Excerpt from Annual Report on the Vital Statistics of Massachusetts: Births, Marriages, Divorces and Deaths, for the Year Ending December 31, 1956The editorial review and the method of presentation of the statistical data were prepared by Arthur J. Hassett, State Registrar, in charge of the Division of Vital Statistics. The statistical tables were prepared under the direction of M. Louise Joyce, statistician of the division. The exhibition of tabular results is restricted to such as are plainly of practical utility within the meaning of the statute by authority of which the tables are prepared.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.