Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-11
NEGRO MORTALITY INCREASES
DEATHS WERE 35.1 PER 1000
DURING LAST WEEK.
Greater Number of Births Recorded.
Fatalities Among Children
Numerous.

Increases in both the birth and death
rates in the District over the same period
last wear were indicated in the report is
sued late Yesterday afternoon by Health
Officer Woodward for the week ended
July !.
Altogether there were 1876 deaths. or
twenty-one more than during the same
week last wear seventy of the decedents
being white and siXty-six colored The
racial death rate for the white oooula-
ticn was Is per LOCO. or a slight Increase
over last year. while the death rate for
the colOretl population reached the abnor-
malIy high ratio of So per 1000 an adj
vance of : per LOCO over the first week
in July Of 1901
Children Are Sufferers.
AS usual at this season of the year,
diarrheal diseases in children under two
years of age caused the heaviest mortal
ity. heart diseases and tuberculosis rank
ing second and third. respectively. Whoop-
ing cough. with an increase Of POT cases
under observation. and measles with 339
were the most prevalent of the contagiou
diseases.
The complete report for the week fol-
lows:
The mortality record for the week end
ed July 1. 1908. shows 1876 deaths. This
number is II less than occurred during
the week before, and the same number
more than was recorded for the CORE
spending period of 1907. OF these recent
deaths, 20 were among the white people.
and 6f among the colored. The race death
rate of the former was $50 per 600 In
habitants, and of the latter. 351 The
general death rate of the entire popula-
ton of the District of Columbia, for the
week just ended was POS per 1000. The
respective rates for the corresponding
period of last year were no. 2S.1 and 1871.
The prominent causes Of death were
as follows: Diarrheal diseases, caused g
deaths. OF these. "A were under two years
Of age. Diseases of the heart resulted
in IA deaths; pulmonary tuberculosis. ID:
diseases of the kidneys. g. while apoplexy,
whooping cough, typhoid fever, and ma
lignant growths, each deaths
Contagious Diseases.
The record of ontagious diseases shows
the following changes during the period
covered by this report. Diphtheria had
no new cases reported, but 3 were dis
charged. This leaves cases on hand to
date Scarlet fever cases were reduced
from II to II. Only one case was re-
ported and were discharged. The only
case of smallpox under quarantine was
discharged on the 4th instant, which
leaves the District free from this disease,
SO far as known. Whooping cough cases
were increased from 1893 to POT. There
were II new cases recorded and dis
charged.
Typhoid fever cases were increased by
one over the number recorded in the pre-
vious report. There were 20 new cases
recorded and % cases discharged. There
are at this date. SO cases under observa-
ton. The number of cases on record
for the corresponding week Of 1907 was
81. Measles shows an increase of Z, from
49, to $50. Twenty new cases were re-
ported and 13 discharged. Chickenpox
cases were reduced from 17S to 1T. Two
cases were reported and 3 were dis
charged.
Births.
The recording Of births for the week in
dicates a fairly good percentage in ex-
cess of the deaths. The number Of births
reported during the week was LAB. of
which 95 were white and so were colored
infants