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A 3\7.1G II \ T ■ i ■^^^^■s I < REGISTRATION REPORT, TOGETHER WITH COPY OF AMENDED REGISTRATION ACT, AND DIRECTIONS TO ISSUERS OF MARRIAGE LICENSES DEPUTY REGISTRARS, AND MEDICAL MEN. HALIFAX, N. S : COMPTON & CO., BEDFORD ROW. 1 8 G 6 > i PREFACE. tion Ac^has been ordered by the Board of Statistics to be published and circulated throughout the' Province, in order that .the objects and the importance of attending to Registra- tion may be more generally understood by the people The ^ 3r_ion of Deputy Registrars, Clergymen and Medical Men, is specially requested to the directions and suggestions addressed tucm. The law is an important one, and if fully carried out .^.11 Ua.e at the disposal of the Province material, in the form of vital statistics, of the greatest possible value. E,3ry assistance and encouragement will be afforded to I>eputy Registmrs from this department, to enable them to per- form their duties satisfactorily; and the Secretary of the Board of Statistics has no doubt that, if the returns are made in a thorough maner, every disposition will be shown on the part of he Government to afford something like adequate remuneration tor the labour. The attention of the public generally is directed to the re- quirements of the Act, and the penalties incurred bv neglecting them. Deputy Registrars are required to make efforts and offer every facility for obtaining a general registration ; and as this registration costs the parties registering nothing, everv Deputy Registrar will be particular to enforce the law against those who neglect or refuse to conform thereto after being notified of the same Deputy Registrars, however, will be careful not to pro- ceed to sue parties who are ignorant of the provisions of the aw, without having first informed them of their duty. If after this. Registration is still neglected, they will at once proceed to nave the penalty enforced, IV PRBFACJI, The Secretary of the Board of Statistics i. authorized to state that all Issuers or Deputy Registrars, being Postmasters or Way Office Keepers, who neglect or refuse to perforin in a satisfactory manner the duties belonging to the Registration Department will be reported to the Board of Statistics and that in allsueh cases summary remedial measures will be applied by the Govern- ment. It IS to be hoped, however, that no such case will hence- lortn occur. I ■ t tate Vay ;ory 3nt, iich irn- ice- f DIRECTIONS TO ISSUERS OF MARKIAUE LICENSES. Deputy Registrars, who are Issuers of Marriage Licenses will observe that the present Registration Act altert to orrie exten the manner of making up the Quarterly Returns. It is therefore necessary to attend carefully to the following explanations : are to ^l!'¥^uT' ^'^ ^a ^^ '"P^^^^^^ '^^^^^ Pr"^^^<^^^ f^^ms, which S^emsefves ? fl.o^' and returned along with the license or b^ tnemselves, if the marriage ceremony has been performed hv proclamation of banns, within ten dayJafter such clTeSon ^ transm^erf wl^nn? ""*" '^'^ "^^^riap, as contained in the slip transmitted by the Clergyman, arc to be copied by the Issuer into a blank sheet made up and supplied to him^ from this office fj'.^?"^^^^ ^^?"^^ t^^^ "' ^^^^ manner receive twenty-five cents tLT7 '^^'''^^?. ^' records, whether by license or by ba^ns These fees, as well as those paid to Clergymen, to be deducted from the monies received from the sale of licenses ^'^^^*^^ mt ^^ ^^^I^ ^^^^^"^ ?^- ^'^y '^^'^t"c<^ i» ^vliich the marriage cere- triLtttdTomth" otie"^°" "^'"^^^^^" '^^"^ ^^^ I--'' ^^ <.-^- Each Issuer shall receive a salary, payable unnuall- o^ hLCmlr'^''^,*' ^" ^'-rVl''^ whicfi\v\ll\e tranSe'^ to him from this office, provided his returns aro made correct v and regularly every quarter, according to law. coirectly 7. All returns, including Clerirvmen's fornm fili^ri nr. o,.^ +^ transmit all monies received for licenses, along with accounts current, receipts, &c., addressed to the Secl-etary^of the Board of Statistics to whom also all requisitions for blanks, instructions mntrfCrferr^^^^'"' ''^ ^registration' Department: VI DlJliiCTIONS. all " n;a?Aagos solom^.i^tcl - n'm 3 "h ^ttbriSO^^o 'Ih ' present time, on the usual registration sheets i,wv i'n J ' i ^^° these returns have not l>een alreX r ade Inrf.^ 'V't''^ w.th the other Registration doeuSs aUhe l^egil^r^^^^^ f,]^. DIRKCTrONS TO DEPUTY REGISTRARS OP MAi. RIAGES, BIRTHS, AKD DEATIIS ^^" I to the usual fees p.i- «""' "P ""d with tho printed fo but o S;.^ f^ ",'"', ,™- '=fi"l- "'"ng for each marriage form sent in ?o tit t ^^ wenty./ive cents r^cv has boon p^o^Ccrhy* H^enset bZn':' "'''"'" ^''^ »'- uAho'te ^utrCiaiir^tzf tr""'"^ *" «"'!;« license or by banns, tho religious clcomin! „"J"'f • ^' ^^ offioiatmg Clergyman boIongsTthe ago o? hp nLf? "^"=Vtl>° and the names of two of the witnA..£ t„ • , P"'*'"^ raarriod, other particulars required by llw ™'' """""S^' ""d "H Plitd o^ntpfeorbflotL"ro?h^!vte";^"°^'^''^ ''^ ™P- tho^o^e, Of tho Boput^ Re|lst"r.nS{rerf<;?fe» neJiion^teiSlS^^^^^^^^^ care beins' taken to writer <' T?oo.;a+,.n+; 'ii . ^^- Office free, th^letterraddressod tft^his .^Sl^^otfKffior?: ^^^"^ re^nire'^LoncX* ?o 10^^ "^'""'"'^ "•'"'™^ ™ ^'-^ts will a«o« Jh^t Ci:r:^5;°;f„t,Svlo'rd1''T n^^f'-'^y - to the Deputy ifi^jistravs in tLS'rlpecSvo disticts T'obf •"?'"' IneirTower""""'^''""'' "'^'"^ »"'' ''-thsfr JiJ ^^'^^{.■Jf Note.-- Clergymen arc requested to forward at onrp in a. 7 Licenses m their respective districts a retZi of T In ■ l''""''^! ^ marriages celebrated bu themdvrirniL Zl FJr P^^rticulars of all from mil September iSZlZ^'''^^^ ^^«^. ^f^t is fgistration Ltsf^tM^'^J^ Ztirt^';?^]^^^ --^ that every marriage solemnized be registered. ' ^ ■"ecessary B! vui DIRECTIONS. DIRECTIONS TO MEDICAL MEN. 1. All medical men throughout the Province shall, as far as practicable, be supplied with doctors' books, and their attention is specially drawn to the requirements of the law as regards medical certificates of the cause of death. 2. All such certificates require to be sent to the Deputy Regis- trar as soon as possible, and not later than ten days after the death of the person, attended by the medical practitioner. 3. As it is of the utmost consequence, both in a medical and sanitary point of view, that all facts connected with disease should, as far as possible, be ascertained and tabulated, medical practition- ers will be careful to supply Deputy Registrars with all requisite information ; and all such Deputies will be required to make a return to this Department of the names ot such medical prac- tioners as neglect to conform to this particular section of the Registration Act. 4. All medical men will be furnished annually with a copy of the Registration Report, which, it is to be hoped, will contain information of a reliable character, of interest and value to the profession generally ; and in order that it may be as complete as possible, the Secretary of the Board of Statistics respectfully asks their cordial cooperation and assistance. 5. Blank " doctors' books " will be supplied on application either from this Department or the offices of the Deputy Regis- trars. REGISTEATION REPORT. i Sir, — Financial Secretary's Office, Registration Department, Halifax, 15th Feh'y, 1860. Ao. T J" accordance with the reqiiiremeats of the Registration Act I have the honor to submit to you a Keport of thf &Sale Births, and Deaths, that have been registered in this ProS during the Financial Year, ended 30th leptember, 1865 Itis necessary to state at the outset that the fact of the law requiring the Registration of all Marriages, Births, and Dea ha haying Seen in operation for a comparatively limeTtimelnd being consequently but imperfectly understood by the peop?e has prevented the attainment either^ that accuracy or ccSe-' SripS '" "" '^'''''^^' ''''^ '' ""'"'''''y "^ '^'''^^ «i this It IS satisfactory, however, to be able to state that a great and oS' 'TT^'^'^'i} '' ^^^^"^ P^^^^ ''' the character of the^Returna ^nerally, from all parts of the Province, and that those of last Quarter exhibit an increase of fully fifty per cent, over anv Dre ceding one smce the Act came into force. ^ ^ ar^ nnf ^l'''"^^ ^^'^ ^'''^' '"^^l'^, ^""^^ ^^^^ collected and tabulated ^vL^fi-^ any means so full as might be desired, or maybe expected in subsequent Reports, they present an amount of import! ant information which it is to be hoped will enable the pe3e of this Province to understand and appreciate its value. ^ returned^ tl'^'tbifoV''^''^ 30th September, 1822 licenses were nTl .A ■ .1^. ^®''^' representing the number of Marriaffes celebrated in this nianner. The Marriages by Proclamatio7of Banns, by similar Returns, amount to 499, making a total of pff ^J^^^n^.