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Show I I Musings of the Metropolis : 1 News of New York Town Ml I Outlined in Brief Form. (! "Storkville" Other Name for New York I XJEW YOnit New York's populate popula-te ll (Ion Is Increasing at tbo ralo of l' moro ttian 60,000 a year through the Y natural cause of birth. In othor words, 1 there are 60,000 moro births annually P In this city than thoro nro deaths ) and oven If there woro no Immigrate Immigra-te tlon to swell the population. New W York still would ndvanco amazingly In C tho mattor of Inhabitants, tj These facts have boon developed In view of a recent finding by tho Offl-ft Offl-ft del of Paris, tho government gazetto XX of the French republic. In which the 'J startling spectaclo was presontcd of a ft death rate In oxces of tho birth rate, ja The figures took In tho five countries ll of Franco, Gormany, England and W Wales, Uelglum and Italy, and wcro y based on every 10,000 of population, i Whereas In Gormany, at tho last h count, thoro were 160 moro births than Ifi deaths to ovory 10,000 Inhabitants thero woro In Franco five fewer Ijj births thnn deaths. I At tho omcos of tho board of health J!J In this city It was cheerfully stated u that thoro Is no nppnrmit dangor of U New York becoming depopulated, and tho figures for tho 30 weeks of 190S bear out tbs vlow, A study or th reports for the seven months of the year shows that tho city Is stcadll gaining In Inhabitants through natu nil cnuios, and that nover in nil tin 30 woeks has tho death rata approxt mated the birth rato. Thoro havo died In Now York and this Includes all tho boroughs o tho greater city Blnco tho 1st ot January, 44,095 persons ot varylnf ages, and against those thoro Iiavi been births to tho number of 72,274. This leaves n balanco of 29,670 on the birth sldo ot tho ledger for tho 30 weeks, or an avcrago ot an excess ol births ot 985. 00 a week. Carrying this out to tho 62 wcekii of tho year, it Is seen that tho oxcess of births Is not less thnn 61,270.23. And thus, loft to Its own resources, and with no outstanding augmentation, Now York city would steadily appreciate In population. Tho highest numbor ot births registered reg-istered during tho year was In tho very babyhood of tho year ttsclf, tho week ending Janunry 4 developing no fewer than 3,321 births In tho greater city. Manhattan, of courso, led In this honor list, tho stork depositing 1,032 babies on hcarthstonos of this borough Tho board ot health ofilclnts say they can't seo any signs of rnco sul-cldo sul-cldo In tho records tho first 30 weoks of 1908 havo produced. |