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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS.

RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand, February 1, 1902 (City Docu-

ment No. 33) e e e $439 75 Received for Marriage Licenses from February 1, 1902, to January 31, 1903, inclusive : Nos. 557 – 6,973 of 1902 = 6,417 certificates, NOS. 1 — 550 of 1903 = 550 { { 6,967 { { at 50c. = 3,483 50 $3,923 25

EXPENDITURES. Paid physicians for 13,774 births, at 25 cents, reported from February 1, 1902, to February 1, 1903, as per vouchers paid in by me to the Auditor, and receipted for by him, viz.:

1902.

February . 948 births at 25c. e o $236 00 March . ... 815 “ { % e & 203 75 April e . 1,164 “ { % e o 291 ()0 May e 1,237 “ & 6 * to 309 25 June o . 853 “ 6% e © 213 25 July e 1,183 “ 66 Q * 295 75 August . . 793 “ 6 4. e o 198 25 September . 885 “ 46 e to 221 25 October . . 2,075 “ & 4 o e 518 75 November . 911 . . { % e e 227 7.5 December . 1,230 “ 64 e to 307 50 January, 1903, 1,680 “ { { e so 420 00 13,774 = $3;443 50 Cash balance, February 1, 1903 © e e 479 75 $3,923 25

SPECIAL RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.

Received for Certificates for Court, Bank and Insurance pur

poses, $433 50 Paid City Collector, as per receipt . e e 433 50

Respectfully submitted,

E. W. McGLENEN,
City Registrar.

C O N TENTS.

General Statement Births, Deaths, and Marriages recorded in 1902.........
Financial Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........
Deaths to Population in 1902. Proportion to each Class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
& © Total Mortality: Residents, Non residents, and Unknown. . . . . . . . . .
( & Greatest and Least Mortality in Wards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
& & Greatest and Least Mortality of Children in Wards........ . . . . . . . . •
& & Adult Mortality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

& 4 Sexes and Age-periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
& 4 of Colored Persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
& 4 Residents of Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
& 4 Non-residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
& g Residence Unknown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

& & Residents of Boston : Conjugal Condition by Age-period. . . . . . . . . . .
“ Non-residents: Conjugal Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
( & Decedents of Greatest Age Aggregate and Average A gés to - - e o 'o - o e -
& & Months and Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 & Sexes • Months and Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
& & Age-periods: Months and Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 & Principal Causes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
( & by Violence, Accidental, Suicide, and Homicide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
& 4 Nativity of Decedents by Country of Birth in Ward Divisions and
by Sex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“ Native-born Decedents................................................
& 6 Foreign-born Decedents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
& 4 Parentage (General) of Decedents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
& 4 Age-periods Natives of Boston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“ Principal Causes: Natives of Boston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
& & Principal Causes and Age-periods: Natives of Boston....... . . . . . .
& 4 Occupations of Male Decedents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 & Occupations of Female Decedents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44 in Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marriages in Boston in 1902 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
{ { of Colored Men and White Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 & Ages of Grooms and Brides S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

{ % Nativities of Both Parties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
& 4 American Brides and Foreign Grooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

& 4 Between Natives of the same (Foreign) Country ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
& 4 Number of Marriages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
& & of Divorced Persons, and Percentage... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 & Occupations of Grooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

& 4 Occupations of Brides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

& 4 Out-of-Town Marriages recorded in Boston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 4 Out-of-Town Marriages Recorded in Boston: Occupations of Grooms and Brides... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Births in Boston in 1902... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ Colored Births. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ Nativity of Fathers and Mothers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ Ward Residence of Fathers and Mothers... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ Occupations of Fathers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ in Institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ Plurality....................................... ........................ “ Plurality: Nativity of Parents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Still-births in Boston, 1902. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * *

Still-births: Parentage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Appendix A. – Ward Statistics and Analysis for 1900, 1901, 1902. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Appendix B. — Population Statistics, Showing Growth of Boston Proper
and Annexations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Appendix C. — Miscellaneous Statistics (see Tables below). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Catalogue of Books of Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
List of Boston Record Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TABLES IN TEXT :
Population, Deaths 1902, and Ratios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deaths: Sexes, Months and Seasons... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Native-born Decedents, Ward, Sex, and Per Cent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deaths in Institutions, Ward Residence and Sex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Births in Institutions, Ward Residence of Parents and Sex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Plurality Births Wards, Seasons, Nativity of Parents... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Still-births Season. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Still-births: Parentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GENERAL TABLES"
Table I. — Proportion of Deaths to Population of Wards, Death Rates by

