Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-10

This shows the highest death rate among
the whites, both adults and children, to
have occurred in district z, bounded by II
street, Virginia avenue, E. 18th ana q
streets northwest and the Potomac river.
The rate was S7.63 for the total white pop
tation and l27.& for white children under x
years of age.
The district having the lowest death rate
Tor the total white population was district
NO. p. comprising the suburban region
lying east and south of the Eastern branch
The rate here was 9.9l. However, district
NO. ) In Georgetown, bounded by L, 18th,
and ed streets, had the lowest rate for
whites under years OF age. the rate being
bounded by \, 32d and 3sth streets and the
Potomac river. was recorded the highest
death rate for the total colored population,
41.A, and for colored children under s YEAR,
OF age S26.SS. Respecting this district, how
ever, the report says in another place that
the high rate for the colored populatio In
OF no great significance, as the colored pop
olation OF the district was small, and the
proportion of colored children under years
OF age was also less than usual The dis
trfct having the lowest death rate for the
total colored population was No. 10, bounded
by I street, Vermont and Massachusetts,
avenues. 16th S and 18th streets northwest.
The rate was 23.79 The lowest death rate
Tor eolored children was ss-27, and occurred
IN district 2S, the suburban district north
and west of Boundary street and West
Washington west of the Eastern branch.
In the aggregate for both white and colored
OF all ages district No. 10. described above,
had the lowest rate of any locality In the
District of Columbia, namely, 1888.
Deaths Among Children.
An examination OF the tables and OF the
appended maps. which show for the two
cities the relative mortality OF the white
and OF the colored children under five years
or age, will. says the report, reveal some
important facts. in the first place, Il IL
evident that the higher mortality Of the COL
ored race is mainly due to the excessively
high death rate among the young children
OF that race. In the District of Columbia
the average annual death rate among the
colored children under FIVE years Of age was
1870 and in Baltimore city II was 1870.
while among the whites in the District of
$50. S
Among the whites there is also a percep-
tlble relation between mortality and race
differences. Thus In the native born whites
OF native born parents in The District OF
columbia the average annual death rate
| curing the six years was 16.4s, while IN
tnose having one or both parents Of for
elgn birth IL was 1888 per thousand In
children under five years IL was for those
or native born parents, 72.5s, and for those
&.2S. D-s
During the census year the death rates 20
| cmloren under five years of age were: IN
Charleston, s. c., for whites 1924 for color
ed, 2l.79; in Richmond, Va, for whites.
I5-21, for colored, PISS; in Savannah. Ca.
for whites, 1888, for colored les 20; In Mo.
l90.5S
But this excessively high death rate
among the colored children does not seem
10 be necessary thing; IL is not due siruf,ly
TO the fact that they are colored because 4
varies greatly in different localities rang
ing in Washington from 1861 in district II
TO 49, in district s, and in Baltimore from
eiZ 80 IN district A Of ward to 7o.2s in dis
trict b of ward T.
So also during the census year the Death
/ rates Of colored children under five wears
OF age were: In Atlanta, Ga, 1880; In
Chattanooga, Tenn. 164.S3: In Galveston.
Tex, 1Oi-3; in Memphis Tenn, ll644: in
Montgomery, Ala, 51.44; in Nashville, Tenn.
1OSOI; in New Orleans, La, ll8l7; In RAJ
leigh. n: C, le.SS. which rates may be COM
pared with those given for Charleston, Rich
mond. Savannah and Mobile
1t viii be seen that there are great differ
ences In the death rates OF the different
districts; that in each city the mortallty has
been two or three times greater in some
localities than in others; that the greatest
variations in the death rates occur among
the children under five years OF age. and
that these variations correspond in the main
with the variations in aggregate death rates.
! 1t appears also that, as a rule the death
rate has been highest in the low lying DIE
| tricts, those nearest the streams or harbor
and having the highest level of subsou
water.
| Causes of Death.
The following table gives a comparison
Of the death rates from certain causes In
Baltimore and Washington for the six-year
period: