Negro Life in the South Present Conditions And Needs
The book Negro Life in the South Present Conditions And Needs was written by author Willis D Willis Duke Weatherford Here you can read free online of Negro Life in the South Present Conditions And Needs book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Negro Life in the South Present Conditions And Needs a good or bad book?
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Not only is this death rate very much higher, but it seems to be increasing. The figures from the City of Charleston, from 1822 or 1894, will indicate this: 2 CONSUMPTION IN CHARLESTON, S. C., 1822-1894 (Death rates per 100,000 of population). Period. White. 1822-30 457 1831-40 33i 1841-48 268 1865-74 198 1875-84 255 1885-94 189 Colored. 447 320 266 411 668 627 1 Figures taken from "Race Traits and Tendencies of American Negro," p. 83. 2 Figures copied from "Race Traits and Tendencies of Americ...an Negro," p. 70, HEALTH AND HOUSING OF THE NEGRO *J"J Thus, while the consumptive death rate, 1822-30, was about equal for whites and blacks, that of the blacks was nearly three and one-third times as great as that of the whites for the period 1885- 1894. It seems quite evident that consumption is very much more prevalent since slavery than during slave days. Predisposition to Consumption Hoffman thinks the negro has a predisposition to consumption, the conclusions concerning which he sums up the following words: 1 "The aver- age girth of chest of the negro male of thirty years ago was slightly greater than that of the white, but at the present time the chest expansion of the colored male is less than that of the white.
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