Hiring at private companies slowed considerably in July, with most of the job growth coming from healthcare, payrolls processing firm ADP reported Wednesday. Nonfarm job growth excluding government totaled a seasonally adjusted 44,000 for the month, below the downwardly revised 95,000 in June and less than the Dow Jones consensus forecast for 75,000. On net, all of the gains came from the services sector, which added 47,000 while goods-producing companies saw a decline of 3,000. Of those jobs, the education and health services sector produced 36,000, continuing a long-standing trend for the industry in leading employment growth. Financial activities added 10,000, professional and business services contributed 9,000, and the other services category saw a gain of 6,000.