Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-30

white population. as shown ty the United
States census. was Isl per cent: the pro-
portion of those less than five years Old
was $50 per cent. OF the colored popula-
ton 2.o8 per cent was less than one year
cd and 90 per cent less than five years.
The estimated Juvenile population is, there
fore as follows.
White. Co.o:ed. Total.
Under one year Of age. 3tll So !,3,i3
'"i@r "'e years "I aSt'''' i''V'' o'-'' -"'''oV
Deaths From All Causes.
Tho total n,,,,ba. Of DEATHS from, all
- .,.L,at. aaa,,r,,Dl, a,,n;,,, *1,, e-oa1
CAUSES "itiSii ooSui <" "ui ms 'iiS 90
year lS.'S-'E', was 6,"Z", an increase OF OIL
over the corresponding figure for the pre-
cali,,e yaar Tho animal death rate rose
.t,1aeesa t.o-,, 10 %, ,,e,. ,t,,,,sa,d r. % oc
IneFeiore' from ''''"- pei iiooS'''iu' ~ -''''
and was h3t IN excess OF the average lot
the past five years Oh the decedents, "'@'-
were white and 2,G04 colored, an increase
OF 39 in the former ana OF IL III the lat
ter The death rate for the whites m
creased from lob 10 l6I', or H.f'l per cent
ana that for the colored from 2'.3l TO 29Sl,
or S3j per cent. The aVerage death rates
for the past i've years Were, Tor the whites
lGN2, dnd,--faS-she col"red' So
DISTRIBUTING the decedenlS py sex we liiH
that 3.2i+ were males, indicating death
rate of approximately Sab, ana 81 le-
males, showing death rate OF ABOUT io,o1
49, ~ pS - i,, 49,, g. go, Of
age. 7aG white and lG15 colored OF the
white decedents, 81, and of the colored
n5 were infants IN the hrst year ol ne;
100 ~ ~ ~ 'iao 'int 80
he total ventilation the death rates are as
follows: Inf3uts under one year: Whites,
1+4.IU: color2d. 3t9.JS; all. 2z2:". Infants
Giuer lEG years W !!teS, to.o7, C1iol GU
i-''-'1' an 80 ~ titc L"il,.t ~
GecedthtS' 'ti hiid passed lneli seventeen
YEAR OF me :" Ilad passed tilelt iiIiieilelh
ana were Siti 10 De one huiufeh years
o." 3nd over oL the last CLASS an were Coi-
"fti: were iSnaiS' anu ti'ie, ne
aNefaSf age Oh Az "NSeith'S WAS thiF'S-
Two wears. Two months ana t"entE-SeNeh
DAYS; that ct the whites lhlri|-nihe years
ana hfte2'l days. ana that OF the colorec
twenty-five years, tEe months ana elsi lt
days. Ihese il&urcS are IN each instance
greater than the corresponding ones Tor the
present year, but it is important to re-
member mat they 40 NOT utln'teiS lhulcate
an Improvement IN the heaith OF the COM
munity, but SHOW possibly that the pre-
vaiiing causes of death were of type diff
fcTent from that of the preceding year. and
possibly that there has been an increase in
the relative uurlbcr of adults in the pOpu-
latOn. That the former has been the more
potent factor in producing this result may
be inferred from the decrease in the deaths
of children less than one year old, .261 to
1240 notwithstanding the increase in the
population and in the general death rate
.,,;.., s.;.;
he average number Of deaths per week
during the past wear has been 1880. Dur
ing each Of twenty weeks the nmnb-, Of
,rl-,,I,,. a..,.-,a., ~. - - I,...,..-.
"S"thS eHceeH"d u'e average ana during
each Of tlfirty-one weeks it was below. The
number of dea ths during the two DAYS at
the baoinriro> of tho ,,a,r and d,,r;,,o III,
six DAVIS at the close. forming fractions f
weeks, show a death rate in excess of the
weekly average. The largest number of
ut5iIlE which ocSuiItu III any one "ecN,
enGoG Inlt 81 ono bnndro6 ana siI,t,y1n,,a
deaths occurred during the week ended De
cember Il, and 157 deaths during the week
ended FEBRUARY IL Ihe week last men
toned marked the lme OF the occurrence
OF one OF the most severe storms known IN
the history OF the District, which probably
accounts Tor the increased mortailtE
me fact that the greatest number OF
deaths occurred ABOUT the ftii OF july might
give rise TO suspicion that the ceiehfation
OF independence day was the cause OF the
increased mortanty, put an examination OF