Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-11

heat than they desire. This was found to be
the case in the Wallach building, the northeast
corner rooms being damp, and the occupants
complaining OF insufficient heat.
In the Chamberlain building, Georgetown. the
air was foul in every room. and the heat was
uneGua!ly distributed. The Lincoln building
was in good condition but an insufficiency Of
heat was complained Of; the LOvejoy has no
means of ventilation other than the windows
the Mccormick. Potomac. Stevens, Bowen, and
Cranch buildings were in fair condition. and
the Randall and Miner buildings excellent
throughout.
The smaller buildings. owned and rented. he
Classics as follows: Fair tolerable and totally
unfit. Among those classed as in fair condition
may be mentioned the Larner, Miller d Berrett
10th and G SITS. n W; cor High and Market SITS,
Georgetown, and cor. Prospect and Lingan SITS
Georgetown. Those in only tolerable condition
and which have defects that lie cannot ATTEMPT
10 point out at the present time are situated as
follows: On Fl. between 18th and 18th SITS. W.;
cor. 22d and SITS. NV: cor. 10Th and StS n
W w, lstn gun; between and Fl NV; ST.; between
I, between 9th and 10th stS NV: 9th, between
and NJ NV; . ST., between 4th and 5th StS H.
w.; cor Sth and SITS. NV: cor and New
Jersey avenue NV; sth, between NJ and sts
NV. cor. 5th and SITS. NV: cor 18th and G StS.
Sc 9th, between X and Va ave Sc: cor 5th
and va ave se.: E, between 5th and 9th SITS
Sc: 1st, between and d SIS. Sc: cor ,th and
A SITS e.; 9Th, between and Q SIS. NV; on
Montgomery, between Bridge and Olive SITS.
and on Sd, between High and Market SITS.
the property of the District. the remainder
being rented. The defects found in most of
them are imperfect ventilation, Unequal distri-
button of heat, poor light, damp wallis or in
SUFFICIENT air space. Those buildings totally
UNIT TO be used as schools are located as fol-
lows, VIZ: on Sd, between and New York ave.
NV; cor. 4th and l. SITS. NV; NJ. between 10th
and 18th NV; cor. goth and r SITS. NV; l4th.
between Ohio ave. and d SITS. NV, and cor. I'd
and H SITS. Sc.
Il would recommend that all the premises de-
scribed as unfit for school purposes be vacated
as soon as proper accommodations can be OBJ
tanned elsewhere
VITAL STATISTICS
Ine tables under the head of vital statistics
SHOW the total mortality for the nine months
preceding June 80, 1885, 3,023-White males S5!
or % 4ss per cent. OF the total; white females,
22.9l7 per cent, and colored females, rs, or
24.OS2 per cent. The whites furnish 52.Ool per
cent, and colored A .999 per cent. The delth
rate per 1000 OF the population for the two
races WaS-whiteS, 1857, and colored, 1924. He
says: When we compare the death rate Of the
two races, the colored being little above one
fourth OF the entire population, the great dis
parity between the White and colored is notice
able This table shows no case of either small
box Or Asiaic cholera, sunstroke or yellow
fever
Consumption stands at the head OF the list
furnishing $50 or 1919 per cent NEARLY one
nfth> OF the total. Other tables as to cOnSump-
tlOn snow that among the c0Ored there were
nearly three times as many as whites. Pneyl-
monia stands next. 49, OF 10 50 OF the totat-G3
white males. 40 white females. III cOlored males
and 90 cOlored females. and he remarks The
tables show it ispeCuliarly fatal to colorei who
furnish tW0-thiT(S Of al the cases, and a still
more remarkable fact is the relative mortality
under . years Of age, which is more than times
me death rate Of he whites. Scarlet fever and
dlpht hef1a, each furnished less than per cent
OF the total deaths. and they were much more
fatal than with the whites \ table showing
color, sex. average age. married. sine
widows and WidOWers develops some interesting
Iacls. The low average OF age attained by the
coIored race as compared with the white; the
c0lored male attaining but the average age OF
l2.4S2 years. While the white male attainS that
OF 2s.3sS. The difference OF the ayerar re are OF
The white and colored female is not quite 50
great, being about nine and One-half wears
comparing the white male and female il is
found the advantages in favor OF the female a
little over two years, while the colored females
nave the advantage over the colored males OF
three ana sixteenth years. After the age OF
hve years, it is shown that this differ
ence is TO so:ne extent obliterated. Az
tne age OF forty we find the tables turned ia
favor OF the colOred race. The colOred male has
over two and half years more allotted to him
IMAM the white, and the cOlored female has the
advantage OF one and a fourth years as com
pared with the white female, so that although
TIER lives may prove OF greater length after
arriving at the age OF forty. still the white child
nearly two chances TO the others one to attain
this age. Another thing to be remembered is
llat very many of these Old cOlored people are
either uncertain as to their ages or are prone 10
eNaggerate in respect thereto Another no,nt
OF interest Is the social relations. Among the
whites we find the number of WidoWerS 10 be
nfty-SeVen and the number OF widows are one
hundred and fOrty-fOur-a difference of eighty
SeNen-SGOWlng pretty cOncluSively that smOre
WldoWefS than widows marry In married
lie we ind that two hundred and fOrty-sayen
married men die to one hundred and eighty-tiyp
married. WOmen-a difference on SiXty-tWo-
moving that married life is more Salutary for
ne female than the male OF white males single
one hundred and tWeny-eight over the ace of
twenty years die, against Seventy-fiye single fe-
maleS-a difference OF fifty-three-also showing
perhaps that single life is more salutary 10 the
emaie than the male. We find slight a1yan-
1aSe OF fOur-tenthS OF year for the WidOJers
over the widows In the average ages OF the two
sexes. The average age OF the married male
exceeds That OF the married female over nine
ana elSnt-tenthS years, showing very cOncuS-
Nely that married life is more Saiutary for the
male than female. The same remarks are also
applicable to the cOlOred race. Here we find
the life OF the married male exceeds that of the
unmarried by over seventeen and half years.
ana the life OF the married female that of the
unmarried female by twelve years To Obviate
any erroneous Impression which may be drawn
1rcm this table, IL Is explained that these calcu-
latlons are made only from the ages OF those
VINO have died during the nine months covered
by these figures. There is a marked difference
between the average ages OF the dying and the
living, the latter being Eearly double the
former.
map accompanies the report, in which the
locations OF fatal cases OF diseases In districts
are SHOWN Dy cOlOrS. such as scarlet fever dipl-
therla, dlarrhdal diseases, typhoid and malaiial