Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-11-12

HOME DEnSng and the rssGgcra0s q
xn1rEzazty zznang Negroes 20 hzrsi il
hxr1- NAx- Hampton And a1hs,
ssAsoosS Axrs Ger.xrss 80 BE- Bcnne x
sbsosT is how sgEnS 10 be- trra - Frzr,
tscS- namely, AdEcErioa. 10 b. s-E2r
worth wtals, HnUss furnish results =
The shape oe weaa and hzlEy ssaoSss
Hiring &c clean. attractive Christian
hg3ss The Negro Death rate In the
regsE--atiEsz area according 10 the
cszsaE of 1910. Was cs5 par 141ps pop
<sss+Scnz decrease an compared with
the rxxe in 1906. which Ess re The
white death rate in the same TERRITORY
VAS f3-g per 7y9Bs ycpzastira WIFE.
thsrsloss- there In soESe reason Cor 10
soicz-g. TIE Ash. sEainss The high Ne
gro deGIa RTE znss be sFsn more in
ssszgs-s2y directed More zt1a.a-sa1
rasz be- gsTea 70 Negro boREzag- ths
care q eos<szrsrtFes. the feeaslszt35-
81 ant csks- Handicapped classes,
Grid conservation and pe.sE3c health
eSucasion TIE 1gr-es ruE selected
cities EbgE. with few exceptions q
decrease. according 70 the esGszS Of
1919, II the Negro 1ss1t rate Is eol
pared EEtk tks1 ghova br the 1859
esssus & s-adF Of typical sosshsrn
cities dascsosas. however. in spite OF
q decreasing Negro death rzts,
health r-oisfe.u which white an5 cod
cred Eysos2s EEss face 5-zssir. ErtsL
Azsat3r z-ad iEDs9Ez.sly. Was Ne
Eces are dyirg II least as fast again
Is their white nsighbo-x. there Is 70
hszsta security Tor educated and
Eeztsay people. regardless Of thess
cosor Better health fer Negroes
THIS CIT should be hesdei By schoos
z25 teasth officers. business ard pro
fsssa0axi men. esgrch and SUNDAY
seAaooa workers. indeed. by al classes
Of citizens regardless Of raes OF creed
TIE Grsssa0n as to whether the de-
crease Ia mortality among Negroes IN
1915 as compared with 1881 Ears
recent bulletin issued By the CENSUS
brrsza. was due to permanent causes.
snch ss improved housing eonditions-
better medical xtteas5on. and general
~ improved sanitary conditions. and
nO 10 the absence OF epfdeltcs. IN IN
important ard interesting oae~ Then
follows this significant statement. and
this agz-ss which accompany IL war
rzsst respectful hearing ~Tpdosst-
ediy one Of the factors whses have
caused the decrease In the Negro
death rate Is the increase in koue
oEnerEafp among the Negro popsla
ficn. Alabama ard Virginia. il Ehich
Tnskegee and Hampton are located.
make good showing In Alabama
Negroes osned, IN 1910. 3s.s4I homes
iiEcsadsng I7,121 fa1ahonsesJ. an IN
ersase Of HI per cent over 1909, Or
one Owned home for eSery n Negro
inhabitants, ID Virginia there were. In
1915. 5sSSs homes t,neludfng 52.51s
fxrnhousest, an increase OF I'll per
cent crer 1869. or one owned home for
every IL Negro Inhabitants For the
southern states as whole. the figures
we're, IN 1910: Total owned homes of
Negro families, 439.44s lincsuding 2ie.-
sg7 fa.rhouses,. an increase Of 3's
per cent over 1900. or one owned home
for every 70 Negro Inhabitants To
offset this good record for whole
groups Of states and for the entire
South, there Ii the eIeares. kind sof
eyidence that the city Negro is rot
essentially a home owner. despite the
lowering Negro death rate In typical
cstses Important work remains TO be
60ns, not only In forcing down and
dovn the Negro death rate, but also
Ia helping the Negro, rural as well as
hYbzn. to own his home, The good
work OF reducing Negro mortality
through home owning should be con-