^cr given in the Tables is only 2,222, but the Return of Marriages celebrated in Halifax City b^ Banns cotrin P'f '''".I belonging to the Catholic Denomination, has former nuX. "" '""'' '''^'^' "P' ^'"^^^"^ *^^^ ^J the The number of Births registered throughout all the Counties of the Province was 2,377, exclusive of 5f4 children in Halifax in connection with the Catholic Church, the Report of which was received too late tn h^ mpin/in-i ;» +i,^ rTt„i.„i„„^._x. . "''y^^^ ""^s ilie Deaths registered amount to 1590, making the excess of Births registered over Deaths 787, or something above 50 per REGISTRATION REPORT. cent., which IS about the same as in En.'rlancl, and considerably higher than m the State of Massachusettsr In making this state- ment, It IS assumed that the same ratio between the number of Births and Deaths registered would have been maintained had the whole number which took place in the Province been actually entered ; and there is every reason to believe that this assump- tion IS very nearly correct, seeing that the same ratio is observed with reniarkab e regularity in nearly all the Counties when taken independent ot each other. MARRIAGES. It has already been stated that the total number of Marriages made known to this Office as having taken place in the course of the last Financial l^ear, was 2,321. There can scarcely be a doubt, however, that a good many of those celebrated by Banns have escaped registration from not having been returned by Cler- gymen.^ Those by License must be correct, or very nearly so • and It is to be regretted that through mere oversight the same accuracy has not been reached with regard to the former. But taking even the data, so far as given, the result is eminently satisfactory as regards Nova Scotia. It is well known that the marriage rate is one of the most reliable tests of the prosperity of a country, as it is found to rise or fall with good or bad years with great regularity. '' In 1863, 173,510 'Marriages were solemnized in England, with a population of 20,554,137, making one marriage to every 118 persons, or 8.44 per cent., while in Kova Scotia, Ecr jrding to the present Ketum^ there is one for every 140. This, howe^rer, is not a fair criterion, at all ; for Cape Breton with a population of 65,000, makes a return of only 142 Mar- tS' wl'nT r''"-^ i^?>* *^^ ^'"^^ "^'^J°"*3^ of people in that island both Catholic and Protestant, are married by Banns of which but imperfect Returns have been made. If, on the other hand, we take the County of Halifax we find that the rate ol raamage is about one to each 100 of the population; of Cumber- and Countj^ one to 110 ; of Pictou, one to 116 ; and Kings, one to 120, which IS remarkably high. Perhaps it may be as well to give hero the marriage rate of all the Counties, from which it will be seen that m most of them it is, compared with other countries, very satisfactory. uuil,i^. lu Annapolis, it is one to 128 persons in the County; in Col- chester, one to 128 jD.gby, one to 150; Quysboro, one to 138; Hants, one to 135; Yarmouth, one to 104; Queens, one to 120 Shelbm-ne one to 150; while the remoter Contics of Antigonish Cape Breton, Richmond, Inverness, and Victoria, represent only one to 400 of the population. The Returns from these districts will m future probably be as full and accurate as the others r and that they arc not so now ia owing to causes which can be reme- I REGISTRATION REPORT. 3 ; 8 i filed, and doubtless will l)e remedied, through the (Vieudlv cooperation ol the Clergymen belonging to the^ diiierent Coun- ties. Of the 1822 Marriages returned as solemnized by License, 428 were Episcopal, and 1,394 non-Episcopal; the ratio being. Epis- copal 23.5 per cent, and non-Episcopal 76.5 per cent, of thoAvhole number. Dui'ing the Octob - quarter of 1865, 137 Episcopal and 478 non-Ji.piscopal Licenses were returned, being an excess of 76 over the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Of the 1394 non-Episcopal Licenses returned for the Financial year, 477 were used by the Baptist denomination, 453 by the Tresbyterian, 210 by the Methodist, 172 by the Church of Scotland, 28 by the Lutheran, 28_ by the Congregational, 6 by the Roman Cat'hol j, b by the Umversalist, and 1 by the Evangelical Union Body, ihere were, also 23 Licenses reti rned by the Reformed Presby- , terians. "^ In proportion to its population, the County of Cumberland ?f ^^o^^ greatest number of Licenses, 172 out of a population of i'^lVJ Richmond the smallest, being only 8 out of upwards ot 1J,000 people. . We are not, however, to conclude from this tact, that the marriage rate is necessarily lower in Richmond than in Cumberland, as the great bulk of the people in the for- mer County are mamed by Banns. By taking the relative number of licenses used in the course of the year, we will discover, with tolerable clearness, the actual marriage rate ot the Province. The Church of England used 428 Licenses, which is one to 112 of the adherents of that Church : the Presbyterians, one to 154; the Church of Scotland, one to 112; the Baptists, one to 132; the Wesleyans, one to 162; and the Congregationalists, one to 80. The number of the Lutherans and that ot the Reformed Presb-terians being either not given, ar not reliably given, in the last Census, the ratio in thei? case cannot be ascertained. It will bo observed from the Tables, that only six Catholics, out of a population of 90,000, have availed themselves ot Marriage Licenses. _ It is to beregretted, that the same minuteness cannot be ear- ned out during the present year, with regard to Marriage by ?^^",^"v J^^^i K?*^^i'"s are not full, and in many cases it ha? been tound dillicult, m consequence of the manner of the Return, to determine to which Denomination to apportion it. Measures, however, arc being taken to prevent a recurrence of this. The Catholic body is already observed, have marriage solemnised almost wholly ny Banns. The number of iMarriages so solem- nized belono^mg to this Denomination, so far as returned, are as follows r^Halifax City, 93,-County, 26; Antigonish, 39; Cape l>reion, J ; Digby, 46 ; Guysboro, 14; Inverness, 31 ; Richmond, 14 ; and Yarmouth, 2,— making a total of 274, which probably * REGISTRATION REPORT. does not much exceed one^thiM of the actual number The number for Halifax City, however, is correct, and will'^ive a ratio of one to 120 of the denomination, which is aboS ?he average of the ether denominations. Taking the number of Hahfax Citv as the ratio, the Catholic marriage! in the ^oJfnce would be alout 700, which is probably nearly^correct. it IS impossible for reasons already stated, to give the number s.n?"«fni? f'^r^T? f ^K''^^'' ^''^'''' nor' wotid it, in the pre- sent state of the Returns, be of much value. A considerable pro- portion of the Presbyterian body in Cape Breton, are marr e(f by panns; and of the other Protestant Denominations througho/t the Province the proportion is small, but will, in all likelilood Report ^" ^PP'""'^' *' con-ectness in the next annual In table No. IL, appended to this Report, the Returns of Marriages solemnized for nine months, ended SOth September I860, arc interes ing and worthy of study. Of the 1,381 Mar riage. re urned by Clergymen within this period! 1^14 woi^ contracted between bachelors and spinsters ; 95 between widowers and spinsters; 35 between bachelor^ and windows ; and 28 betvTeen widowers and widows. It will thus be seen that 83 per ceTt of the males married were bachelors, 9 per cent, were^ widowers syhile only 4.5 per cent, of females entered the married statrfo; he second time. These proportions are somewhat dfttrent from men, and 8 8 per cent, by women. In Massachusetts, the propor- tion of males re-marrying is about 12 per cent. ^^ Abe lef prevails very generally, that people now marry later m life than they did formerly. The abse.ice of registration tab es prevents us from verifying the fact as regards this Province though It IS undoubtedly the case in New England. In EnS' however, statistics prove that the number marrying early in life is annual y increasing. In 1863, in every 100 :\Iar?iages e.Glper cent, of the nien and 19.90 of the women, were under 21 years of age, ivhile m 1841 the proportions were respectively, 4 41 and unler n S'lbo^ r '^'' ""'l^' '' ""■' "^ ^^'^^•>' ^^^ ^^ ^^e^ males are unclei 21 at the time of iiiurriage ; while the proportion of females is 20 out of every 100. Only 8 per cent, of women are married above 30 and the ratio begins to decrease rSy afte? fnVl M S^^'^^'t""-' ^^ *^^^ ''''''' ^""'^ ^^'on^^n i-espectivJely,^Xen 111 the Marriage Returns, is 72 and 70 ; the least, 18 and 15^ In a large proportion of the Returns, the age of the parties t not given. This important omission has rendered it bipossible to tabulate, m a satisfactory manner, the Marriages acSing to ,r,?^.^}^r''^^'^V^^^sous returned as hiiving been married during h^ XrZrf^^ »;. ^it?'™-";' Y-'-. 2,284 were n^^^l^^ I this Prnvin^fi • 9f]9 r.f ^fiu«,. cuiomcs or countries; while the i REGISTRATION REPORT. 