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

South Capitol street and Virginia avenue
southwest. The ground rose from the river
to seventy feet above.
Area, $50 acres; population, 13,179; whites,
1885; colored. 2,6S4; number of persons to
each acre. 1913.
rms district occupied the southern slope
OF Capitol Hill and contained many dwell
vacant land
me death rates of this district. exclusive
oL suiioi-ths, were as follows:
Iotal-White. 1916; colored. s5a7 Irndar
nVe years-White, 6o.ll; colored I42 ae No
tariai teVer, 1888; diphtheria and croun
$50, olarrheal diseases Z3l.0s; typhoid fever.
ss.s6; consumption, 255.63.
in III, shg n aeath rates per 1000 of population
us Oislrlct, with the exception of the
coiored under five years of age were sli1ht
~ IN excess OF the average
me oeath rate due to malaria fever was
nearly twice the average rate from this
cause; those for diphtheria and croun ara
| typhold 1ever were about equally high while
diarrheal diseases and consumption showed
| erage for the city.
Sanitary District No. "a.
| Bounded by b street northwest and north
! east LIST street and Maryland avenue north
| east, 18th street northeast and southeast +,
street southeast and southwest and lst
stree southwest. The highest point in this
district was 81 feet above tidewater and the
lowest point was about feet.
Area, 539 acres; population, SAP; whites,
| 12503; colored. 39O9; number of persons to
each acre, 3O.45.
| This district was residential in character
with houses ranging from fair to good
many of them small. 1t contained one mar
ket.
The death rates in this district. exclusive
Of stillbirths. were as follows: Total-White
$3.50; colored, l55.f1. Malarial fever, 3S.5l
I diphtheria and Group, 6iSl; diarrheal els
eases, 1888; typhoid fever. 5o.el: consump'
| ton. BAGS.
The death rates per 1000 of population in
| this district were just the reverse of those
in the preceding district, in that all of the
! rates. with the exception of the colored
| under five years of age. were somewhat be
| low the average.
| The death rate due to malarial fever was
slightly below the average and that due
i to diarrheal diseases was very much lower
than usual. as was the case with the rate
| for typhoid fever. Diphtheria and crouT
caused more than the average number OF
deaths.
/ Sanitary District No. 20.
| Bounded by Maryland avenue, 18th and {
| streets northeast, the Eastern branch OF
the Potomac. E street southeast and 18th
| street southeast and northeast, the ground
slopfng from S. feet above tidewater to the
marshes of the Eastern branch.
! Area, $50 acres; population, 4,oSe; whites
| 1855; colored, 2.67l; number Of persons Il
| each acre, 7.59.
This district lay on the eastern slope OF
| Capitol Hill and contained much vacant
/ land. There were several brickyards sur
4 rounded with small houses for the workmer
within 1t. The District Jail and aims house
| and also the Congressional cemetery were
| located in the eastern section.
| The death rates in this district, exclusive
! of stillbirths were as follows: Total-Whi te
| 1853; colored, 1853 Under five years of age
White, $3.50; colored, 15S.5s. Malarial fe
yer, SIS diphtheria and Group, 66.76; diar
rheal diseases, 1852; typhoid fever, est
consumption, 29S.lS.
| The colored death rate for those undel