The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
THE JEWS IN THE
UNITED STATES.
An Interesting Table Of COM
parative Vital Statistics.
Partial Results of Special Inquiry Made
Among Ten Thousand Jewish Families
in This Country.

the Interior Census once at w dShlngtDn OF
vital statistics OF the Jews in the United
States, emb dying, however. only partial
results OF a special inquiry made under the
direction of Dr.. John S. Billings, United
States Army, an expert special agent, of
some 10000 Jewish families in this country,
which presents or permits a comparison Of
certain characteristics in the vital statistics
of this people in the United States with
those observed in Europe. and with other
people. Special Agent A. S. SolomOns sent
separate schedules TO the head Of each family
/ in any part of the United States whose adj
dress could be ascertained, without distinc-
/ ton Of any kind except as to length OF resi-
| dence in this country. No attempt was
made to obtain complete return OF all
Jews, but only 10 gather data from families
embracing sufficient number oFpersonS to
permit making the deductions valuable.
The special object of the inquiry was to
/ determine the BIRTH, death and marriage rate
Of the jewish race, who have been so long
in this country that any special influence
here may be supposed 10 have, at least,
commenced to act upon them, in order 10
! determine whether the important character
! iStics in the vital statistics of this people
which have been observed in Europe also
| exist in this country, or TO what extent they
have been modified by their new conditions
of life here. The form Of schedule prepared
was one On which could be recorded the
name, age, sex, occupation, etc, of each
member Of family living on December 81.
1889. and also the name, age, sex, etc, OF
those who had been born or married, or who
had died during the five years ending De-
| cember 81, 1859. These were sent TO the
heads of about $4,000 Jewish families. In
RESI- onSe 10 these Inquiries returns were re-
ceiYed from 1O6lS Jewish families, includ-
ing 5000 persons.
WHERE THEY ARE.
OF these families, 24l3 including ISIS
| persons, resided III New York Brooklyn
| and the immediate vicinity; All families,
! including % IS6 persons, ana including the
! residents in the metropolitan district OF New
! York, resided III The Eastern states and on
/ the Atlantic Coast; l5j2 families, including
/ 1850 persons. resided III the Mississippi al
! ley; 2719 families, including lj,4lG perS9nS,
| resided in the region OF tie Great Lakes; 7U3
/ families, including 1000 persons, resided IN
/ the extreme Western STATES and on the Pa
| cihc Slope, and l453 families, including S2lS
! perS n, resided Ia the Southern States ana
on the Gulf Coast II all of these localities
| the ratio OF marriages, births and deaths l.
very un form. Or the number mentioned,
| that l., 1u,G.o families, the heads Of 1882
| were native born; SzGj had been in tue
! United States fifteen Years and over, 22l
| from ten to fifteen years, j52 from five To
! ten years, rs under five years, and for
- 9 ptil'N " ,,II Al INC
| ~" - "to W. ;irt a. ~
soC."i eo il IN - 1870 u 90 ~ 'ne
! sons kept no servants, while CO., families,
| Including IS, S53 persons, kept one or more
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poa IN "a ~ - m'IIe - ga - - tt.S o.
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| tes,,iT,o no serv4nts iTha average. nIIIt,ber
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| ported was 4G6 TO the mntIprs horn in
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males in these families 1Ti,e totaI YI-aYaga
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