5 nationality of 216 is not given. This gives only 0.5 per cent to the foreign element, which proves to how small an extent Nov- Scotia 18 affected by immigration. Indeed, the amount is searceU appreciable m any of the counties, with the ex^pt on of S of Halifax, Pictou, and Cumberland ; the numbei not NoV^ Scotian in each respectively being 140, 40, and 2™ In six conn ties, all the persons married were native born. *Z^A ^™^^^ ^^t^ i" N^va Scotia, as nearly as can be ascer- tamed is 1 7 per cent, or 1.700 persons to 100 living In Scothnd he rate is 1.424 ; in England, l\m , in France, l.'eOO in C a' 1.734 ; and in Massachusetts, I.TIG. -^usuia, BIRTHS. i« ??n7^?P"^f '?S.f •?'''''\?'.^^^^'' ^« Siven in the census of 1861 n f ii ^"i ^?^^ '* '^^\ ^ ' ^'122 5 showing an increase of 54 735 in ten years, being equal to about 20 pel' cent, in that time Assuming that the same ratio of increase has been goii ' on "he Kl?Vl"^^ popu ation may be put down at abouf &000 In Endand the annual average Birth rate is 3.469, or neaiTv three ZboY^A n^^^ P'^^""« ^^^i°^- In Massachusetts t is only 2.4, and has been steadily decreasing for many years I 1860 It was equal to nearly 3 to each 100 persons. In France 18 2.686 and in Austria and Italy 3.9, or nearlv 4 to each 1 0O^'^r sons hvin.. Having no previous tables of r^erencef^^^^ Scotia an| the Returns for the present year being verfincom plete the Birth rate in this Province cannot be refched^ Si" can be httle doubt, however, that it is higher tha!f in Kew EnL land, and probab'y, at least equal to that of Great Britan l^i" arriving at this conclusion, we have been guided by cerain facts which, to some extent, afford a key to Sthers The bi ths o^ baptisms, for example, recorded in Halifax city in connection wi?l the Ca hohc Church, during the past year, are 514 The pomi tion of this body in 1861 was 11,649; adding 10 percent for natural increase, it will now be about 13,000, il wh d ^e' Z Birth rate is not oi.ly higher than that of England, bu e'u.l o the hi^h rate of Italy or Austria. It is highly p -obable^ here fh«t'nf . '"^M fv ''"n "^ '"^'""^^°S *h^ r'^<^« to 1>^ ^ot Inferior to that of the Mother Countrv. If such i=i ihn na^n +v;^ ^''^^rior to children born annually in ^ovaVcli wi^trmTunf oTo'oo' o about 36 every day in the year. The whole number hmAM^ve? that has been registered during last year is only 2,377 or 7eiw ht e more than one-sixth of the wholl There .^-e sei-i^Dus diffi culties in the way of reaching a complete Registration of B it" and Deaths in a sparse and scattered populaticfiTbutTt is of the utmost importance, for many reasons, that it should be as fu 1 iml correct as circumstances will admit. The Ri,^h ra . o? i^l -vil has been ascertained only through the medium of Regish-alion and from it we know that it is equal to 1 infant born anCny foi' REGISTRATION REPORT. every 28 persons living. In the same way, we 'earn by means of Kegistration, that the J3irth rate in the New England States or, at any rate, in Massachusetts, is only 1 to 41 persons living Vc know .nore ; for by referring to the Returns for past years, we discover that in these States the rate is steadily decreasing ; hav- ing been 1 to 34 in 1860. In England, the excess of Births over Deaths is 59 per cent. In Massachusetts, iL was in 1863 only 0.205 per con:. The principality of Wales contains about the same population as the last mentioned State ; and we find that the Vnrthh and Deaths of the former, in 1863, were 45,755 and 28,159 respectively, while those of the latter for the same year were 30,314 Births and 27,651 Deaths ; that is, the Births in Wales exceeded those of Massachusetts 50 per cent., while the Death rate in each was not far from an ei,uality. It would thus p.oem that the vitality of the New England States must be kept up by an influx from without, and should that foreign current cease to flow, the country would begin to lose ground. These facts have been arrived at through data of unquestionable reliability, and they are of very grave importance indeed. These data, as re- gards >,ova Scotia, are not within our reach, simply from want of complete Registration. Yet we can, with the material under our hand, make an approximation at least to certain desired con- elusions. We have already stated that our tables exhibit an excess of Births over Deaths equal to 50 per cent., and that there is everv reason to believe this to bo about the actual ratio. Thus the real excess of Births over Deaths in Nova Scotia will be about 6,000 per annum, which will the-efore, represent the natural increase of the Province ; and, so far, this result agrees very closely with the facts brought to light by the census of 1861. The relative proportion of male and female Births is a matter of considerable interest; and it would seem that the ratio, taken upon a scale sufficiently large, amounts to something like a fixed \ix\v. In England, it is at the rate of 107 males tolOO females and this proportion never materially varies. In the New Eng- land States, it is very nearly the same; and in Nova Scotia, the Returns give a result almost exactly equal to those of Great ''^'^"'oon'^^^? number of males registered last Financial Year was 1,229 ; that of females, 1,149, making the proportion 107 5 inales to 100 females, which may be taken as the correct ratio between the number of the sexes in this Province. The census ?L^n?J §'''^^, '' somewhat different result: 165,233 males, and 164,942 fcaiales, or 101 to 100, which can scarcely be correct seeing that it conflicts at once with the relative proportion of the sexes in other countries, and with the results yielded by the returns of the past year; and it may also be observed that m_ 14 out of the 18 counties, the same oxces= of males is main- tamed. I REaiSTRATION REPORT. nieuiis of tates, or, ig. Wc 'ears, wc ig ; hav- •ths over ily 0.205 ■ie same that the d 28,150 ar were n Wales c Death LIS p.oeni 3t up by cease to cts have ity, and ., as re- want of ider our ed con- vcess of .8 every the real It 6,000 rease of vith the , matter ), taken a iixed emales, IV Eng- 'tia, the Great -1 Year II 107.5 3t ratio census cs, and correct, •tion of ded by d that i main- _ In all registration reports, the per centage of illegitimate births IS carefully noted and given. The proportion fiven in Massachusetts is 1 to 108, or less than 1 per cent. In EiMand it averages 7 per pent, or nearly 7 to every 100 children born, while in some counties of Scotland it is as high as from 10 to 14 per cent of the whole birth rate. In Nova Scotia the returns have been only nominal; not more than six or eight huvino- been given altogether. The same may be said witT. regard t^o still- born infants, of which no statistics have been giveS. It would oe ot great importance, in a social and moral point of view to be in a position to present accurate Returns of the comparative number of both classes ; but this, for obvious reasons, can scarcely be expected, ti 1 the system of Registration itself has been better understood and generally attended to throughout the Province. DEATHS. Systematic Registration is the only means by which the Death Kate ot a country can bo ascertained ; and it is by the Death Kate alone that we can judge correctly of the influence of the climate upon liealth, as well as the comparative salubrity of par- ticular localities. It is thus evident that this portion of the system is of prime importance to the social well-being of a State inasmuch as it makes known not only the amount of mortality 1 fi r\ "'""^"^ ""f'^'i' 1^3^ pointing out the peculiar habitation and lethality of particular diseases, has led to investigations resultino- m reniedy, by the application of sanitary measures. '"^ It thus appears in most civilized countries, that longevity com- pared vvith former times, is steadily gaining ground ; and that a certain class of diseases, which once swept over a country periodically as a destroying pestilence, are now confined within limits which are ever becoming narrower. Indeed, it mav be said that the Death Rate of a country is a criterion not only of the character of the climate as regards health, but of the charac- ter ot the people as regards social progi-ess. The mortality of England is 2.3 to every 100 persons in it varying considerably, however, in different counties, the two extremes being 1.7 and 2.6 to 100 respectively; that is while 170 people die in the one locality, 200 die in the other. The low rate is in the retired and rural County of Westmoreland; the high rate 111 the cotton manufacturing and great commercial i^ounty or Lancashire. The effect of drainage and a good supply of pure water upon the sanitary condition ot a town, is shewn in a striking manner pLl ' r'%i?.