The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-20

really represents the health cond.-
tons Of the city. although the original
inquire or ls.Z viii have u stand in the
bureau OF statistics for there IS no
place against which to charge a per
sons death except the place where he
dies
Among the 10000 inhabitants %
Ashevilie. therefore. there occurred
during the Year 1911 22e deaths OF
this number 121 were among the
white population. which numbers
about $4,000, or a death rate for the
whites OF eight per cent AmonS the
cclored population OF the city, num-
bering 1000. the total number OF
deaths was los. or 4 death rate OF
Il per thousand.
The board also compiled statistics
as to the number of deaths among
both white and Colored above SO years
or age and under two years Of age.
OF the III deaths among the white
population, IS were above 80 years
or age, representing 19o per cent OF
n total deathS among the White
population It IS interesting to know
too along this line about the number
or deaths certain ages. n
figures show that there were 10 be
tween so and 60 years Of age. 13 be-
tween 60 and 10, 16 between 20 and
so. and four above so. The deaths
among the colored population over
80 years OF age numbered Is. seven OF
these being between the ages II SO
n so years and five above so. This
represents Is per e. OF the total
number among the culored popula-
ton.
The figures on the deaths Of chill
dren under two years Of age are also
interesting. OF these there were ct
whites an y colored. OF these Il of
the white children were under one
year Of age and Is of the colored
were also under one year OF age. Nine
OF the deaths OF white children We're
attributed 10 diarrhoeal diseases and
10 OF the colored children who died
were similarly affected. The total
number Of deaths for children Of this
age was 36, while the average that
is allowed for the registration area is
II. The average for North Carolina
is 81 per thousand. while It was only
Is here. According 70 these figures,
II the death rate here among children
under two years OF age was up 70 the
average there would have been "A
deaths instead Of 38.
What is really the most interesting
OF all the statistics thus compiled by
the board, however, are those CON
corning the deaths from pulmonary
tuberculosis among the residents OF
the city. There were only tour such
deaths during last year among the
residents OIL ASheNllle, TWO anlHnE the
white population and Two among the
cOlOred. This gives a death rate from
tuberculosis for the whites of .13 per
thousand, or one death for every
1900 population. For the colored
population the rate figures up 70 a, or
one death for every $500 of popUia-
ton.
The average death rate for the
United States for 1910 from tubcrcu-
losis was 1.6 per thousand. For the
10000 population OF ASheNilIc this
would give a total nunber OF deaths
from his disease as 80 if such an av-
erage applied here. Since the total
number here was only four, the w
erage for the United States, therefore,
is eight times as great as for Ashe-
death rate here among the white pop
ulation.
The board considers these latter
figures to be the most important OF
!, all. for the lowneSs Of the death rate
is remarkable and should certainly
indicate that the people Of the city
are not contracting the disease, which
, is brought here by thousands Of peO-
pie yearly from all over the country
1t simply means that the city has
taken such steps already to make fol-
2 general health here by the best sani.
tation, and that the results are IA,
3 in excess Of the expectations OF thu
2 authorities Still greater things arc
2 hoped for now since the launching OF
the new campaign for sanitation and
; the segregation Of tuberculosis