Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-08-25
District Eoyer,men, Affairs.

One good thing accomplished by the new market
ll1as master; Mr.: C. H. Buell., is an arrangement by
be cleaned up daily and the manure left on the
pavements by country teams carted off.
IMPROVEMENT OF SEVENTH STREET ROAD
MI. Burrows, in charge OF the improvement OF
the 1th street road, under Lieut. Greene is making
good progress with his work, having arrived at
BrightWood He will carry the work as far as the
cross road. above the Masonic hall, where it will
terminate this season, and until further approor-
ations are made There are several other county
roads which i ar are to be repaired and extended this
year. The 7th street road improvein,nt viii be
extended to the District line, where it is hoped
the Rockville and sligo pike companies will carry
It Oh through Montgomery county.
BUILDING PERMITS
Issued by Inspector Entwisle: Dr. Dean, repair
brick 1876 / street northwest; s1,4O0 Whit. L.
Oyerman, repair frame 937 NJ street northwest;
street northwest; $500.
LIQUOR LICENSES.
on Ws and al2ana Mam MeA MSepAHs
ter and have disapproved D. w. Hall e. Bros
CHANGE OF GRADE
The Commissioners to-day assented to a change
of grade on South Capitol street between ami @
streets south, making further excavation neces-
sary OF about SIX feet at the greatest depth. This
in want Of all the clay they can get this new grade
adding materially to such facilities. This Street
when complete will have an easy ascent from the
Eastern Branch up to the Capitol, just what is
needed for business purposes, many brick being
annually hauled over this street to supply con:
tractors.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The report OF vital statistics for July just issued
by the health officer, shows that the total mortal
ity in the District OF Columbia for that month was
444, or at rate OF N.63 per 900 per annum Death.
rate Is 4.75 In the 1000 less than the mean annual
rate for the months OF July for the past eigh,
2O at the rate OF 217 per 1000 per annum, being
62 per 1000 less than the mean rate for the past
eight years The mortality OF the colored popula-
annum, showing decrease In their rate, as com.
pared with the same for the month OF July during
rates per 1900 for the derent classes OF diseases
were as follows: Zymotic, 12.26: constitutional
5:35 local, 685; developmental, 2.A; violence, 93
June last, shows an increase OF "a The deaths
from Zymotic diseases increased from 123 to 1877
constitutional de decreased from ss TO ss local de;
from 80 to 80; violence from II to Is. The deaths
from scarlet fever remain the same as last month
VIZ: 5; dptheria decreased from to /; Group from
to o; whooplng-cough remains the same, viz: 1
typhoid fever increased from to IL; malarial fe
vers from TO IL; diarrhGal diseases from SO tt
147; cancers from TO 13; consumption decreased
from GO to Az diseases OF the nervous system from
81 TO As; diseases OF the heart and blood vessels
! from to 9; diseases of the digestive organs In.
creased from II TO 26: deveiOpmental diseases from
II to II; puerperal diseases OF women from to g.
and sentlity decreased from 19 to IL The average
last month. 0f the white decedents $50 per cent cent
e az o Sna per
were 40 years and over. OF the colored, 37.S5 pei
cent We're years OF age and over; 2S04 per cenl
were % years and over, and 1875 per cent were Al
years and over, showing percentage in favor Of
the white race at each Of these periods OF life.
follows: 1870: 1887; 1857. OF the total 444 de-
ce0ents, l98 or AZ "a per cent were under one yea
OF age: 90 Of these infants white and 105 CO.!
ored The total mortality under i've years Of agt
was 241 or 81 % per cent
Tn ere were 275 births reported, ian annual birth
rate OF 1711 per 1,000) OF these births, as wert
white males, IS white females, 81 colored males
| and 81 colored females, "a birth-rate OF 1877 pei
0C0 per annum for the white, and 2a6 for the col
ored population), showing an apparent decrease o
pop ulaton by excess OF deaths over births report
ed OF 160, the white population decreasing by 100
the cOlOred by g. Five pairs of twins e white,
col ored.l were reported. Marriages reported, 42
white 81 colored TO-
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