Michigan Vital Statistics Report for 1900
The Secretary of State’s Report on Vital Statistics has been received for the year 1900. The slow appearance of these reports is largely due to the delay in making returns of births under the present law. The Michigan registration law for deaths is considered one of the best in the country. Under it there were registered 33,884 deaths for the year, corresponding to a death rate of 14 per 1,000 population. The number of births enumerated was 43,699, probably not more than two thirds of the number that occurred. There were 23,295 marriages and 2,418 divorces in the State during the year. Any one desiring a copy of the report should notify the Secretary of State, at Lansing, Mich.