The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-29

l CHe pV'iSS "hH II ~ E'''' 0' :,
| ENQUIRIES were addressed to Il
cities of 10000 Inhabitants and ~
wards, in number 345, of which
over 200 have made complete re-
turns. The total population OF
these $40 cities was 17,29l,479
being an increase of 60.57 per cent.
since 1880.
OF these cities Chicago, the sec.
ond in population has by far the
largest area 16O.57 square miles,
while New York with the largest
population is only the seventh as
regards area covering 1929 square
miles.
Next to Chicago both in area
and population comes Philadel-
phia with 1889 square miles, and
I,046,964 inhabitants. These three
cities are the only ones in the
States counting over q million y
habitants. In density of pOpE s-
tion New York is naturally al Ie
head of the list, the average being
81, ,675 to the square mile, Brook
lyn with 30,474 and Hoboken with
1862 coming next. These aver
ages however being for the whole
city give but little idea of the den
sity of population in some dis
tricts, and it's sparsity in Others,
as for instance, in the tenth ward
New York city there are 474 per-
sons to the acre and in the twenty
fourth only 3 to the acre.
Coming to the death rate of
twenty Of the largest cities Newark
has the highest 29.2 per thousand,
New York being second at 28.6 |
and Minneapolis the lowest with |
14.8. Here it is possible to make |
some sort Of comparison, though it
cannot be in any way accurate, as
it must be remembered that the
Honolulu figures are for one month
only, August, 1891, while the o. S.
Census figures do not specify any
limited period and are apparently
an average for the ten years.
The Honolulu death rate {all
nationalties) for August was
81 per thousand, or two per
thousand higher than Newark
md more than double that of Min
OF % great towns in
England during the third week in
August the average is 1873 per
,bousand of their aggregate popu-
alton, Preston, the highest proper
ion on the list, gives 28.5, the sane
IS New York; while Derby with
2.1, the lowest, is three per thous-
nd below Minneapolis; Chicago
nd Liverpool are alike at gil;
london is one per thousand better.
With water and gas statistics we
ave nothing to compare except in
ost. The highest annual charge
,er household is in Dallas, Texas,
where it is $31, and the lowest in
Washington, where it is $3.50. In
honolulu the lowest rate is $3.50,
nd the supply intermittent and
ften wholly inadequate for tbs
easonable needs of a family.
In New York the total cost Of
water works was $4,000, 900, yet
ne annual charge is only Sc, for
which every individual may (and
loes) consume "A gallons per diem.
n Buffalo the daily consumption
caches 1856 gallons per head of
Drainage statistics may be passed
ver, as we have nothing to COM
are, but we may remark that Bos-
on, which shows the largest aver
ge annual cost of maintenance and
epairs, does not show the highest
verage cost per mead, this latter
eing, in fact, no more than S0.263;
+ five other large cities, New York
S0.077 is the highest.
The police statistics show that
Jew York, as must needs be, has
he largest and costliest force in
be States. 1t is the best patrolled
ity, having the largest number of
atrolmen to each square mile of
erritory, the largest percentage Of
be force to each head of popula-
ion and the smallest proportion of
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