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Life And Death
Professor Dr. Stefan
Vonhaz has established, in his eminent work
about the settlement of the Sathmar
Swabians, that during the 18th Century 2,000
families settled in 30 communities. The
number of German inhabitants in these towns
was around 18,000 in 1821, rose to 38,000 in
1912, and in 1930 was over 40,000. The
population increased in one hundred years by
more that 100%. At the turn of the century,
the birth rate began to drop, as we can see
from the following figures for every 1,000
inhabitants:
|
Year |
Births |
Deaths |
Population increase
(Births minus deaths) |
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1909 |
57.0 |
26.8 |
30.2 |
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1910 |
60.5 |
33.8 |
26.7 |
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1911 |
54.3 |
32.7 |
21.6 |
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1912 |
58.6 |
23.2 |
35.4 |
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1913 |
47.8 |
27.3 |
20.5 |
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1931 |
39.6 |
22.3 |
17.3 |
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1932 |
39.7 |
21.3 |
18.4 |
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1933 |
36.8 |
21.6 |
15.2 |
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1934 |
38.5 |
21.4 |
17.1 |
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1935 |
36.6 |
21.1 |
16.5
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Former Judge Gherman gives us the following
figures from the Grosskarol district for
1934-1936, comparing Germans with other
nationalities per 1,000 inhabitants:
| Nationality |
Births |
Deaths |
Increase |
| German |
35.3 |
20.9 |
14.4 |
| Romanian |
28.5 |
16.1 |
12.6 |
| Hungarian |
26.9 |
19.5 |
7.4 |
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In
proportion to the number of inhabitants,
therefore, the Germans had an annual
increase of 225, the Romanians 168, and the
Hungarians 40. The above tables show that
the Swabians had the greatest number of
infant mortality.
What about
Scheindorf?
The settlement of 800
recorded in the years 1925-1934: 288 births,
194 deaths, and an increase of 94 souls. The
corresponding figures for 1935-1943 were:
270 births, 160 deaths, and an increase of
110. Translated to figures we have the
following picture, per 1,000 inhabitants:
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Births |
Deaths |
Increase |
| 1925-1934 |
36.0 |
24.2 |
11.8 |
| 1935-1943 |
37.5 |
22.0 |
15.5 |
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Infant mortality in Scheindorf was also
relatively large. Of the 26 registered
deaths in 1937, there were 9 children. In
1938; 9 adults and 5 children died; in 1939,
13 adults and 6 children; in 1940, 10 adults
and 8 children; and finally in 1943; 12
adults and 8 children.
In spite of
the calculated increase in population, the
number of people in Scheindorf did not
increase during the ten-year period, because
the town was affected more than all the
other Swabian settlements by emigration
because of economic need.
[Credits,
Originally Published by Jody McKim Pharr at the DVHH.org 29 Sep 2006]
[Published by Sarah Coraggio
at the DVHH on 5 October 2018]
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