^^''^f-^\'^"^^'^ ^^' *^" Registrar G^eneral of England That town has been thoroughly drained and sewered. JJefore the drainage the mean annual raortdity was 268 out of r^OOO. Last year ji was only 162, and for the last five vears tho average has been 185. Many other instances might be adduced REGISTRATION REPORT. proving to how great an extent both infant and adult life is de pendent upon pure air and pure water. ^^" In ^ova_Scotia 1590 Deaths were registered durino- the past Fmancial Year, 847 males, and 748 females, which i? probably a uttle more than one-fifth of the actual number That num W however, is sufficiently large to afford a tolSy correct ra«o of SoBoTiro1r.^"^V\f "^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ life,'^r^id aW the proportion of deaths of the sexes. The number of males exceeds the number of females in the Province by 7 per cent but the cent. , tnat is, 114 males die for every 100 females In Enp-lanrl he excess is equal to 5 per cent., and in the wLglLd States about 10 percent. The conclusion drawn from this irthatth^ unheaW^^^^^ influences of the atmosphere, or, in other wordf t^e they had reached the age of one year, fiefore he fifth year 375 w'.^'il.^^"'' *«?a^^*i' y^"^' 426; before the 25th, 666'; be ore the 34th year 819; before the 45th, 947; before'the 60th, 1,117; and by the time the 70th year was approached, only 243 of the original number remained ab've; 122 died betwe-n thp 7^1, and 80th, 77 between the 80th and Qo'th, 22Teteeirtl;%ti'and 100th year of their age, while at least 4 either reached or ex ceeded 100 years. The greatest age recorded is in the dty of ofllahfax, where one individual reached the venerable age From the above summary it will be seen that 12 per cent of the population dies before the first year, and that one-fourth of the whole IS cut off" under 5 years. % the 25th year, nearlv one nni. mfw^^'A^^ ^^^^' ^^^'^^ y^^^^are reached^ only one-twelfth is f.und to survive. If we compare the ratio ^h that o England, as given by tJie Registrar-General, it wiirbe found that the mortality in early life is much greater 'than here The proportion under one year is nearly a fourth, and under five years it is more ban a third, wn le in Nova Scotik not more thin 25 per cent, of the population is lost under the fifth year. In a Englaiid there were only 313 persons registered as having passed their 95th year in 1863 while Che numSer in Noya ScofiaTlO In proportion to population, the former, to be on an eaualitv with the latter, should have had 556. equanty Table v., from which these facts have been deduced, is a most valuable and instructive one, and well worthy of attentive study In point of longevity, there appears a marked diff-erence ir the various Counties. Pictou is perhaps the most remarkable • for out of 125 Deaths recorded, 15 are above 80. 7 abnvp 90 I'^i^i above luO. Those above 90 an(^ 100 were all natives of t¥e Iligh^ -i RE«ISTRATION REPORT. 9 I lands of Scotland. Cumberland also stands well, havinff 4 above yo, two of whom were 99, all but centenarians. The Registra'Jon has not been sufficiently large to enable us to conclude with certainty as to the average age reached in Ifova fecotia. It may be stated approximately as being between 31 and d4 years. In Massachusetts it is given as 30. By reference to Table VI. it will be seen that the diseases to wtiich man is subject are very many, attacking him at every age, and at all seasons. This table is by no means as satisfactory a? it ought to be, arising from the absence in many cases of medical certification. In England and the United States this department ot Kegistration is very complete and most valuable. Indeed, the statistical nosology of a country is, perhaps, of more importance than any other portion of its statistics, as it is the surest key to all sound and reliable sanitary science Accordingly in both countries mentioned, we find that disease-; .or purposes of Regis- tration have been arranged into groups, and these groups are subdivided into classes and orders. The groups are five — Zymotic, Constitutional, Local, Developemental Diseases, and Violent Deaths. The Zymotic group, -which includes all Conta- P??^Pi-^®^^®^' ^^-^ '^® *^^ ^°^* formidable, destroying about one half ot tl^ human race; while ot the Constitutional, Consumption carries off" the greatest number of victims. In this Table it has been founa possible to adhere only partially to this very complete and scientific arra--ement, in consequence of the imperfect n^u^^Vi^ ^^^^^^ *^® diseases in many cases have been certified, ihe I able is given rather as an indication of what might be, than ot what has been, obtained. Out of 1590 Deaths, the cause of death has been given only as regards 1194 ; and we must refer 'to the table itself as a sort of guide to the comparative prevalence and mortality of certain diseases in this Province. It will be seen that here, as elsewhere, Consuniption IS the great destroyer; for if we include under it the kindred diseases. Pneumonia, Bronchitis, and Asthma, about one-fourth of the Deaths are to be attributed to its influence J^eyer under its various forms would seem to carry oft' one-twelfth while Dysentery and disorders of the bowels are still more deadly. Of Consumption, the greatest number of cases, taking popula- tion into account, has been returned from the counties of Halifax Colchester, and Kings. Digby has suftered most severely from' Diptheria; Yarmouth from Fever; while in the small town of Dartmouth, with a population a little exceeding 3,000, 22 Deaths wei;e registered during the months of August and September as having been caused by Dysentery, being an annual mortality equa. to one in every 23 persons; the average number for all During the past year 5l persons have been drowned in differ- ent parts of the Province; 23 have lost lost their lives bv acci- 2 -^ 10 REQISTBATION REPORT. dents in the form of being cruahed by macliinery, thrown from waggons, or from falling of trees. Ten were fonud dead, the cause being unknown. There were six cases of Suicide : three by hanging, one by poison, and one by cutting the throat. In England the average proportion of Suicides is 6G to 1,000,000 of the population, a rate about four times higher than in this Province. Table VII. gives the causes of Death in the County and City of Halifax, arranged according to ages. From this Table, the period of life at which certain diseases are most fatal, may be ascertained with some degree of correctness. Cholera Infantum, Convulsions, DiarrhoDa, Dysentery, Hydrocephalus, and Scarla- tina have been most fatal to infant life during the past year in Halifax; while 27 out of 38 cases of Consumption terminated fatally between the 20th and 40th years of life. If a similar Table could be given of all the counties, divided into periods of three months, so as to indicate the season at which a particular disease is most prevalent, data might be gained of the greatest possible value both to the medical profession and tho community at large. It is to be hoped that this may be effected in future Reports, but it is only possible through the -areful and cordial cooperation of the medical men in all parts of the Province. There is great room for improvement in this respect, as is shewn by the fact, that in the County of Halifax the whole number of Deaths registered last year was 373, while the number of inter- ments, as shown by the books of the Sextons of the two Ceraetries connected with the City alone, amounts to 565, winch may be taken with tolerable accuracy as the actual Death rate of Halifax city during the past year. The number of 'Deaths registered as having taken place in the Poor Asylum of Halifax, during the year is 65, out of an aver- age of 353 inmates. If proper inquiry should be instituted, it would probably be found that this very high rate of mortality is largely owing to crowding and imperfect ventilation. Many of the cases, indeed, were of great age ; but the average is not par- ticularly high, being 41. The number of Deaths registered as having taken place in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum is 9. The greatest age recorded is 71, the least 28, and the average 40. There was one case of Suicide by a male 60 years of age ; three cases of paralysis, three of Consumption, one of Fever, and one of Senile Dementia. Such are the leading facts in connection with the Deaths which have been registered throughout the Province. Some of them are valuable and important, and others too partial and imperfect to justify ve^y confident conclusions. They go far to show at once the value of Registration, and the somewhat crude condition in which it is yet during what may almost be called the first year of its existence. It is to be hoped that succeeding years will enable the Registrar to exhibit a thorough system of Statistics in REGISTRATION REPORT. 