The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

| The Government has Jtfst published
a huge volume called Statistical
Atlas, which ia its WAYS is the most
remarkable work ever issued Its
price is large. and the edition so limited
that few persons besides Congressman
and public libraries will be able to get
copies. Chiefly by means of colored
maps and charts it gives an immense
amount of information about the great
| est variety of interesting matters con-
nected with this country and the peo-
pie who iuhabit it.
DECREASE OF CHILDREN.
For example, it is interesting to learn
that the women OF this country do not
bring rs many children into the world
as they formerly did. There has been
a marked decrease, in fact. within the
last few years. The size of the aver
age family, since 1850. has been dimin-
ished from little over five and hall
persons to little less than five Fig
ures prove that people in the Sothern
States have the largest number of
children, while in New England the
families are smallest. For an illustra-
ton, Louisiana has double as many
children under five years as Maine, in
proportion to population.
EXCESS OF MALES.
Ont of every 100 persons in the
| United States 81 81 are males and 1879
are females. The excess of men over
women in the entire country. therefore
is very large. Ten per cent. Of the
women and / per cent. of the men mar
~ between fifteen and twenty. IE the
total population the proportion OF di-
ivorced to married persons is about one
in twenty; but among the native whites
| it is little higher than that. and
among the negroes it is largest. The
proportion of divorced people in the
Atlantic States is less than half of l
per cent; in the Mississippi valley it is
between 3 and per cent, and in the
tar West il ranges from to per cent.
CRIMINALS, INSANE, IDIOTS, DEAF AND
DUMB AND BLIND.
Thirteen out of every 10000 people
in the United States are in prison
Seventeen ont OF every 10000 are in
sane, the number being divided almost
equally between the sexes. Race
seems to have a ked relation to
mental disturbances. Nineteen out of
every 10000 whites are crazy. while
only nine out of every 10000 colored
folks are similarly afflicted. OF the
native whites. fourteen out of every
10000 are mad. and of the foreign
born tbirty-nine out of every 10000.
This seems to prove that eolorcd folks
are much less liable to insanity than
whites, and The foreign-born much
more SO than native Americans.
The tendency to insanity is greatest
among the Irish. aud next among the
Hungarians. It's comparatively small
among the Germans and British. aud
least of all among the Canadians.
Women go crazy later in life than men
do. apparently.
Fifteen out of every 10000 people in
this country are idiots or feeble.niud-
ed. OF these SO per cent. are males
aud 40 per cent. females. Race again
seems to have an important influence
IN this singular matter. Sixteen out of
every 10000 whites are feeble-ninded,
aud only fourteen ont of every 10000
colored The tendency toward idiocv
appears to be greatest among those of
Hungarian stock, and least among
of Italian origin.
Seven out of every 10 600 inhabi-
tants of the United States are deaf and
dumb. Of these 50 per cent. are males
and 40 per cent females. The affiic-
ton is much less common among col
ored people than among whites.
Again in this case the Hungar;ans are
the greatest sufferers, fourteen out of
every 10000 being deaf mutes Tbe
next in rank are the Russians, while the
ltaliaps are but little trou bled with this
sort of defect. Eight ouL of every TO-. !
600 persons in this country are blind
Of these SIS per cent. are males and 10
per cent. females. The affiiction is |
most prevalent among those of Hun
garian, Irish and French origin, and
least among those of Scandinavian and |
Italian stock.
DEADLY DISEASES.