Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-18

being greater among the colored children
under five years of age OF the causes
specified consumption alone caused more
than the average number Of deaths.
Sanitary District No. 10.
Bounded by Massachusetts avenue. 9Th
and streets, New York avenue. 18th street
and Vermont avenue northwest. The height
above tide water varied from As to 81 feet.
Area. 1O4 acres; number of dwellings. 1913;
population, 5,OS7; whites, AIS; colored, SSs;
number of persons to each acre, 1881; to
ca CHI dwelling, 694
This was also a residential district. with
dwellings, boarding houses. apartment
houses and hotels.
The death rates in this district, exclusive
of stillbirths, were as follows:
Total-White, 1851 colored 5000. Under
five years-White, GA: colored. 1861 3. Ma
larial fever, 2S.53; diphtheria and Group.
6eS2; diarrheal diseases, 1874; typhoid fever,
n.32; consumption, 26O.31.
The total death rates for both white and
coiored were slightly under the average
rates but the death rates under five years
average 1t appears, however, that there
was less than half of the usual proper
ton of children IN this district, and that
the deficiency applied equally to both white
and colored. which may account for the
apparently high rate among the children.
The death rate due to diphtheria and
Group was slightly above the average, for
typhoid fever 1t was about the same as the
diseases, and malarial fever it was much
below the average.
Sanitary District No. II.
Bounded by New York avenue. 1 and 9Th
streets, Louisiana and Pennsylvania ave-
nues and 18th street northwest. The varia-
items of level ranged from IA to So feet
above tide water
Area, 1876 acres; number Of dwellings,
LAP; population, 1924; whites. 9,063; col
ored, 1,211; number of persons to each acre,
81. AZ; to each dwelling, 712.
The principal business houses in the city
and nearly all of the large government Of
fees were in this section, together with
many boarding houses and apartment
houses and hotels. There was also a large
alley population in this district.
The death rates in this district, exclusive
of stillbirths, were as follows:
Total-White, T4S: colored, 1921. Under
five years.-White, SO.S7; colored, 226: IS. Ma
lariai fever, 1880; diphtheria and Group.
AZ 80; diarrheal diseases. FOIL; typhoid fever,
40. 90; consumption, 24728.
The death rate for the total white was
somewhat below the average and for the
white under five years of age was consider
ably in excess of the average For the col
ored both the total rate and the rate for
| those under five years of age were in ex-
cess of the average, that for those under
five years of age being very high. From
this it would appear that the death rate
among young children in this district was
very heavy and that of the adult popula-
ton relatively small but the fact Is that
the proportion of children both white and
colored under five years of age was much
smaller than usual, which may account
for the apparently excessive rate in this
class.
The number of deaths due to all of the
causes specified was very much lower than
the average.
Sanitary District No. Is.
Bounded by Pennsylvania avenue and 9th.
B, and 18th streets northwest. This district