11 coDnection with this D^)artnient. In Great Britain it has been earned to a high state of perfection : scarcely a Birth, Marriage or Death escaping' Registration; while In the United States it is looked upon by tho people as a privilege as well as a duty. In this Province the law and the objects of tho law seem to be but imperfectly understood. Perhaps tho facts and Tabulated Stateroents contained in this lUport may go some way in explaining the latter, while if may not be amiss to append here the principal provisions of tho tormer. The object of the Registration Act being to secure an authorised and permanent record of all Marriages, Births, and Deaths which take place in the Province, together will all neces- sary pa' ticulars connected therewith, the provisions for obtaining- the necessary information are mainly as follows : '^ "Every person recognised as a duly ordained Minister may solemnize Marriage either by License or after publication of Banns. ." ^eputy liogistrars are appointed to take charge of certain Listricts for Registration purposes, whose duty it is to record every Marriage, Birth, and Death that takes place in said district. In all the more important or central Districts, the Deputy Regis- trars are ' Issuers of Marriage Licenses,' who record the issue of each License, Avith the date and name of the Clergyman to whom It is addressed, as well as the names of the parties about to bo married and their sureties ; and he is also bound to see that the License la returned after Marriage, duly certified, and sent, at the end of oAcry quarter, to the Financial Secretary's Office in Halifax. " Every Clergyman is required to register all the particulars of every Marriage solemnized by him, whether by License or Banns in sheets which he will receive on application from the Issuer of Licenses, and which lip is to return at the end of each quarter properly filled up and signed, to the said Issuer. The quarters begin with Ist January, 1st April, Ist July, and Ist October. " lo secure the Registration of Births, the father of any child born in the Province, or the person standing in the place of a parent, shall give notice of a Birth and the required particulars to tiie nearest Deputy Registrar as soon after the Birth as pos- sible. ^ "Id recording an Illigitimate Birth, the name of the father need not be inserted unless he wish it, and tho word 'Illigitimate' must be written immediately under the name of the cliild. " To secure the Registration of Deaths, some person present at the Death, or the occupier of the house in which it has taken place, shall in like manner give all the necessary particulars to the nearest Deputy, either before interment or within ten days thereafter. "^ " If a new-born child is found exposed, notice shall at once be given by the party finding the same to the nearest Deputy. y^j^ 12 REGISTRATION REPORT. ♦V, y J®" ^" Inquest is held, the Coroner Hhall communicate the flndmg to the nearent Deputy, within seven davs affjr the holding of the Inquest. " Every duly qualified Medical Practitioner is to be furnished with a book of blank certificates, and within seven days after the death of the person he has been in attendance upon shall transmit a certihcato of 'the cause of death ' to the Deputy Registrar. "Every Registrar is required to make all reasonable eff'-.ts to ascertain for the purpose of Registration all Marriages, Births, and Deaths in his District. "Envelopes enclosing papers connected with Registration pass free through the Post Office Department. "Every Clergyman shall return every license used by >ini with the blank certificate endorsed thereon fully filled m and subscribed by himself, and with the names. of two persons present at the ceremony besides himself. This return must be made withm tei\ days after the celebration. "Every Deputy Registrar lb required to make Quarterly Re- turns to the Registration Department of the Financial Secretary's U^ce of all Licenses, Bonds, and Registers of Births and Deaths in his posccssion. " The Deputy Itegistrar is entitled to 2') cents for everv Mar- riage License he issues, also a fee of 10 cents for evoiVBirth as well as for every Death he registers, to be paid bv the County Treasurer ont of the County FundH. ' - ^ " Every Clergyman shall receive 2o cents for each Return of Marriage made to the Deputy Registrar, if made within the pro- per time, and also 25 cents for each Quarterly lieturn, on the same conditions, to be paid out of the Marriage License Funds in Jus hands. "In order to secure the due performance of these various duties, certain penalties are attached to neglect or refusal _ "Every person Avho shall officiate in t^.ie" solemnization of Mar- riage not legally authorized to do so by tho provisions of this Act, shall forfeit $200. " Every officiating Clergyman who shall neglect or refuse to Sit ron ' ' '■' *^"'^^*^'^ '^" ^^'^ ^°"^'^^ ^'^^^^^^^ "^" ^lie Act, shall "Any Citi^ymun and all persons instrumental in using a License not duly filled up and subscribed by the Deputy Registrar, shall^ be liable to a penalty not exceeding $200. "Every Clergyman who shall neglect to return a License within ten days after the celebration of the Marriage it authorizes, shall forfeit $4 to the Deputy Registrar. "Every Deputy Registrar who neglects or refuses to perform any duty required by the Act, shall for each offence forfeit $4, pt^yable into the marriage fund, "Any person who, being required to notify or enter for registry a Birth or Death, shall fail to do so, shall be liable to a penalty of "$5. I ( 'i^ REOIbTRATION REPORT. 13 "Any duly (jualified Medical Practitioner or Coroner nodcct- m^or refiiHing to supply a certuieatc of cause of Death, Rhall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ^5, "The above fines, penalties and forfeitures may be sued for in the same way as for a private debt. " Huch are the principal provisions of the Registration Act in a comprehensive form; and it only remains to be considered whetncr there might not be some alterations made in it calcu- lated to increase its eificiency. Experience has shown that the smaller the district, the m.^re likely 18 the work to be overtaken. The largest districts make the most meagre Returns. [twould be wellto Have the limits of these districts dellned BO thnt each Registrar may understand how far his dutid-i extend borne more satisfactory arrangemenf than the present ouffht to be adopted for the remunoraiion of Deputy Registrars. In order to secure uniformity and perfect Marriage Returns the snme fee should be allowed to a Clergyman for making a Return of a Marriage performed by proclamation of Banns, as is allowed lor celebration of it by License. It would add very much to the efficiency of the Registration of Deaths ware the Deputy Registrars instructed to take a list quar- terly of all interments from the books of the sextons of the cemetries in their respective localities, a small allowance beinff made to the latter, lor the trouble of writing out or givinir the required information. In Great Britain, no interment is allowed to latt.e place without a certificate being shown of the death hav- mg been registered. It would be a great improvement and a general convenience, were each Deputy Registrar supphed with " recording books," to be kept bv him for purposes of reference by the people ot the district, and that the names be copied as at pr'^sent, upon slieets to be transmitted to this department ' If the district could be made sufficientlv small, po that the Registrar could go round it -jnce a quarter, to gather up the requisite information, the system of Ret^nstiatioii might thus be made almost per+oct ; and ih^ persons vpalitied above all others for this duty, if suitable in other respects, would be the school teachers in the various districts. AVith these su^gestiors, I now beg to submit iry first Annual Report, which embraces all the material facts at my command collected and collated with care, and as much accuracy as is attain' vu'G under the circumstances, and with the means at my disposal. I have the hone :• to be, &c., JOHN COSTLEY, >Seereta'nj to the Braird of Statistics. To the Hon. the Financial Secretary of Nova iScotia. 14 REGISTRATION REPORT. EXPLANATION OF TABLES. The columns in Table L exhibit the population of, and the number of licenses returned from each county, showing the whole number, both Episcopal and non-Episcopal, tor the first three and the last nine months of the Financial Year, and also those re- turned for the first quarter of the present year. Table IL represents the number of " Marriages solemnized " both by license and banns for nine months of the year ended 30th September, 1865, as returned in sheets by the various Clergymen throughout the Province, containing the particulars, as regards condition, age, place of resicc^nce, and of birth. It will be ob- served, the number in this table differs considerably from that in the previous one, arising from the circumstance that in some places Clergymen have neglected to make the required returns in time. For the real number of Marriages by License, Table I must be taken as a guide. The return of Marriage by Banns is very meagre in this Report, which was unavoidable this year but will probably be remedied in the next Report. ' By Table III. we find the relative number marrie." by License according to the religious denomination to which they belonged! In Table IV., the number of Births and Deaths registered in each county is given, with the proportion of males and females as well as the excess of Births over Deaths in each county. ' Table V. represents the Deaths in each county at 12 different periods of life, from under 1 year up to 100 years. Table VI. represents the "causes of deaths," and the number that died, of each disease named in each County. ^"^able VII., shows " the causes of death " in the City and Countv of Halifax, arranged in columns, exhibiting the number who died at different ages, f roiu under one year to 100 years of ao-e. Fi^andal^ear ^^^'^^^^^"^^ "Coroners' Inquests,' held during REGISTRATION REPORT. 16 , and the he whole hree and :hose re- innized," ided 30th ergymen regards I be ob- L that in in some Bturns in Table I. Banns is ^ear, but License, elonged. tered in females, y- different nuraber . County /^ho died during TABLE I. Marriages by License registered in Nova Scotia for the year ended 30th beptember, 1865, with return for first qxiarter o/ '1865-6. Annapolis, Antigonish, Cape Breton, Colchester, Cumberland, Digby, Guysborough, Halifax, Hants Invernefes, Kings, Lunenburg, Pictou Queens, Richmond, Shelburne, Victovia, Yarmouth, Total Licenses returned for Financial Year, 1,822 viz • — Episcopal Licenses, 428 ; non-Episcopal licenses, 1,394. For October quarter of 1805-0 : Episcopal, 137 ; N-on-Epiaco- pal, 478. , ^ Excess of licenses over corresponding three months of laat year, 70. 16 REGISTRATION REPORT. ; 'l « JO b9ai;bk •Btjoog •aapio SI uvmoAi Ota qofHAinisosBQ I 08 OAoqB pau -JBHi uaiudj^ N IcOOI^SlGO'M'itOt^OOOOOO'i'iCo: !:7 I r-( (M r-4 rH O ht* O W r^ SO 1— I lO -1< (M 5^1 n lO JO 1-H O O CI o "^ I— t n i-H •paijjBui OBUIO^ lI3}qAl JC82b}VB91 r-t|i— I rHi— (1-Ht— IrHi— tr— Ir— iT-it— IrHrHt-HrHi— li—l •paiWBUi }B o8 b )3boi I "patuBin I nvniOAi qoiqii HB98'J4S0}Bb j£) I 'paiiiBca j UBUi q&iqAi | }B 03b }9a!tB9Jf) I •AioptAi ' pas J3Ai0pi^ •AVOpiAl pire JoiaqoBa ■j[0)8nTds pUB JOiUOpi^W 00 o GO 0^ CiOf-lrHQOoOi— iCSOOOi— lOOCCi— IriCOrH I— I C<1'jTfOOiO r-t (M CO «0t^C0C0OC0(MO(NIC0OC00i00C»OOO Si ®^ tH (M >0 CO r-H CO »-l rH i-H CO o i-t .2 sg "M CO lO 00 (M CO o CO QOC5iOrHCO• P '- » - |i< O S li * C4 V (N « 3 r OJS 'I ■"3 S a bo's oog- /3 3-C-- I- o» O pi Sfl » OS c3 a §S1 "i i CO CM M CO lO 00 o 00 U5 CO to o CO o o 5 >^ c a; e! » 3 |i< O C cf » -*" k, o I- fl I. is 2(3 a -5 OB'S « -i u ^ O 111 S *o « .V. 3-32 m 3 » c9 a REGISTRATION REPORT. Tx^LE ni. 17 Marriages by License registered in Nova Scotia according to Religiom Denominatiom, during the year ended BOih September, 1865. REGISTRATION IN' ^ COUNTIES. : W J3 .2 JS u V 1 Ck o C3 .S^ a. a s a o I § ^iS'ova Scotia, i428 6 453 23 172 477 210 28 28 Annapolis, Autigonish, Cape Breton, Colchester, Cumberland, Digby, Guysborough, Halifax, Hants, Inverness, Kings, Lunenburg, tPictou, Queens, Eichmond, Shelburne, Victoria, Yarmouth, Total, 26 3 10 9 43 19 13 163 22 15 49 12 11 14 1 18 1 3 1 1 428 3 12 6 80 43 25 64 35 20 7 19 8^ 6 17 27 6 453 1 13 9 23 3 16 6 44 3 96 1 3 172 73 2 4 23 21 46 8 39 29 2 75 21 28 2 16 88 477 210 17 4 46 10 10 27 34 2 16 7 6 16 10 5 28 2 3 14 9 28 28 '5 ^9 6 * There is a difference of six between this table and the num- ber of Non-Episcopal in table 1., arising from Roman Cathoiica not being included in former, who, though an Episcopal Church, are rarely married by license. i-ii*"J^.?S ^^^^ County there is one Marriage License returned filled "Evangelical Union Church." 8 18 REOI9TRATI0N KEPORT. TABLE IV. Births and Deaths Beaistered in Nova Scotia for Financial Year ended SOth September, 1865. a a o Total. Births. Deaths. •a ^5 REGISTRATION IN . ^S COUNTIES. (-» . s "f opul 18G1. 1 i ♦* m Si a a S 00 "3 i PU i M Q s m S £ H Nova Scotia, 330857 2377 1590 1229 1148 847 743 787 Anuapt tils, 16753 78 64 40 38 1 25 39 14 Antigonish, 14871 95 60 50 45 34 26 35 Cape Breton, 20866 44 38 22 22 23 15 6 Colcnester, 20045 147 99 71 76 44 55 48 Cumberland, 19533 1 160 91 88 72 59 32 69 Digby, 14751 ' 255 73 145 110 33 40 172 Guysboro', Halifax, 12713 1 176 77! 82 94 36 41 99 49021 : 342 373 1 175 167 213 160 31 Hants, 17460 '■■ 120 97 i 64 56 44 53 23 Inverness, 19967 j 40 31! 22 18 19 12 9 Kings, 18731 1 146 103! 74 72 55 48 43 Lunenburg, 19632 j 1 149 77 i 70 79 39 38 72 ?ictou, 28785 1 i 167 125 1 88 79 79 46 42 Queens, 9365 I : 84 58 49 35 33 25 26 Eichmond, 12607 : ! 97 45 54 43 20 25 52 Shelburne, 10668 . 46 38 24 22 21 17 8 Victoria, 9643 i 82 31 32 50 12 19 51 Yarmouth, 15446 j 149 12377 1 110 1590 79 1229 70 1 1148 58 847 52 743 39 Total, 330857 787 l\ RBOISTRATIOX REPORT. f9 id Year 8. 1. PS "O a> « r :: S« a o»» H© ^ H •43 787 39 14 26 35 15 6 55 48 32 69 40 172 41 99 [60 31 53 23 12 9 48 43 38 72 46 42 25 26 25 52 17 8 19 51 52 39 '43 787 I ^ 1 < ^ I 1 joa aay *0OI .l»AO pa«JV ■^ 001 wpua 'M 5>l 'SJBaX 00 -lopnil 08 ■Japun Ci japwa 1 O 'SJB3i oa Jopa;i O •SJBOX St -lapna 00 1—1 CO lO rH O ?— < ^-t I— ( OO 00 1-4 •8JB9i •s.ina£ S5 .lapuri 'Sjna;C £1 »pun ••TBO.{ I japufi t- 00 1—1 o rH ;o — w Total Births. 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I-' r: <-' »-i so »-i w ^ as C^ CO f kOi^ IH 1^ (N U3 r- —* nr-i i-<ffl 50 oor- o OS -^N -1 0^ r-i eo c^ 1-1 1-t (N CJ 05 O! 1— I 00 00 1 tH (N ■»)< r-1 r-( I ».i.i-s ^ (N" M ;t •-> .7-1 ■»»< a «-i w o CO £Jt-j •^iNN^rjTl10D00CS ■»»< 1— I r-l rH pH 1— t p^ j^ lO 1^ 1-1 t- CI rH IN (N CJ 1-1 (N 1-1 « Tf US 1-H 1-1 TH IN rH ~S Tj< rH rH rH M CO CO I CO IN pH rf rH CO CO US rH CI rH rH M rH OJ rH r^ pH IN CO ©J rH ffl rH M rH M IN US rH r-t c s 6 i ■4-* ■l a o *3) j •79 REGISTRATION REPORT. •OOiaapuil •06 'i9p"n •08 J9puil s ^ y-\n-\ •oA •»«>pan ^ CO •09 •i9P"Il ^ \ -05 .lopuxi a •0^ jopun ^ ^ a S cob o^ " c a .*2 --f « « •^ r^ REGISTRATION REPORT. 28 •^ ICO 01 (M 01 r-i C<3 rH t- i-< o 00 r » « t^ > 00 s >> fc. 0^ r: . -^ CO fH to rH -t* rH .rti •ou.mqioqg puoiuqoiy t- (to OO e a .S W ^ 1-^ PQ <^ < ^. H s s CM '^l »- *> O %. o ^;i eo o CO ca •siiodtJiiuy •Bl^OOg 'BAO^ (M •Opt!UI lUtnO.1 OJSJ lO (M "^ *rH 00 1-tr-CO N OOO rH 1—1 iC (M as o 4- o > OS ofT 4> 3 o ft) a •r* tn eS O > -o q o o O '■+3 Cm ;-! O 4-1 c> c o •-;3 Cm o TS eS ai o •s C CO > ^ OS o H c o Pm OS O a o ^, a a f t s 1 i I REGISTRATION ACT. (I'nhsod on the 7th Mnv A. T., 18C0.) Q x> SS ;;> a o as u o OF THK KOLKMNIZATION OF MArHIAGE AND THE REGISTRATION OF MAE- RIA(iEi, BIRTHS AND DEATHS. 1 The Governoi- in Council may from time to time pi-escribe and chaL forms to bo used \n the carrying into opera ion ot "uuSl-^Ung and rendering .miform the duUes to be^p^^^^^^^ formed under this chapter, and y;hich tornis ^" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "^^^e ihf. T^mvisions penalties and obligations ot this c laptei, in uic same mire V? Bet out in a schedule hereto and BpecmUy re- feSedo Unless from the context the meaning is evidently dif- fZluf tne terms " Deputy Registrars " mean the Issue^^s ot Mar- riaS Licenses and Deputy Registrars of Marriages, Births and Deaths ad '' occupier" shall fnclude Master, Governor, Keeper, iteward. Resident Medical Officer or S"f ^'H^t^^f^J^^^^^^^^^^^^ Prison or Penitentiary, Poors' Asylum Hospital, Lunatic Asj ^nrl nr rther Dublic or private charitable institutions T Every peCnrecolnized as a duly ordained Minister by any coLreSn^ or body Sf christians within this province, may ^oTeSe marriage b^y license, or after publication of banns, m pnnformitv with the provisions ot this chapter. 3 No peT on shall officiate in the solemnization ot any mar- ri^e unless noiice of such marmge shall have PJ^^^ou^l^^^^^^^^^^^ a^iven T3ubliclv durinjr the time of divine service at thiee several SIS ,L. at a T3lace Sf public worship on two or more Sundays-- Tovi^le^d ttre shril be^niore than one public service in tha said S ace of wSp on each Sunday, otherwise at two several m eet- ^tAn PMohSundav otherwise at two several meetings on two Snldavs in the P^^^^^^ ^t least one of the parties resides or uuless'a llcenL'shall been obtained as herem prescribed for the solemnization of such marriage. +i,p r.looP where 4 The officiating Minister of a congregation at t^^ep ace where •fiJ.v nf iho r>arties desiring to be married resides, shall give tne ^otes n\lie^; 4^^^^^^ mentioned, after having been re- noncea Hi iiio 1 ,» : ^^geg where compliance would be ^lllforinco^is'slo^wh he rules and discipl\ne of the church oifongJegatZ to which the Minister or parties respectively belong. OF LICENSES F^R THE SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGE. ^ The Governor may from time to time seal marriage liceliseT'n blank? which shall be deposited by the Provincial L'^!!?!?'Jl;;i: fV,onbn,irman cf Boaul of Statistics for distribution, wholiVpiaie-them'in such number ^^ ^^r ^^XTmZ be required, together with an equal number of blank bonds, in 4 26 BEQISTRATION ACT. the hands of peraoua to ha appointed by the Governor iu Council ih?ou'houUhe Province to l/e iHsuers of Marriage T^^cenaes and DepSfy Registrars of Marriages, Births and Deaths and NN^ho shall be ?o located as that no part of any County .hall bo at mconve- nfent distance from one of them. When it can ^^.