The sun., 1884-10-12
ARE THE NEGROES DYING oUrs
Further restsrss~y from The nsaith Res~vts
sf CitIes anA stasss. Nsrth aaa aewsh.

81 cities and STATES Nsrst aas s.ssA.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-Since the appearance
OF my letter in The Sun Of Sept. %. l have OK
amined the health reports from other cities
and from the States Of Illinois and louisiana.
oil OF which show higher death rate among
the oolored people than among the whites.
begin with Boston. tho centre Of philan-
throplc endeAvor In behalf OF the oolored race.
The figures refer TO tho year 1889. The white
population Of the city In 1880 was $50. .s2e. and.
supposinE tho increase in tho succeeding three
years TO have been equal in ratio TO that which
marked the preceding ten years. viz. 46k per
cent. the population In 1889 would bs 400. con.
Tho deaths among the whites In 1883 amounted
to 8.6l3. and the death rate was thereforos2S.4O
per 1.0O0 people. The color0d population In
1880 In Boston was 6873. and. supposing
It TO have increased during the succeed
ing three years at the rate shown for
the ten years preceding. viz. 40 per
cent. In ten years. the number In 1888 would be
6.57S. The number OF deaths in 1883 among
these people was 227. and the death rate in
1000 was therefore 34.50 This was II. 10 great
or than the whites.
Tho calculations for Providence. Rhode
Island are made By the Board OF Health OF tho
city. The city Ii estimated to have contained
in 1888 li5.254 white people. Tho number OF
doaths during tho year. among this elaes or
race. was 2.203. This was at the rate OF 1915
deaths In 1000. Tho colored population Of
Providence for tho year 1888 was estimated
by the Board OF Health. on the basis Of tho
census OF 1880. to be 4l5i. The number Of
deaths during the year was 1870. This was at
tho rate OF 1891 per 1000. which was 9.75
greater than the death rate among tho whites.
St. Louis contained. in 1880. S2S l9l white in.
habitants. Tho rate OF increase for ton yoars
had been 1864 per cont. At this rate. for tho
three following years. tho population in 1883
would be 34l.644. There were 7.4OG deaths
among the white people in 1893. which was at
the rn,e Of ~ 2s1 per 100 The cSjcssi o. J
n. Increase ia during the T preeedins wr ten Years
cent 0as s sa," Ss sss h oss tEs fs
be ~ 3Od. Tho number Of deaths among this
class ~ u lssS $ WAS s35 ND tho rats per 1000
than the death rate among the whites.
i find In tho report OF the Hoard Of Health OF
population. which is less unfavorable to tho
3.Hsl. Isl. The .namDer of deaths among the
rate. therefore WAS i4:57 in 1000: The color.d
and there " were % SSS deaths nsoo AMONG @ 4Gi Sicm
dh"rnE shg IN rs% rTe death a ra5S s WAS
ieoo Greater ihan among % the WI Whites. M' 900 per
81 % iaii to ma n.ro the rsports from the Board
OF f1ehiNn oI mhny citieS. ana some ol thOSe
that are accessible have not discrimnated be-
tween the whites aud blacks. npI only the
the date of 1871 ~: The white population
OF New York in 1870 WIS 92y. 1879. and tho
colored population was 1902. The blacks
incrcased but slightly during the preceding
decade, but made rapid progress from 1870
70 1850. We VIII suppose that in the winter of
1871 "a the whites numbered 800 900 and the
blacks II. 900. On this assumption the death
rate is calculated. The report is for thirteen
weeks. ending March 81 1872. This is Just
one fourth OF u year and the number Of deaths
Is therefore multiplied in each case by four.
The number Of deaths among the whites for
the thirteen weeks was jpG and for IL year Mt
Tho death rate per 1000 per annum was there
fore 80. .S5S. Tho deaths among the colored
people during the thirteen weeks was 100. and
for ifty-two weeks the number would be 4SO.
This would show u death rate OF "a 2SJ in 900
per annum among the blacks or 3.43 greater
than that of the whites.
But the most s,rik ing and appalling evidence
of the evanshment of the colored race is fur
ntshed in the reports from Now Orleans Tho
last annual report contains u statement Of tho
mortality among the whites ana colored people
OF that city Tor nearly every year from and IN
Guiding lSi5 to 1882. Only six years are omit
tod. During the sarlier part Of this period the
fever than the blacks. THIS WAS tho case
down to 1853. when the death rate per thou
sand among the whites WAS l24. and among
the blacks 49, But from that dat" forward
whether in years OF yellow fever Otherwise
the blacks laye died at rates far in excess OF
tho whitss There ara but two exceptions to
this rule. which are furnished n this years 1867
and 1873. During the succeeding years. down
70 1882 the death rates OF the two races per
thousand per ann um arc given as follows: