The Colored Race 



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under " anasarca," which we are justified in doing, I think. 

 Whichever way we turn the pathological horizon remains the 

 same, the colored looming up ever on the darker side of the 

 picture. 



The Tenth Census states : "These figures confirm the state- 

 ment just made that much of what thirty years ago was re- 

 ported as dropsy is now reported as heart disease ; and for this 

 reason, as well as to permit of a comparison presently to be 

 referred to, heart disease and dropsy are grouped together in 

 the present study. They caused a greater proportion of deaths 

 in the rural districts (59.7) than in the large cities (46.4), and 

 a greater proportion in the colored (64.5) than in the white 

 (56.1) " 



In the Tenth Census Bright' s disease is not considered 

 separately but comes under " Diseases of the Urinary System 

 and of the Male Organs of Generation" where the mortality 

 appears less for the colored. (White, 19.2, colored, 9.6). I 

 find no records in the Census of hepatic cirrhosis. 



I give here a table showing the total deaths for white and 

 colored under "Undefined" and " Death without Physician." 



