The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-02-07
Birth Rate Exceeds Death Rate
In Paris.

exceeded the death rate in the city OF
Paris, accordinga to Figures that are
compiled from the books of the pre-
cjnct registrar. Miss Margaret Terry.
The report of the registrar for the
year just passed shows there has been
a decided increase in the birth rate
over deaths among white people. while
among the colored population the
deaths exceed that Of the births.
According to the report of Miss
Terry there were in this city last year
lO1 births among the white population
as against 81 deaths, while among the
colort people there were total of
eighty five deaths and thirty-e'gbt
births.
During the year of 1912, one hundred
and thirty seven deaths occurred in
this city and a total of one hundred
andsthirty-uine births were recorded.
The number of deaths among the
negroes more than doubles that of the
births, while there were almost twice
as many births among the white peo-
pie.
Of the total number of deaths about
six per cent were the result of tuber-
culosis. twenty-five deaths having
occurred from this dread disease. six
teen of which were colored people.
Two deaths were caused from.pellagra,
both of which were colored women.
The deaths registered in the office of
the registrar are as follows:
JANUARY.
3-John B. Grimes, sixtytwo years,
hemorrhage OF colon.
8-Thomas A. Nichols, thirty-two
wears. tuberculosis.
; l1-Russell Mann. 72 years, heart
disease.
17-Alfred johnson. colored, seven
ty-three years, Bright's disease.
17-Lucinda Evans, colored, nine
teen years, tuberculosis.
1S-John w. johnson, colored. TWEEN
ty-seven years, Bright's disease.
2l-Mrs. Nora Mackey, seventy-six
years, Bright's disease.
25-Mary Robertson, .colored, sixty
years, heart trouble.
26-Emma Richmond, colored, sixty
years. pneumonia.
26-Eleanor N. Borland, 81 years,
cancer.
Urinary E. IngeIs, sixty-two years.
mitral lesion.
FEBRUARY.
1
nine, tuberculosis.
2-Harry Linvllle. Jr., stillborn.
3-Martha G. Hampton. colore d,
eighteen, tuberculosis.
5-Hiram Thompson, colored. forty
eight, alcoholism.
6-John Taylor, colored. sixty-five,
myecorditis.
9-Ophelia Williams. colored, six
months. meningitis.
12-George Breckenridge, colored.
thirty-three years, tuberculosis.
13-Millle Weekly, colored, fifty-tWo
years, consumption.
9-JamesiL. Hickman, colored, fifty
one, tuberculosis.
15-John William Thomas. ninety
two, exhaustion.
16-Sallie Talbot. colored, fifty-six.
nephritis.
17-Len Hanks. colored, fourteen
years, tuberculosis.
25-Sallie Bryan Turner, eighty-nine
selerosis.
29-Iolo Mag Johnson, colored, sew
enteen, tuberculosis.
MARCH.
3-Unknown colored man, exposure.
4-Charlton Francis Campbell, ten
Lucinda Lamb, colored, nineteen,
chronic endocarditis.
5-Bettie Kiss, colored, forty-one.
nephritis.
5-Son of ]. H. Brown. colored.
stillborn.
flames Anderson, colored. sixty,
hemorrhage.
10-Mary E. Remington, seventy
three heart fallure
13-Bettie Lewis Howard. eighty,
nephritis.
r.19-Martha Jackson, colored, ninety.
asthma.
19-Ray Duvall, thirty-two. pulmo-
nary tuberculosis.
FLAMES Smith. colored, forty
two years. acute nephritis.
28-John Warning, colored, sixty
nine, cancer of stomach.
30-Marguerite Humphreys, one
year, pneumonia.
APRIL.
3-Blanton Green, 81 years. valvular
heart disease.
3-Anne Boyle Walsh, thirty years,
metritis.
S-Mary Frances Combs, colored.
eight months, pneumonia.
| IL -CnarleS myers, slXty-tWO, neart
disease.
15-Susan Ayers, colored, eighty
seven, debility.
16-George Jones, colored, twelve
days, hemOrrhage.
17.-Flora Fleming. colored, sixty
five years, heart disease.
20-George Price. coIored, seventy
years apopleXy.
22-Owen Mckinley. ninety four
years, general debility.
21-James Cooper. colored. nine
years, tuberculosis.
25-William Thomas Marshall, col
ored, sixry-one years. cirrhosis of
liver.
| MAY.
5-Unnamed colored child, six
| months, premature birth.
5-MatlIda B. Whaley, sixty-four.