Campbellsport News, December 21, 1916

STORK HAS BUSY YEAR
VISITS OVER 1,100 FAMILIES IN THE COUNTY DURING PAST ELEVEN MONTHS

  Births far exceed deaths in the county according to the vital statistics given out by the register of deeds this week relating to the eleven months so far this year.
   There were 668 deaths in the county during the eleven months, the largest occuring in January, when eighty-eight persons answered the summons of the grim reaper. On the other hand, the stork visited county families 1,143 times during the same period, the greatest number of visits being during the month of May, when 135 children were born.
   Marriages were unable to keep up the pace set by the other two divisions of the register's record book, and a total of only 397 unions was reported. June, of course, was the most popular with fifty-five, although October came a close second with fifty-three.
   The following are the figures for the eleven months:
                     Births Marriages Deaths
January          128          20            88
February          87          31            61
March                89          28            60
April                 111         14            53
May                  135         42            63
June                 101         55            63
July                     94         23            60
August            115         24            41
September     117        52            77
October            89          53            45
November        67          45            47
      Totals     1143        397        668
   The figures for the month of November, just completed by the register, compare as follows with last year: 1915, Births 67; marriages, 58; deaths, 38.