Evening star., 1928-01-10
Quotes Mortality Statistics.

Miss Abbott quoted statistics show
| Ing mortality rates in the District OF
Columbia as compared with other
cities during the yes[~1s25 and alsc
recently compiled statistics showing
the infant mortality rates in the diff
| ferent police precinct areas here
In the total United States birth
registration area the infant mortality
| rae for the year named was 6S.3 per
1000 among he white population
and HOS per 1000 births among the
| colored population, Miss Abbott said
or total average for both white and
colored of Ill per 1000 population
In the District the general average
was SIS per 1000 births: giving 81 3
as the average for the white popu
lation and 1881 for the colored.
II was explained that adding the
average number of deaths per 1000
births for both white and colored and
dividing by two does not give a gen
eral average for both, due to the
wni'e population OF the country and
in Washington far outnumberins tho
negro.
The average number Of deaths ne,
1000 in other cities. including white
ana cniored. was quoted by Miss Alb
bo't as follows:
Cincinnati. ia: Indianapolis. ca.
Milwaukee. SIS: Minneapolis. co ;.
Newark. 67.5: Seattle. 4i.s: Baltimore.
SIS; Boston. s4.9: Buffalo. ss.3: Chi.
cago. 74.S: Cleveland, &c: Detroit. sol.
Los Angeles, 6G.s: New York. s4,s.
Philadelphia. 76.s; Pittsburgh. SIS
and San Francisco. 555.
The total rate for the District IVA
lowered TO S. in 1926. giving an aver.
age OF 81 per i.n00 white r,opuIat tion
ana l23 per 1000 colored.
The average maternal mortality
rates In the District, while not nearly
approaching the number Of deaths
among infants. was higher than in
most cities In the years 1928 TO 1925
inclusive. Miss Abbott's figures show
Inc maternal mortality rates. ba sed
on per 10000 population instead of
i.ooV. as in the case Of infants, show
an average Of sos deaths per 10 600
white population and I54.s among the
colored. This compares with other
citie> IN follows:
Baltimore, 5s4 white and ss.3 eoI.
ored; Chicago, 55.s white and 101 .
colored; Cincinnati, si.4 white and
lis colored: Cleveland. 5S.s white
ana 1867 colored: Detroit, 7o.3 white
ana leh.' tolored New York. 5s3
white and 9;s coIored: phiiadelphia
81 white and r0s.: coIored. and
PITTSBURGH. 81 white and i23.s
coIored
Rates by Precincts.
The infant mortality rates accord
ing 10 the areas covered by the police
n1s.'nc,s' pre- recently compiled. show
'nai me area covered b. No. i3 ure
cinct. Nicholson street between l3th
ann l4'h streets. has the lowest rate
wi total OF 1863 for white and col.
"eh' with 35.s for white alone,
actual nsures on colored not given
ne highest rate was In the area coy
e3ed ~ No. precinct. T. street he
tween ~ and 9Th streets soutbwes,
"lth total 1852 per 900 average
Tor both white and colored. or 70 white
ard 1912 coiorcd
sta'is'ics for all the precinct areas
are as follows:
No. J, total. Ga. white. 79.4; colored
not given. No. 2. total, 1887: white.
-. and co!ored. l2G. No. 2, total
80. white, 13.g. and coIored, s5.7
40. =, as given. No. 8. total sg.2
white, C5.5; coiored 1856. No.
total, ll7.2: white. ss.G: coIored. r5as
No. Z. total. ST.; white. 43.s, colored
1853. No. :. total. 73 white, ~: col.
ofed. s2.s. No. 8. total. es.4; white
si.5, colored, sIs. No. 10. total, 53.s
White, S5,5: coiored. ss3. No. II. total
1868; white, 81; colored. I2s. No. !,
total. Gil. Whit, 423 coIored not
given. No. i3. as given.
Df ". j.. Morrill,, superin,eudcn, of
Columbia Hospital, in brief address
al the meeting. declared the Djst,i,,
ought 10 be ashaIGed" 1f ~. biub
moftaDtg fateF, de- IarinR that ,hey
FFiceHtly ARE not due ~ u back .f
1Howle0R@ bDt rather due IL letlargv
Dr. Ge"fgh ri. Kpiet u Georse,nu,
University delivered . brief address IN
"hIch he recalled an infant fnurt.ltlu
fa'e ot 2t7 per 900 births In ,saL
ana fSpr"ss@d qualification thai u,.o.
ffss mas f"tn made aud that mare
progress VIII be made in The fu,t,,a
III. j"y Jacrbs who also suoke "a,
'he meeting, ady0caied eduratj.u,l
measures TOR Ted'TinF the iufsfi ana
hhbefhAI nf"rthiity rates nnd Told ~
she necessity ~ pre- natal rtlul..s e.,
"f1sf Z" carry "ut such ii program