,
and the number of Deaths, with the name, sex, age, (and if an
adult male, the occupation,) and the names of the diseases of
which all persons have died, or are supposed to have died, to-
gether with the cause or causes of the death of all such deceas-
ed persons, so far as they may be able to obtain a knowledge
of the same from physicians or others ; and any Clerk who
shall neglect to make such Return, shall be hable to a penalty
of ten dollars, to be recovered for the use of any town or city
where such neglect shall be proved to have existed.
Sect. 2. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall prepare
and furnish, to the Clerks of the several towns and cities in
this Commonwealth, blank forms of returns, as herein before
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specified, and shall accompany the same with such instructions
and explanations as may be necessary and useful ; and he shall
receive said returns, and prepare therefrom such tabular results
as will render them of practical utility, and shall make report
thereof annually to the Legislature, and generally shall do what-
ever may be required to carry into effect the objects of this Act,
and of the several provisions of the Revised Statutes not incon-
sistent with this Act.
FORM OP RECORD OF MARRIAGES.
No.
Date
of Mar-
riage.
Names of both Qroom and Bride.
Ages of
each.
Color of
each.
The Town to which
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FORM OF RECORD OF BIRTHS.
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la reply to this circulax, wd thfi form of retura which weo^
with it, I received returns from 238 towns during the month of
May, and from 67 towns at a later date ; so that in all 295
complied with the provisions of the Act, to a greater or less
extent. From thirteen towns, with a population of 26,105, no
returns had come in when the tables were prepared. This is a
decided gain upon the preceding year, when thirty-Jive towns,
with a population of 76,654, were delinquent
In compliance with my directions many town clerks sent ex-
act copies of their records. But there is no uniform method of
keeping these records, and some are so kept that copies cannot
be furnished.
I felt great doubt as to my authority to direct or prescribe a
uniform method of registration ; but as the circular will show,
I suggested a form which might be conveniently adopted, and
urged it upon the attention of town clerks.
These municipal officers, as a body, seem deeply interested
in the subject matter and object of the laws relating to births,
marriages and deaths. But they uniformly complain of the
defects in those laws, and the general disregard of their provi-
sions. And their complaints are well founded. For my own
views upon this subject, I would respectfully refer the Legisla-
ture to my first Report, made in Feb. 1843. For the views of
the town clerks, an examination may be made of their letters
contained in the tabular portion of thisi report, (pp. 12-31.) I
would also refer to the elaborate and very valuable communi-
cation of Lemuel Shattuck, Esq., which follows the tables, and
exhibits the results of that gentleman's, researches upon the en-
tire subject of Vital Statistics.
IL As asLiXCNo TO TUB Leoislature.
The law requires the Secretary to receive the returns made
by the town clerks, and prepare therefrom such tabular results
as will render them of practical utility, and make report there-
of to the Legislature, and generally to do whatever may be re-
quired to accomplish Ae desigit of the laws.
In obedience to this portion of the act, after consultation with
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various scientific gentlemen, I have prepared, or caused to be
prepared, either in this office or under the direction of a mem-
ber of the medical faculty, the tables which are hereto annexed,
and which are, perhaps, as good a result as could reasonably
be expected from such imperfect returns as have been received.
The first Table (p. 1,) exhibits in separate lists the various
towns which have made returns, in season or out of season, or
which have wholly failed to comply with the law. It will be
perceived that all the towns in the several counties of Suffplk,
Essex, Norfolk, Dukes and Nantucket have made returns, while
all the other counties are more or less delinquent.
The second Table (p. 5,) contains, firsts a general statement
of the whole number of marriages, births and deaths contained
in the returns, county by county, giving the entire population
of each county from the U. S. Census of 1840, and the number
of people in each county employed in the different leading oc-
cupations and pursuits, and the population of towns that have
made no return; and second^ (p. 6-11,) a detailed statement of
the population of each town in Massachusetts, with the whole
number of births, marriages and deaths recorded in each during
the year ending May 1, 1843.
