Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-01
CITY'S DEATH RATE.
STATISTICS SHOWING RIcHMOSD's
MORTALITY DURING TIE YEAR.
MORE DEATHS THAN IN 1897.
List of Prominent People Who Pass
ed Awny-Rcview OF the Fatalities
Investigated by the Coroner To-
gethcr With Reports Of Interments.

The health OF Richmond continues good.
The city was almost entirely free from
| epidemcs during the year just closed,
| and there was not more than the usual
quantity OF sickness. During the eleven
months 10 December LIST there we've 1.566
deaths, while for the corresponding pc
Rod Of 1897 there were only LOS.
This apparent increase In the number
OF deaths, as we'll as in the rate Of NOR
tally is thus explained by Dr. w. T. OPP
penhimer. president of the Board Of
Health:
The ratio OF mortality is apparently
higher, and the number OF deaths appa-
rently greater than for the year 1897.
| For this report we have based our cal
| culations upon a population of $1,000,
whereas IN 1897, we figured according to
| ordinance on the basis Of 10000 pOpula-
ton. According to the requirements OF
the same ordinance. we excluded from
our report homicides. suicides. and many
deaths in our various hospitals. This re-
port IT. cludes every death from whatever
cause within the city's limits within the
past eleven months.
An interesting feature Of the report IS
the fact as shown that, OF the 1.56G per-
sons who died in the city $40 were UNI
married while the remaining 726 were
! either married or widows or widOwers
| There were, too. more deaths I'm the col
| ored population than among the whites,
| the number OF negroes passing away be-
! ing SIT. as against 749 whites. The Stats
! tics further show that Of the deaths,
more than half. were Of people who had
/ passed the age Of 30 years There We're
81 persons who died after having passed
Their siXtleth birthday. and Of these 156
saw their thrcoscare and ten years. while
A livod fourscore year end four attain
ed the ripe old age Of %.
! Appended are the statistics:
Sex and color-White: Males. 924; fe-
males. 35S Colored: Males, 81; females,
! 40
Conditon-Single: White males. 20S; fe-
males. is; colored males, 263; females. 25i
| Married: White males. 1G7 females. 9G,
coored males 129; females S. Widowers:
] White. 16 colored. 20. Widows: White,
6S: colored. 1O7 Unknown, 1.
| Nativity Richmond: White males, 17S;
! females. 149; coored males, 24S; females
20. other points in United States: White
males. III; females 1877; colored males
172 females. 2O6. England: White males,
e. females 2 France White males, Il;
females, ]. Germany: White males, p,
females. IS. Ireland: White males, 49,;
females II. Italy: White males, g. fe-
males 8. Scotland: White males, 3 Rus
STA: White females, Unknown: White
males. 3; females 3.
! BY whom certihed-Regular: White
males 2sS; females, 9Ol; colored males, III;
! females 307 Irregular: White males, 49,
females. %: colored males. So; females %.
! Coroner: White males. &c; females. No;
coIored males. "a; females 80. Board OF
| Health: White males. 90; FEMALES 24Scol
0red males. IS; females, SO. Almshouse:
White males. p: females, Z; colored males,
81; females. 81.
Locality-Marshall Ward: White males
| 90; females. CO; colored males, 81; females,
| 80. jefferson Ward: White males, IS; To-
males. So; colored males, %; females, 49,
Madison Ward: White males, -; females,
A. colored males, q; females. %. Monroe
! Wald: White males, %; females, %; col
ored males, Sc; females, 80. clay Ward:
White males. 1Oj: females 100; colored
males 40; females, IS. Jackson Ward:
White males. -: females, 81; colored
males 1872; females. 200
Aged ! day to 30-White males. IS: white
females. II: colored males IS; colored fe-
males. IS. l month to 6-White males, 81;
white females. IS; colored males. As; col
ored females, 81. months to 12-White
males. 20: white females, .; colored
males. AZ; colored females, %. l year to
3.-White males %; white females, %; coll
ored males 80; colored females. q. years
to 5-white males. e; white females, L,
cOlored males, H. colored females II. .
years TO l0-White males, 9; white fe-
males, l0 colored males Il; colored fe-
males, 16. 10 years to 20-Whte males, IA;
white females, 10 colored males, 80; coll
ored females. 81. 20 years TO 9O-White
males. 81: white females, 80; colored males,
Il: colored females, s. 80 years 10 10
White males. SO; white females, 80; coll
ored males. 81: colored females, IS. 40
years 10 50-White males. 81; white fe-
males %; colored males IS; colored te-
males. q. 80 years 10 G0-White males, ~;
white females, 80; colored males. ~; col
ored females. 81. GO years to 7O-Whlte
males. 20; white females, %; colored males.
2G: col0red females, %. 10 years to So
White males, II; white females, %; col
ored males. y: cOlored females, u. 20
years to 90-White males, 10; white fe-
males. II: colored males, g. c0lored fe-
males. 8. o. years to 100-White male, /;
white female. J. colored males. >.
Comparative Mortality: Eleven months
ending December l. l&S-White, 19; col
ored. Sl7. Eleven months ending Deem
her 1 1Sg7-White. GiS; colOred, 1jl.
Rate OF mortality Of whole population
was 174O per 1000 per annum.
Rate OF mortality Of white population
was y IS per 1,C0O per annum.
Rate OF mortality of colored population
was 200 per 100 per snnum.
posis Of calculation 80 coo population.