784 



UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



* Includes all persons of negro descent. 



-unknown age, 307,562 occurred under five years of 

 age. The number of males given is 464,330; fe- 

 males, 411,191. The total of whites shown is 758,- 

 660. Of that number, 264,793 were under five years 

 of age. The colored total, including persons of 

 negro descent, Chinese, Japanese, and Indians, is 

 116,861, the number under five years of age being 

 42,769. 



Specified Causes. As a matter of record, it will 

 be useful to note the principal causes of death. Of 

 the total given, deaths from consumption numbered 

 102,199 ; pneumonia, 76,496 : diarrhceal diseases, 



74,711; diphtheria and croup, 41,677; enteric fever, 

 27,058 ; cancer and tumor, 20,984 ; malarial fever, 

 18,594; childbirth and puerperal diseases, 11,257; 

 measles, 9,256 ; whooping cough, 8,432. 



Insane, Feeble-minded, Deaf and Dumb, and 

 Blind. The tabular exhibits in this article include 

 State totals and aggregates under the above head- 

 ings. For purposes of comparison and future ref- 

 erence, the following details under each heading 

 are inserted : 



Insane, by Sex, Nativity, and Color. The total 

 number of insane whites June 1, 1890, was 99,719; 