The second portion of this table contains abundant foot-notes,
which will reward a careful examination.
ITie third part of table 2d contains the aggregate of births,
marriages and deaths for the two years of 1841-2 and 1842-3,
and exhibits the comparative numbers of each class of facts for
those two years. Then follow several letters from town clerks,
containing practical hints, or facts, worthy of notice.
The third Table (p. 32,) is a synopsis of those whose occu-
pations are given by the town clerks in their returns of deaths,
showing their ages, and the approximate average longevity of
each occupation.
Table f CUT (p. 36,) exhibits by counties the number of deaths,
male or female, returned for each month in the year, and the
age at which every such death occurred, with a recapitulation
(p. 48,) showing the whole number of deaths returned as hav-
ing occurred in each month for the whole State.
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Table Jive, prepared by A. A. Gould, M. D., contains a clas-
sification of the causes of deatli stated in the returns, arranged
by counties.
Table six, prepared by the same able and careful hand, is
another nosological classification, and shows in what seasons
of the year, and at what periods of life, each particular disease
proved fatal.
Next after the tables follows the communication of Mr. Shat-
tuck, to which reference has been already made.
In conclusion, I would again beg leave to express the convic-
tion that until some changes shall be made in the existing laws,
no Secretary can reasonably expect to obtain returns which
will be of much practical utility.
Hoping that this most interesting and important subject will
be made the subject of special consideration by the Legislature,
I am, with the highest respect,
Your most obedient servant,
JOHN A. BOLLES, Secretary.
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
TABLE I.
Exhilnting — 1. A LUl of Toumi uhich made Rdunu wiUdn the preseribed pe-
riod:
2. A Lid of Touma from uMck Rdunu were received cffler the
prescribed period :
3. Hie JSTames of Towns which failed to make Rehams before this
Report was prepared :
4. RecapUuIaHon,
1. — List of Tomns which made Returns within the time pre^
scribed by law.
SUFFOLK.
MIDDLESEX.
MIDDLESEX— OmitnU
Boeton,
Acton,
Stow,
d-Chelsea.
Aflhby,
Tewksbury,
Townsend,
Bedford,
ESSEX.
BiUerica,
Waltham,
Amesbuiy,
Boxborougfa,
Wayland,
Beverly,
Brighton,
Burtin^n,
Westford,
Boxford,
Weston,
Danvers,
Cambndge,
Wilmington,
Georgetown,
Charlestown,
Wobum,
Gloacester,
Chelmsford,
38-Somerville.
Hamilton,
Concord,
Havertiill,
Dracnt,
WORCESTER.
Ipswich,
Dunstable,
Ashbomham,
Lynn,
Framingham,
Athol,
Lvnnfield,
Manchester,
HoUiston,
Auburn,
Lincoln,
Barre,
Marblehead,
Littleton,
Berlin,
Methnen,
Lowell,
Boylston,
Middleton,
Maiden,
Charlton,
Newbuiy,
Marlborooffh,
Dana,
Newbofyport,
Medford,
Dooglas,
Dodley,
Rockport,
Natick,
Rowley,
Newton,
Fitchborg,
Salem,
Pepperell,
Gardner,
Saliabniy,
Reading,
Grafton,
Topsfield,
Sherborne,
Hardwick,
iVenhani,
Shirley,
Holden,
24-WestNewbiify.
Sooth Reading,
Hobbardston,
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BIETHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
BARNSTABLE— Gm'd
BARNSTABL&^Cwi'ii
DUEE'S-^CbfOmucd.
Brewster,
WeUfleet,
3-Tisbuiy.
CliathaiD,
9-Yannouth.
Eastham,
NANTUCKET.
Orleans,
DUKE'S.
l-Nantucket
Provincetown,
Chilmark,
Sandwich,
Edgartown,
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2.— Lw/ of Towns which have tnade Returns since May 31 , 1843.