National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-02
REGISTRARS REPORT.

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The registrars statement of the vital statistics
for the week ending Saturday September 25 was
then submitted, of which the following is a sypOp-
sis Total number of Deaths "A; white, male, Q;
female. g. colOred, male 3; female o; minors white,
male Is; female, 9; eolored, male, Il; female, is;
under one month old, white, 2; colored s. from one
month to one year, white, s; colored II; from one
month TO two, white 6; cOlored, s; three to four,
white 2; colored 0; four to five white, i colored,
q hTe 10 ten %he; Il SoVTea Ten b 10 twenty
ored, s. thirty to forty, wbi 2; cOlored, i forty
10 nifty, white, g colored 0; nifty to sixty white 3;
cOlored 2; sixty to seventy, white ,; colored, 0;
seventy to eighty, white, o. colored, /; eighty to
ninety white l. Nativity-Dis.rict of Columbia,
IS; United States, 3; ireland. l; Germany, l. The
causes Of death were: scaratina Group, l; Group,
(membranous) l; whOpIug cough, 2; erysipelss, /;
typhoid fever, l.; Intermittent fever, 2; typho
malaria fever, l; diarrhOea, l; cholera infantum,
4; entero-colits, 3; cerebro spinal meningitis, /;
syphilis, 1; inanition, .; intemperaRce, l. maras-
mus, 5; phthsis pulmOnalis, u; tuberculsr menin-
gitus l; abcess, l; meningitis, 1; apopexy, (cere-
bral) l; conyulsiors (nfantile, 1; congestion OF
brain, I; paricarditus, . valvular disease Of the
heart, 3; pneumonia, l; congestion of lungs, l;
forum, i cirrhOsis fliver, l. debility, (senle) Il
killed by railroad 2; exposure at birth, l. Daring
the same week there were Is marriages; white IL;
colored, . Births 70; white, IS; solored, 80. The
mortality for the District for the week was IA
less than last week, or at the rate of 24.O5 per
1000 per annum; Bios per cent of the deaths
were from ZymOtic diseases, 2t32 from constitu-
tion9l, S243 from local, $40 from deveIopmentaI
and 4.O5 from violence. The rate OF mortality Of
the white population was 1872 per 900 per an
mum, while the mortality of the colored popuia-
tion was 47.37 per 1000 for the same period. Rate
Of increase Of the white population by births
over deaths, 1S.5 per 900; while the decrease Of
the colored POPULATION by deaths over births was
SIT per 900 per annum.
The registrar also reported y deaths Of chill
dren under one year Of age, occurring during the
month Of August, recorded in his office, for which
no birth certificate had been received. This lat
ter report was referred to the committee on
ordinances.
HEALTH oFFICER's STATEMENT.
The health officer transmitted the pay-rolls Of
the employees Of the pound service, for the month
Of September, amounting to S24S50; also the
account Of II. ID. Beam, for attorneys fees, for
Sl10; also the payroll of the apothecaries and
physicians to the poor, amounting to S6Ss. 46. He
also presented q communication, accompanied by
q resolution, for the consideration OF the board In
regard to the school rooms IN the basement of the
Thirteenth-street Baptist church. The letter
states that one hundred and twenty children, and
two teachers are confined, for six hours q day in
these two rooms, which % by IL, and % by II,
containing only 6,57S cubic feet of air space, or
less than ITO feet to each person. The rooms are
very badly ventilated and exceedingly dark, and
the children, one by one, are compelled to leave
account Of sickness.
The communication and resolution were referred
to the sanitary committee.
Mr.. LanE on, as unfinished business, presented
q communication from g. Wagner, In relation to
q patent yentilator, which was also referred.
The board then adjourned until Tuesday.