Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-26
District Government Affairs.


The total mortality IN the District OF Columbia
Tor The month OF October, 1881, WAS 3I3 can in
crease OF 49, as compared with the corresponding
Iaonth OF last year, and 81 more than the average
humber Oi deaths Tor the month october for the
past eight yearS.)Cr at the Fate Of 2676 per 1000
per annuIn. The death rate for last Santambar
WIS exceptionally high for that month. hut for
this list October the rate is stilI higher "a com
pared with the OctOberS or the preceding seven
years The dedth-rdteS for the months OF June and
July last, however, were exceptionally low, and
Tor the past five months, namely, from June To
October 81, the mean annual de th-rateS have been
a. IoIo"S: 10 per 600 for The white population,
Ss S FOR the colored, and 20 "a for the total: the
mean annual teath-ratcs for these five months for
AZ Is for the cOlored, and SsO4 Tor the total So
that, although. there have been unusually high
death Rates Tor both September ANA October VET
the mean rates for the five months last past are
lower than the mean rates for the same months
Tor tne last sven years The mortality of the white
pOpuauoh was ID or at the rate Of ~ 80 per 900
per ahuin. while that OF the cOlored WAS I,g or n
the rdt+1o lt5. The mortality as compared Wit
Tue n10hth OF September hst shows an increas. OF
io lno u s ron 2ymotic diseases have de-
cecfedstd from 159 lfS: CONSTITUTIONAL from IN,
" % iVI..l h.ae increased from % To 80; develop
mcnli rom ~ u -; violence Increased from ia
To a. The one case from smallpox WAS Of q mart y
coming here from Philadelphia sick with n. phera
has been no spread OF the disease The n,,mhar
of deaths from dipthera is the same as st mnnth
viz Is: typhoid fever Increased from II 10 ~ M
larial feyerS from . TO 30: diarrhal diseases de
20 So per cent Were five years and over: 62 80 nc
cent We're 10 years ana over. and 1916 per cent
: u.
cent were years and over; 1855 per cent were e
years and over, and oil per cent We're 10 years
and over, showing percentage I'm favor OF the
Whlte race Tor each OF these specified ages as fol-
III; x'.s4 1885 OF the total 4l3 Deaths So Oh
N-31 per cent were under one year OF age: OF
these infants 40 were white and As cOlored. The
total mortality under years OF age was 49, OF
3s-Ol per cent There were 295 births reported
Gan annual birth rate OF 1876 per IOOS OF thess
BIRTHS 50 were white males So white females: q
colnred males, and IS colorad females q, b;rth
rate Of I7-2 per 10C0 for the white and "a for the
coiored population,) showing an apparent de.
crease OF the total population by excess OF deaths
over births reported oi lis, the white population
decreasing by o., the coiOred I,y 80 or tie births
reported 2fl occurred in Washington: IL i'm George
town; p IN the county, and rs in the hosp,t5 lis
liz reports were made by Physicians and $50 by
midwiyeS; white and colorec Were nlegft.mat,s
There were 81 still-6irths, g more than las
monthly II were white, and Il colorcd: X hid,
and colOrtd were illegitiInate. Marriages ~,
DOrfef, "a: white, So; coiOre6. -. During tn
month permits were issued .Cr burial of person.
dying OUTSIDE the District, and transfers; Whit
and 81 colOred were buried at public expense.
RANGE OF THE THERHogETER.--T'he following ar,
the readings OF the therm6 meter 1T the Signal one
during the day: a m 30 dog; il IN 10 ,t6.<
Ppm, IS deg. Maximum, 45.4 deg: nliain,u..l, q
oag.