Wards, and Deaths of Five Years and Under, with Percentages....... Table II. — Deaths of Colored Persons, by Wards and Age-Periods. . . . . . . Table III. — Deaths by Wards and Age-Periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table IV. — Deaths Conjugal Condition by Age-Periods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table W. — Deaths: Conjugal Condition by Wards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table VI. — Deaths by Months and Wards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table VII. — Deaths by Months and Age-Periods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table VIII. — Deaths: Principal Causes by Wards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table IX. — Deaths by Accident: By Wards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I)eaths by Sulcide and Homicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table X. — Deaths: Months and Causes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table XI. —Deaths Principal Causes by Age-Periods, in Wards, Non-
Residents and Unknown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Table XII. — Deaths: Nativity of Decedents by Countries..... . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Table XIII. — Deaths: Parentage (General) by Wards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Table XIV. —Deaths: Age and Cause of Death, Natives of Boston........
Table XV. —Marriages by Months and Quarterly Periods, Color of Groom
and Bride, Religious and Civil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
Table XVI. — Marriages: Ages of Grooms and Brides (Relative) .........
Table XVII. — Marriages: Relative Nativity of Grooms and Brides.......
Table XVIII. — Marriages • Number of Marriage..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Table XIX. — Marriages: Out-of-Town Marriages by Months, Color, Re-
ligious and Civil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Table XX.-Marriages: Out-of-Town Marriages by Months and Residence,
Table XXI. — Marriages: Out-of-Town Marriages, Ages of Grooms and
Brides (Relative). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Table XXII. — Marriages: Out-of-Town Marriages, Number of Marriage,
Table XXIII. — Marriages: Out-of-Town Marriages, Birthplace of Grooms

and Brides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table XXVI. —Births: Percentage of Births in each Ward to whole

Number of Births and of Ward Population and Ratio ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table XXIV. – Births: By Wards, Sex, Months, and Seasons. ............ Table XXV. — Births. Colored, by Wards, Months and Sex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table XXVII. — Births: Nativity of Fathers by Countries, in Wards...... Table XXVIII. — Births: Nativity of Mothers by Countries, in Wards.... Table XXIX. — Births: Nativity of Fathers and Mothers (Relative).......

TABLES IN APPENDIX A :

Table A.—Ward Statistics: Mortality and Births, and Rates.............
Table B. —Ward Statistics: Areas, Dwellings, Families, Density Popu-

lation, Sexes, Native and Foreign-born. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Births, Marriages, Marriage Intentions, and Deaths from 1849 to 1902. . . . . .

Table showing Influences of the Different Years on the Number of Deaths, Males and Females, and Still-born, and Proportion of the Population, 1811 to 1850. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PAGE TABLES IN APPENDIX B : Boston Proper, Census of 1742 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Boston Proper, Census of 1765. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Boston Proper, Different Periods 1680 to 1784. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Boston Proper, 1789 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28] Boston Proper, 1790 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Boston Proper, 1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Boston Proper, Whites and Colored, Sexes, Native and Foreign, 1800 to 1900 in Census Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Charlestown, Population, Census Years 1800–1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S4 South Boston, Population, Census Years 1840–1900... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 East Boston, Population, Census Years 1850–1900. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 DOrchester, Population, Census Years 1800–1900. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Roxbury, Population, Census Years 1800–1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Brighton, Population, Census Years 1810–1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 Boston Proper and Annexations 1638–1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291–292 TABLES IN APPENDIX B : Table A. — Boston, Statistics of Population for Certain U. S. Census Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Table B. — Boston, Number of Persons of Certain Specified Nationalities in Foreign-born Population in same Census Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Table C. — Relative Nativity of Parents of Children Born in Boston from 1876 to 1890 and for 1900. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295–296 Table D. — Nativity of Decedents in Boston from 1850 to 1890 and the Year 1900. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297–298 Table E. – Nativity of Brides and Grooms 1850–1854. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Table F. — Nativity of Brides and Grooms 1855 to 1890 and for 1900........ 300–301 Table G. — Vital Statistics of the “Greater Boston ’’ District............... 302 MAPS : Key Map of Wards and Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . facing page 214 Bonner’s Map of Boston, 1722. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 4 § { 78 Map of Boston 1833. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( & “ 292 “ Boston Proper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 4 “ 232 “ Charlestown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & © “ 220 “ East Boston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . { % “ 216 “ Brighton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 4 “ 264 “ South Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( & “ 240 “ part of Dorchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 4 “ 252 “ part of Dorchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 4 “ 262 “ Roxbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 6 ** 254 “ part of West Roxbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 4 “ 25S

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