^^/^"JXn hi and properly done, l^ostmastcrs and Way Oflice keepers shall be seleciedyani due publicity under the direction of tf « G^-v^rno m Council shall bo given to these appointments and the objects ot this ^H^f *J^»^ ;iegistrars snail deposit with the Chairman of Board of Statistics, a Receipt for all the blank marriage licenses U^y shall respectively receive, for which they shall be answerable to him at the^ratc of nvo dollars and fifty, cents for each li^^^^^^^^^ 7 When a marriage license is required for use, application shail be made to a Deputy Registrar, who on ^•Jpeiving for the license two dollars and fifty cents, and on execution by the man contemplatino- marriage and sufTxCient sureties, of one ot the bona. rropertyS lea ?p, shall Insert in one of the blank marriage licen. LsKs possessYon the name of the Minister to whom it is to be directed and the names, abodes and additions of the man ana wlanVbe married, and having subscribed it with his own name and the exact date of issuing, shall deliver the license so P^rfec ed to the party applying, and a marriage license shall not be issued or deU?ereLxcepttlIu8 perfect ancl adapted for some particular marriage clearly expressed in it; and it shall not on any pretence he used for an/other marriage. The bond among other thmgs shall be conditioned for return of the license. FOK OBTAINING THE MATERIALS FOR THE REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS. l,^For liecjisiratic. oj Marriayes. 8 The Deputy Registrars sh all record the issue of every license with the date, and the names oi' the Clergyman, the parties and sureties; and shall record the return of every license, with the date when received by him, and the particulars ot the marriage, and the name of the officiating Clergyman as certifiedin thereturn. 9 Every Clergyman authorized by law to perform the mar- riage ceremony shall apply for, and shall, on application obtain from the nearest Deputy Registrar, forms in which he shall regis- ter with the required particulars, all the marriages celebrated by h^m whether by banns, license, or otherwise. But this shall not be construed to interfere with the keeping of any other marriage register he may bo otherwise required oi may see proper to keep. 2. — For Registration of Births. lu. The father of any child born in this province, or in case of his death or absence, the mother, or in case of the death or ina- bility of both pareD.ts, any person standing in the place of the parents, or if none such be, then the occupier of the house or tenement in which to his knowledge such child was born, or the REOI6TRAT10N ACT. 27 nurse or Bome persou V^^^^^Xl^ooU^^^^^ birth -B PO^«i^^%f^;;^Sc7orm to b pt^^^^^^^^^ tl!^.t 'purp'oae trar, who shall fill up the ^"^J^ rj- \. accordintrto tho know- acknowledging himselt ^^^^^f .f^'^\^^^^;^^ and in such fX request of tho pavent or guard.un oi tho sa.d ch.ld. 3 ^For the RegUiraiion of Deaths. 15 Some person present at the death of any P^/^^"' f J^^ place, or if the occupier Deim^i . ^ j^^^^^ j^ ^.^^ch !r 1 '^h ?ook place o^fCh deX sh Jl not have taken place the death vook place ^^ "^J^ ^^ ^^ ^he death, or having within a "^^"^IX^^'P^^^ZI^^^^ the same, shall, before knowledge ^^/^.^.^iXodv or within ten lavs after, supply to the the ^^t^^ment ot the bodj oj wun^i^ ^.^^ ^^ ^^^ knowledge or Trf ?^TlX^vI\T^^l^^^^ be registered touching such ^'^\f\^vtt form to be provided, and shall sign the form or cer- death by the *«,^,")/;^7,/_-e.ence of the Deputy Registrar, or of tificate when fi^l^^.^P "\PJ,^'^" „L the Deputy Registrar shall a witness in case of his ^^^^f "f:f; ^ot^.n h^a wL mlido. which, grant a ^^FJ.^^^^^^^^^^^^^ kelpeVof the Cemetery, tZlT:tft^^ol ^mpVa to inter th^e deceased. 28 REGISTKATION ACT. 16 If any persoti shall find exposed any new-born child, he shall forthwith give notice of the finding of the same to the near- est Deputy Relistrar, who .hall, after the proper enquiry, take from the informant a certificate signed by him of so niuch of the particulars re.iuirod to be registered as shall have been ascertai^ned.^^ ^^^^ in which an inqucBt shall be held on any dead body, the Coroner shall communicate the finding of the Jury by certificate in writing under ^s hand to the nearest De- puty Registrar within seven days after the holding of the inquest 18 Every duly qualified medical practitioner %vho shall have been in attendance during the last iUness and until the death, of anv person, shall within s?ven days after the c^eath ot such person transmit to the nearest Deputy Regustrar «■ certificate under his signature of the cause of death, according to a form to be pro- v^ed by the Deputy Registrar ; and it shall be the duty of every duly qualified medical practitioner to apply for blank forms for this purpose^ person usually resident in Nova Scotia or the child of any such person which shall be bcvn at sea, shall die at sea, and an entry of the death l)c made ut thc^tmie in 1^^ v jel « log-book, the Deputy Registrar may, on sufficient proof oi ,he correctness of such entry, can.c the death to_ bo entered in a book kept for that purpose, called, "The Marino Register Book ''^2o'''irsliall be the duty of every Deputy licgistrar to ascertain as far as may be in his power the several marria-es, births and deaths occurring in his vicinity, and to cause the same to be registered under the provisions of this chapter : , , , , ^hen persons whoso signaturer -n-e required are '»»al^le to write, their cross or mark made in tao presence of, and attested by, the Deputy Registrar or a witness, shall bo equivalent to sig- nature. It shall be hi the power of the Governor in Council shoud it be found expedient for carrying out this act from time to time to cause the limits to be defined of all, or of some only, o the Deputy Registrar's jurisdiction under this chapter, and as occasion may rlquire to alter the same, of which due publicity ""^Faiw^error shall be discovered to have been committed in the entry of any marriage, birth or death in any register, the per- son discovering the same shall forthwith give information thereof to the Deputy Registrar, and such Deputy Registrar is hereby authorized and required to investigate the circunistances of the case- and if he sImII be satisfied that an error has been com- SedTn any such entry it shall be lawful for him to correct the erroneous entry, according to the truth of the case by entry in the margin, without any ait of the orierlnal entry, Envelopes enclosing the papers or returns rcciuired to bo trans- mitted and made under this chapter shall be marked " Registra- to Returns," with the signature of the officer or Clergyman REfilSTRATION ACT. 29 t.a„.mUting .ubserihC. an., „o f,.ta«e »h.ll bo .uUl or payab.c 21. Every Clergy uu.n .l;all .etuvn t^ tj-^^l-^^iJ:! ^^^i t^ whom tlxe same is f l^^^^!^;^i,;;:;\J i n ten days after such hlmfcrthe ^^.^f^^.^^ri^llk '-ei'mi -ate endorsed thereon, la ly celebration with t?;« ^ f "^^^^^^^ the faet of the cele- filled in and 8uhscrd)ed b> »^^^^'?;hiti^ne of the conple married, bration, the names, <'f 'J^ ^^t.' -e^^ the names of at least the time and pl^^«%^ , ^^V'i\^' ,' f 1 iniself. . , „ two persons present theieat »^c^^^ ^ ^j ,,,.,.p ,, ,egi3ter of all 22. Every Clergjnnan ot > In. I ^^^^ ^1.^^^^^^ ^ y marriagCB solernnized ^ ^'\ll\y\\ i\i<^ particnlars reqnired con- by filling up a blank form \ ^ '^'^ ^^^^ \ alon- with the license, cerning each marriage, ^;}; ^^^ ''^ '^™',,, solemnized by bauns, to or byUself, if «^^^^.^^'f '^^^^. f^-enscs or the issuer from whom the nearest issuer ^^ :^'^':^'t^^ ^^ such celebration the lieense was received ;; ^' ^4; l./^e cents for each return ot and shall be entitled ^o ?^ f ^^J^^^^^^ i ,^,de conformably to law. marriage so niadc,inH>Nidojl it las^^^^^^ ^^^,^ .^eturns to the 23. Issuers o^^f ^"'^^f oSefon the first week of January, Chairman of the Board «^^5^:^|^^^!,^4,es of which returns have April, July, ^^^^ ,C^ctobm^ of ^lU^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^1 , been made to them by Cleig m^^^^^ and forwarded to all the particulars gl^e ^'f^^;?,'"i,,ii receive twenty-five cents f^'^lt^^F^^^^^ l3e paid out of the Marriage for each mamag'- Licence Fmxl. _ _^^ ^^^^^^ ,^^^. ,,.