The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-12
Jewish vital stat sites.

Agent A. S. Solomons, Of the census bureau,
has complied some very interesting vital
statistics Of the Jewish population Of the
United States. Schedules were furnished
TO every family known to have resided IN
this country at least Eve years prior TO Jan.
/, 1890, numbering over 1900 families,
and returns were voluntarily made by the
heads Of ,6ls families, embracing 90, $50
persons. No attempt was made TO ascertain
the exact number Of Jewish inhabitants in
the country. all that was attempted was
to secure sufficient date from which to draw
reliable deductions. OF these 0,6ls families
the heads of !, 332 were native born, 6, 1853
had been in the United States fifteen years
and over, 221 from ten TO fifteen years, 552
from FIVE TO ten years, 12s under five years,
and for l24 the period of residence in the
United States was unknown; 2. Alb. including
1888 persons. resided in New York,
Brooklyn, and the immediate vicinity a, All
families, including %, 1856 persons. aud in
Guiding these residents in the metropolitan
district of New York, resided in the cas-
tern states and on the Atlantic coast; 1852
families, including 1850 persons, resided in
the Mississippi valley; 2.7l9 families, in
Guiding Is, 476 persons, resided in the region
Of the great lakes; 7OS families, including
1900 persons, resided in the extreme west
ern states aud on the Pacific slope; and
,433 families, including s,21s persons, re
sided in the southern states and on the Gulf
coast. From the table the ratios Of mar
riages, births, and deaths in all these locali-
ties appear very uniform throughout. There
fore for the most part totals only are re-
ferred TO.
To some extent the social condition of
these families is indicated by the fact that
1896 Of them, including 81. 797 persons, or a
little over one-third Of the whole, are re-
ported as keeping no servants, while the re-
mainder, 6,622 families, including 80. 1913
persons, kept one or more servants, and
may, therefore, be presumed to have been
in easy circumstances. 1t is somewhat re-
markable that there should be so little
difference in the vital statistics Of these two
classes. and this difference is for the most
part in the opposite direction from that
which usually occurs under such circum-
stances, the average death and birth rates
being somewhat less in the poorer
classes than among those keeping
servants. In those families which kept no
servant, and which, therefore, may be pre-
sumed TO have belonged to the poorer
classes. the birth rate was lower than it was
among those in more easy circumstances,
being 66.92 per l ,oO0 women between Is and
so years of age, as against 60. IA for those
families keeping one servant. SO. "a for those
families keeping two servants, and 80. 10 for
those families having three or more serv-
ants. For those families living in the
southern states the birth rate is highest, be-
ing "a SO per 1000 women between IS and
30 years of age, and rising to hap per
| 1000 for those families in this region keep
ing three or more servants.
To each of the 10, 0s5 mothers the average
number Of children born was AGO. Those
mothers who were bern in the United
States average only $50 children each, as
against 5.24 for those born In Germany, 5.63
for those born in Russia and Poland, 5.27
for those born in Hungary, and 5.44 for
those born in Bohemia, indicating a dimin-
ished fertility in those women born in this
country.
If accurate, the figures for the births by
successive years indicate that the birth rate
is tending to diminish, especially when it is
| remembered that there is a somewhat
smaller population to give rise to births in
1886, at the commencement of the period,
than in 1880, at the close.
Among the Jews the proportion of males
to females was larger than in the general
population Of the country at the tenth CEN
sus, being 109 SO males to each 100 females,
as against 10357 males to 100 females in the
general population. OF 40, $3.50 born in the
United States, 6,772 had parents, one or
both CT whom were foreign born. For
| 12,754 of the whole number the mothers
were born in the United States; for !, 235 in
England and w ales; for 80 $40 in Germany
for 1855 in Russia or Poland: for ], 465 in
Hungary; for l. 759 in Bohemia; for $50 in
France, aud the remainder in other foreign
countries.
Among the males the proportion engaged
in occupations connected with commerce is
very large. or the total 49, lis males res
ported as having some definite occupation
lI4, 527 were wholesale or retail dealers,
bankers. bookkeepers, clerks, ETC., while
| OHAJ On WcIo IopCItoo do DoAHk ldDOloIb duO
3S3 as engaged In agricultural pursuits.
Relatively the Jews have suffered greater
loss than their neighbors by deaths from
diphtheria. diarrhoeal diseases. diseases Of
the nervous system land especially from dis
eases of the spinal oord), from diseases OF
the circulatory system, urinary system,
bones and joints. and of the skin, while
their mortality has been relatively less from
the tubercular diseases, including consump-
ton, sorofuls, tables aud hydrocephalus
than the other peoples with whom they are
compared.
Among the native born Of native-borr
parents, the death-rate was g. Is, and among
the foreign-born 7.61. Between the ages Of
rs and As the death rate among single male.
is decidedly greater than among married
males. For females between the ages Of 3,
and 35 the death rates are for the single 2. Il
and married ASS, indicating the increased
dangers due to conception and psrtu-
rition; but among females over IS years of
age the death rate is greater among the
single than it is among the married.
Among females the average death rate il
greater (7.l6) than among males GAO; bu
this excess Of deaths amoag females occurs