Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-03-10

dwellings, rs, viz " ood, las, br,ch so, stone
Under the head Of Sanitary OondHson and
Exposures" 731 dwellings were reported as
bad; and, In many cases, inc cxases on inealu.
brity were specified, as-vieinRy 70 slaughter
houses, pools Of water, open drains, &C., or
heaps OF 6lth crowded apartments, &c.
The average number Of Inhabitants in house
ts found to be 6.21 for the whole District. In
Washington 1t is 6.15; in Georgetown, 6.29; and
in the remainder of the District 6&. The
presence Of large households and institutions
is here also shown by the larger average Of the
suburban section.
count of the number Of buildings and
dwellings, has been made at different periods,
and anords the means Of comparing the aver
ages OF the present with the past. On the first
OF december, ls19; there were found l29 shops
separate from dwellings, IS public buildings,
ana 3o4 squares with improvements upon
them OF brick houses there were then 92a, of
which so were one story, 65i two stories, and
22l three stories. Of framed hou ses there were
LIB, OF which 3H were one story, 534 two
s.oIies. ana ESQ three stones. Allowing the
number to have been the same at the time Of
taking the census in the summer of 1870, we
been 4.G5.
At the close of 1890 the number of brick houses
was reported as 1,57a, and of wood, as Loss; a
total OF 1898, and an average Of 500 persons TO
a house. 1t is quite probable that these per-
centages are too low, and that many buildings
included in the returns had no inhabitants.
PAMILIKs.
The number Of families reported in the Dis.
trict Is 23,4S5, OF which 7.24l are composed en-.
tirely Of colored persons. The total number in
Arlington is N,G73; in Georgetown, 2,054, and
In the remainder OF the District, 1857 The
average number Of persons in a family is sos
county, and $40 in the entire District. 1t is
obvious that the larger number for the county
Is que 10 the existence of large institutions, the
family.
The number of houses inhabited by one fam
ny is I,35si by two families. l19; by three
families, lo2 by four families, s5 by five fami-
lies, 20 by six families, 10: by seven families, 8;
by eight families, 3; by eleven families, 1; by
twelve families, !, and by twenty-three famI-
lies.
The returns show tina. there are of the whites
1,271 families boarding in Washington. 14S in
Georgetown, and SO in the COMMUNICATING a
general aggregate Of 1872. OF these, 759 were
wife; 397 were of three persons; 100 of four per-
sons; IS OF hve persons; 50 of six persons: II OF
seven persons and Of eight persons. OF col.
ored families boarding there are 400, of which
25 are of two, se Of three, IS OF four 26 of five,
Is Of six, Of seven, 2 Of eight, and Of nine
persons.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE,
The total number Of persons reported as nm
der instruction, including children in public,
private. and family schools, and students in
commercial colleges and schools and theologi-
cal institutions, is 1886; of whom 6,555 are
white males, $500 white females, 1867 coiored
males, and 3,647 colored females. The returns
Of those over fifteen years of age unable to read
anu WIlte, give the following nRurpS.
Unable to read-Americans $50. Germans 49,
Irish 724; tther nationalities g. Unable to
wrtte-Americans 1,C2l, Germans 1852, Irish 923:
other nationalities 81. Colored, unable to read
over the age Of fifteen years, HOPS; unable to
write 12,625. The present census reports I79
deaf and dumb, ~ blind, 3a1 insane, and 80
idiots, including the inmates of public institu-
tons The number of orphans, twenty years
old and under, is reported as 1926, or l.St per
cent of the population. OF the above there
We're 1873 white male, and 229 female children
living in institutions, and the remainder In
families. OF colored children, rs males and IL
females We're reported as in institutions.
In the returns of the ages it Is shown that of
the whites, the n lumber Of males is 1,279 greater
than that of females, while Of the colored, the
females exceed in number by 1885, The war
appears TO have brought into the District more
colored females than males The employments
of Government have drawn thither more white
males than females.
Under the head OF "civil condition" the re-
port gives the following statistics Sin gle
white males, 1880: single colored do 1O4
total do, 37,7sI Single white females, 23,33s;
single colored do, 61C' total do IS, AS White
married males, 15,442; colored do, 6, 1859; total
21,6ll. White married females, Is, 189; color ed
do, $3.50; total 21,0s9. White widowers, lib:
colored do, 431; total, 1852. White widows,
1858 colored do, 1919; total, 6,172. White mar
RED pairs living together in families, l4,l72;
cOlored do, $500.
In the column headed "Intends Permanent
Residence, if Yes mark in this column. -
an affirmative record was returned by So 40
whites, and 30,0l1 colored; total, S9i5I. The
remainder was left blank, or marked "No"
OF owners of real estate there were reportad
GAS whites, and 1893 colored; total, asa OF
renters Of real estate there Were reported S,s95
whites, and 4,595 colOred; total, 13,3SG.
The returns Of voters show an aggregate Of
23,452, OF whom 1892 vote in the District
Males of legal age from whom no returns as to
the right of voting was NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
1887; OF foreign birth, ,40S; colored, 2,0I7.