„,. „«;"; April: .luly and Octa,o^ n c. i^i};J^^^^^ follows : «■■f■^*sruc^";.srusnt;b^u■^n^ ,li Cortiflcates of Marriage '^t"™"; ^f, :'„( Marriage License.. "I'V His own Uocords of Marriage License, i.suod by, and Certificates of Marriage '^t"';;'^'),^!^^ '', „f Birtlx made to him. „f aeatb. made to ln.n ^. ■a' .^^.tfuep^uly ^tg^rlS! Je'r tl.s C^t- to « -d«^^^^^^^ ^,^11 ^-k an exact list so REGISTRATION ACT. Chairman of the Board of Statistics an account verified under oath of all Marriage Licenses issued by him, and of the number of Marriage Licenses remaining in his hands, and shall pay and with such accounts transmit to the Chairman of the Board of Sta- tistics the fall amount of fees on all Licenses issued by him, at two dollars and fifty cents for each License, deducting the sums paid by him to clergymen under the twenty-second section, and of which he shall render an account under his signature. 3. — By Secretary of Board of Statistics. 26. The Secretary of the Board of Statistics shall, within the first week of Febr-.mry in each year, return to the Provincial Secretary, for the information of the Legislature, a separate account of monies received for Marriage Licenses and paid out of that Fund under this chapter ; also, an account of the Mar- riage Licenses issued, and to whom, and the number standing still charged against each Deputy Registrar. OF REMUNERATION OF OFFICERS. 1. — The Deputy Registrar. 27. The Deputy Registrar shall be entitled to receive the following fees, that is to say : 1. The remuneration for returns provided for in section 23 of this Act. 2. Also, on making entry of each Birth a tee ol ten cents, to be paid by the County Treasurer out of the County Funds. 3. Also, a fee of ten cents for every entry of Death made by him under this chapter, to be paid by the County Treasurer out of the County Funds. 4. An annual salary of $5 shall bo paid to each Deputy Regis- trar, and $7 '0 to each Issuer of Marriage Licenses. PENALTIES. 28. Every person who shall officiate in the solemnization of marriage, unless under license issued in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, or under banns, or notices given in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, shall forfeit two hundred dollars. . , ,i . 29. Every officiating Minister of a congrr ation who shall, m violation of the third and fourth sections, refuse or neglect to give the notices directed by those sections, shall, except as therein excepted, forfeit two hundred dollars, and shall be liable to an action for damages at the suit of either of the parties aggrieved. 30. Any Minister who shall use, and all persons who shall be instrumental in the using of, a Marriage License that shall not have been perfected and" filled up and subscribed by a Deputy Registrar in manner as herein directed, and any person who shall alter or assist or ,be concerned in altering, any Marriage License that has been so perfected, or shall celebrate or assist or be con- . vned in celebrating any marriage undo, pretence of a Marriage L-.-ense issued for another and different marriage, shall for every REGISTRATION ACT. 31 ^ and each of the said offences be liable to a penalty not exceeding ^^"'yctrgyman who shall not within ten lays after the ^Alphration of a marriage by him under license, return the Scense ^th a certXate^of the performance of the ceremony as reqS by this chapter, and%very Clergyman entitled to solemnize marriage who shall not within the time and in the mannerreq^ired by the twenty-second section make the return S marriages therein directed, to the Issuer of Marriage Licenses from whom he received the blank forms, or if he shall not con- tinue to be Issuer of Marriage Licenses, then his successor, or otherwise to the nearest Issul' of Marriage Licenses, or in case of rence from home or illness, then ^Y^t^-^l^^/Z t^S the or recovery, shall, for each neglect, forfeit for the use ot the Issuei of Marriage Licenses to whom the return should be made, four ^1 arsrand^for every day after such ten days until return Bhall be made as required by this chapter, twelve and one-haL ""^32'* Every Deputy Registrar who neglects or refuses or with- out problble cause omits to make any entry or fulfill any duty whic?h by this chapter he ought to make or do, or who sliall care- Wv lose or iniure any license or bond, register, entry, docu- ment, or paper whicn wJs in his possession under this c^ter, or who shall not within the periods herein prescribed make .lithe Teveral returns and payments which by this chapterhe ought to mS or who shall part with or allow to go out oi his possession rnvMarriage License, except in conformity wih the provisions of ^hfs chapter, or who shalfin any other particular do anything contrar? to the provisions of this chapter or omit o do anything SeSequired, shall forfeit, to be paid to the Financial Secre Sry for the use of the Marriage License Fund, a fine of tour dol- lars, and the further sum of twelve and one-half cents for evei^ dav for which any such return or payment shall be delayed after the time within which the same should be made. 33 Every person who shall knowingly or wilfully make, or shall cause to W made for the purpose of being inserted in any Rei ster of Births, Marriages or Deaths, any false statements touching any of the particulars herein required to be known and reeistered, shall be subject to the same pains and penalties as if su€h r.ersJn were guiltv of wilful and corrupt perjury. 34 ^ Any person who, being required by this chapter to notity or enter foi- registry any Death, shall fail to do so withm the periods specified, shall be liable to a penalty «* f ^/f ^^«- . ^^. 35 If anv person required to give notice of the finding of any new born child, shall neglect to give such notice to some Deputy Registrar near the place, within one w-cek, such person shall be- liable to a penalty not exceeding five dollars. 06 Apy ^nW nuRlified medical practitioner, or any coroner, failing to supply any certificate of cause of death or any infor- mation required of them by the provisions of this chapter, withm a2 KEGISTRATION ACT. the time specUied therein, inff five doUars. )7. Every person w shall he luible to a penalty not exceed- ■lio shall wiirully send to any newspaper puhiishor, or other person, for publication in any newspaper ni this Province, a fictitious or false statement of the marriage or death of any person, or of the birth of any child, shad oe guilty of a misdemeanor, and liable to fine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the Sppreme Court. EECOyERY AND DISTllIBUTION OF PENALTIES AND FINES. 38 All fines and foes made payable to or for the use of a Denutv lieo-istrar may be sued for in the name of the party en- titled as a private debt; audit shall be sufiftcient to state m the writ that the money is claimed for the defendant s neglect ot duty, or for services performed l)y the plaintifi:, under this chap- ter, as the case may be. , ^ ^^ 39 All fines, penalties and forfeitures which are not made payable to or to the use of the Deputy Registrars may be prose- cuted by the Financial Secretary in the county or district wdierein the ofieiice occurred. The money when recovered, after deduct- ing expenses, shall be applied one-half to the use ot the Marriage License Fund and the other half to the use of the County, to be l)aid to the County Treasurer. . . j i , .i :>- 40 The actions shall be conducted as lor private debts, and u shall" suffice if the writs briefly state the offence committed. 41 The Chauman of the Board of Statistics shall cause to betranscrib- 1 in separate books all the particulars communicated to him by the Deputy Registrars of the marriages, births and deaths in each covmt/, and the original^ returns, after they have been so transcribed, shall be arranged, indexed and bound, and transmitted to the Registrar of Deeds for tlic county to which they respectively belong, to be kept in his office for general reference 40 He shall also keep separate alphabetical indices of the contents of the said books, and in the index to the Marriage Record there shall be entered reference to the husband by his surname, and to the wife by her maiden name, and also by the surname of any husband she may have had. 43 All persons shall be entitled at all seasonable hours to search these records, and to require and to receive extracts duly certified by the Chairman of the Board of Statistics, which shall be evidence of the entry certified, ami pnma facie evidence of the facts asserted or claimed in the entry, and be accessible for ex- amination on payment of twenty cents, and shall be prima facie evidence of the tacts therein stated. 44 For every certificate of the registration oi a marriage, birth or death, the person requiring the same shall pay to the Registrar or to the Chairman of the Board of Statistics, as the case may be, fifty cents. ,01 v i.i 45. Chapter 120 of the Revised Statutes and chapter 31 ot the Acts of 1865 are hereby repealed.