The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-01
COUNTING THE CHILDREN
CHATHAM COUNTYS SCHOOL
POPULATION.

Thirteen Thousand Boys and Girls OF
School Age in the County - Over
Eight Thousand ir the City-The
Census Complete and the Returns
All Made Up-The Basis for Chat
/, hams Share of the State School
Fund.
Clerk of Council Rebarer completed yes
terday the work Of compiling the returns
of the school census The result shows that
there are S,155 school children in the city
OF this number 1888 are white and 4 272
colored.
The work Of taking the census began sew
eral weeks ago and was necessarily slow
The census was made by the police. One
policeman was detailed to each
ward The canvass was from
house to house and an accurate count was
taken of all children between 6 and Is
years of age. The census, with that of the
country districts, which has already been
taken, will form the basis for Chatham
county's share in the distribution of the
state school fund. The census returns were
turned over to the board of education last
night, and were forwarded by Supt. Bates
to Atlanta. The following is the official
count from the city by wards:
Anson-White 81. colored %, total 80.
Bartow-White SO, colored 1859, total 1872
Brown-White "a, colored 20, total la.
Chatham-White l06, colored 81, total
1888.
Calhoun-White 100, colored 10, total
10.
Columbia--white 81, colored SO, total
49,
Currytown-White 1S4, colored $50, total
314
Crawford-White 1856, colored 1S6, total
902.
Davis-White 66, colored 113, total 49,
Derby-White %, colored Z, total 90.
Dscker-White 20, colored 2, total %.
Elbert-White o. colored AZ, total 139.
Eastern and southeastern suburbs-White
424, colored $40, total no.
Fronts, Factors and Yamacraw-White
IS, colored 295. total $50
Franklin--White6 81, colored 9, total 6.
Green-White 80, colored so, total, SO.
Heathcote-White5 So, cOlored 8, total 60.
Jackson-White 90, colored IS, total 81.
Jasper and Pulaski-White 80, colored r.
total 102.
Liberty-White 118. colored Is, total 193
Lafayette-White 70, colored 80, total 1875
MagazIne-White6 81, colored 301 total $685.
1uOUUeTey-N llbS o., COlOI6u UOLttl lOO
OglethOrpe-White 227, colored 1853, to-
tai $50.
Percival-White IS, colored 6. total IL.
Reynolds-White 81, colored IL, total As.
Southern, eastern and western suburbs
within corporate limits-White $685. col
ored 72S, total 1,011.
Troup-White 1O4, colored %, total 1S2.
Warren-White Sc, colored "a, total 10.
Washington-White 70, colored So, total
ia
Walton-white III, colored 40s, total
664
Western suburbs-White 291, colored 176,
total 467.
Wesley-White IS, colored IS, total 10.
Western suburbs No. 2-White 322, col
ored $40, total 81.
Total-White: males 1900, females / ,903;
colored: males 1,929, females 2,343.
Total-White 3, 1885, colored 4,272.
Total white and colored, 8, l55.
Although the white population of the city
there are nearly 400 more coIored school
children than there are white. The census
shows that there are 90 more colored boys
than white boys, and $50 more colored girls
than white girls.
The enumeration returns from the coun-
try districts have been received at the office
of the superintendent Of the board of educa-
ton, and show an aggregate OF IT'S white
and 1916 colored children. These figures,
added to the returns from the city, make
the county's school population 1926,
This is falling off OF SIS since the last
census. The last census showed 1898
white children and 1892 colored children
in the city, and 1904 white and
5,052 colored children in the county
outside of the city, making a total
of 4,927 white children and S,874 colored
children in the entire county. The falling
off in the number of children in the county
outside of the city is explained from the
fact that the limits of the city have been
largely extended, thereby excluding from
the county many who were enrolled in the
county population.