Vital Statistics of the District of Columbia and Baltimore Covering a Period of Six Years Ending May 31, 1890 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ... from 10 to 85 feet above tide water. Area, 599 acres; population, 14,092; whites, 10,689; colored, 3,403; number of persons to each acre, 23.53. This district covered the northern slope of Capitol hill and was residential in character, with large vacant grounds and many unpaved streets. The death rates in this district as compared with the average for the city, exclusive of stillbirths, were as follows: All of the death rates per 1,000 of population in this district were below the average. In consumption, typhoid fever, and diarrheal diseases there was a decided falling off in the proportion of deaths due to these causes, while malarial fever showed a considerable increase. Sanitary District No. 28.--All that part of the District of Columbia lying north and west of Boundary street and West Washington west of the Eastern branch of the Potomac river. Area, 20,344 acres; population, 18,438; whites, 11,368; colored, 7,070; number of persons to each acre of total area, 0.91. This was a suburban district, the ground very rolling, with abrupt changes in level, ranging from tide water to nearly 440 feet above. The greater part of this population was found in the vicinity of Boundary street and Seventh street road and in small villages, of which Mount Pleasant, Tennallytown, Brightwood, Brookland, Ivy city, and Eckington were the largest. The Zoological park, the National Soldiers Home, and the principal cemeteries of the city were in this district. The death rates in this district as compared with the average for the city, exclusive of stillbirths, were as follows: In the death rates given per 1,000 of population the deaths occurring in the Soldiers Home have been excluded. Iu the rates for the specified causes per 100,000 of population these deaths have been incl...