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Rappahannock County produced a bumper crop of babies in the past ten years, the Census Bureau’s figures show. Despite the fact that the birth rate was tapering off during the first half of the 60’s, babies have been arriving on the local scene in considerable number since then. According to the government report, a total of 960 babies were born to local residents between 1960 and 1970. This is exclusive of the number born in the county to non-residents.
Related to Rappahannock County’s median population during the ten-year period, this was equivalent lo an average annual birth rate of 17.5 per 1,000 people.
Elsewhere in the United States, the average rate was 19.9 per 1,000 population. In the South Atlantic States it was 20.4 and, in the State of Virginia, 20.3.
Throughout the nation as a whole, a total of 39,033,000 births were recorded in the decade. In Virginia, there were 909,000.
Each of the 960 babies born to parents in the local area signalled its arrival with a loud clamor for food, clothing, shelter and attention to its various other needs.
Ready to satisfy their special wants, then and now, are a whole group of service businesses and retail stores in the local area. Available through them are layettes, bassinettes, baby foods, toys, play pens, toiletries, diaper
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