The replies give the total number of children borne by each class: thus the single women have given birth to four hundred and ninety-one children, the married women to seven hundred and ninety-one children, and the widows to six hundred and thirty-six children. The following tables exhibit the same facts in a more extended form, showing the number of children which each woman has borne, and specifying the sex.
Question. If you have had children, how many?
REPLIES OF SINGLE WOMEN.
| Number of Women. | Borne by each. | Totals. | ||||||
| Boys. | Girls. | Abortions. | Boys. | Girls. | Abortions. | Aggregate. | ||
| 1 | Mother. | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 2 | Mothers. | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||
| 2 | " | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 1 | Mother. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | " | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1 | " | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1 | " | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | " | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Mothers. | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 15 | ||
| 6 | " | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||
| 3 | " | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| 2 | " | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 33 | " | 1 | 1 | 33 | 33 | 66 | ||
| 4 | " | 2 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| 17 | " | 2 | 34 | 34 | ||||
| 150 | " | 1 | 150 | 150 | ||||
| 99 | " | 1 | 99 | 99 | ||||
| 27 | " | 27 | 27 | |||||
| 1 | Mother. | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 357 | 272 | 187 | 31 | 490 | ||||
REPLIES OF MARRIED WOMEN.
REPLIES OF WIDOWS.
| Number of Women. | Borne by each. | Totals. | ||||||
| Boys. | Girls. | Abortions. | Boys. | Girls. | Abortions. | Aggregate. | ||
| 1 | Mother. | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | Mothers. | 5 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 27 | ||
| 2 | " | 6 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 18 | ||
| 1 | Mother. | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | Mothers. | 3 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 42 | ||
| 1 | Mother. | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | Mothers. | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 24 | ||
| 1 | Mother. | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1 | " | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1 | " | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | Mothers. | 3 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 45 | ||
| 5 | " | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 25 | ||
| 2 | " | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 1 | Mother. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | " | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 3 | Mothers. | 4 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 9 | " | 2 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 36 | ||
| 4 | " | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||
| 1 | Mother. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | Mothers. | 3 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | " | 3 | 30 | 30 | ||||
| 11 | " | 1 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 33 | ||
| 20 | " | 2 | 40 | 40 | ||||
| 47 | " | 1 | 1 | 47 | 47 | 94 | ||
| 30 | " | 1 | 30 | 30 | ||||
| 40 | " | 1 | 40 | 40 | ||||
| 1 | Mother. | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 233 | 369 | 265 | 2 | 636 | ||||
Commencing with the offspring of single women, it will be seen that one was the mother of ten children, eight boys and two girls. Two women gave birth to six children each. Four gave birth to five children each. Three gave birth to four children each. Sixteen gave birth to three children each. Fifty-four gave birth to two children each. Two hundred and forty-nine gave birth to one child each. Twenty-seven have suffered abortion once, and one has suffered in the same manner four times. The corresponding tables for married women and widows express similar facts in the same form. It is not necessary to quote them, as the figures give all the required information. The results may be recapitulated thus:
| Boys. | Girls. | Abortions. | Totals. | ||||||
| 357 | single women bore | 272 | 187 | 31 | 490 | ||||
| 357 | married"" | 459 | 325 | 7 | 791 | ||||
| 233 | widows bore | 369 | 265 | 2 | 636 | ||||
| 947 | 1100 | 777 | 40 | 1917 | |||||
| Excess of male over female births, 223. | |||||||||
| Ratio of excess upon the total number born, 116⁄10 per cent. | |||||||||