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was very low and fat, the elevation no.
| where exceeding 16 feet above tide water.
Area, 6S acres; number of dwellings, 274:
population, l,55O; whites. 1,172; colored, 37S;
| number Of persons to each acre, 22.7s; to
| each dwelling, $50.
This district contained two large livery
stables, two lumber yards, a few manufac-
| turing establishments and theaters, a num-
| Der Of drinking saloons, and many prosti-
tutes. white and colored
The death rates in this district, exclusive
of stillbirths, were as follows:
| Total-White, 2s14; colored. 56oS. Under
five years-White. ll245; colored. 1861. Ma
larial fever. 1855; diph siberia and Group, ~.
diarrheal diseases, $685. typhoid fever. 6s. s.;
| consumption, 1920
! The population Of this district was small
and the proportion Of children under five
years OF age was also considerably below
the average. For the whites the death
| rates were the highest, with one exception,
OF any subdivision, and for the coiored
they were the highest without exception.
| The number of deaths due to malarial
| fever, diarrheal diseases and typhoid fever
| were about the same as the average; the
| number due to consumption Was consider
| ably higher and the number due to diph-
| liberia and Group considerably lower than
| the average for these causes.
Sanitary District No. I'D.
Bounded by Massachusetts, avenue north
west, LIST street northwest and southwest, B
| StIcet southwest, lftn street northwest anu
southwest, b and 9Th streets, Louisiana
avenue. and 9Th street northwest. The alti.
tude varied from six to forty-five feet above
| tide water.
Area. ass acres; number of dwellings. 1850
population, 1888; whites, 7,1Ss; colored, 2.Oso
| number of persons to each acre, POP; to
| each dwelling, gu.
| This district contained mainly business
houses, public buildings. hotels and livery
wi fyrn lnTEC hax Nov oe
| colored population: one inhabited by colored
| prostitutes, the other filled by the worst
| class in the city. The dwellers in these two
| blocks last mentioned, which were between
Maine and Maryland avenues, Sd and l.:
| streets southwest, were largely thieves and
prostitutes, both white and colored. There
was one large market in this section.
The death rates in this district, exclusive
Of stilbi-ths, were as follows:
| Total--White, 20.O9; colored, 40.87. Under
years-Whte, 6761; colored, 239.45. Malarial
fever, 29.3O; diphtheria and Group. 4l.02
diarrheal diseases. l77.I; typhoid fever. 74.22
consumption. 1855.
The death rates for the whites Were slight
ly above the average and for the colored
were decidedly high.
The proportion of deaths due to typhoid
fever was about the same as the average
| and the number due to each of the other
causes specified was below the average pro-
portion.
| Sanitary District No. 20.
Bounded by B, It'll and G streets, the Pc.
tomac river and 18th street southwest, with
an average altitude of thirty feet above tide
| water.
Area, 149 acres; population, 1909; whites
SIS; colored, 1871; number of persons tc
each acre. 47.64.
This was the best part of the southwest.
ern section of the city, and was mainly &C.
cupfed by residences of the middle classes.
The death rates in this district, exclusive
| of stilbirths, were as follows:
Total-White. 21.13; colored. $3.50. Under
five years-White. 1857; colored, 122.67. Ma.
larial fever. nh; dipththeria and Group
55.92; diarrheal diseases. 2l60o; typhoid fever
1925; consumption, 312.64.