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170 MATCH'S ANNUAL REPORT.The actual rate per 1,000 was : Whites, 18.92; negroes,29.59; annual ratio of both 24.45. The deathsamong the whites are well within the normal rate,and is probably less than ever recorded before, thepopulation being considered, and without doubt thenegro death rate was lower than it has ever been.The principal causes of deaths were as follows:WHITES. NEGROES.TOTALTuberculosis......................................52 141 193Pneumonia and broncho-pneu.. ..39 81 120Marasmus .............. .............. ..... .35 48 83Bright's disease ......... ....................39 41 80Malarial fever ........ ....................... 29 44 73Heart disease ................................ 28 41 69Old age............................................19 32 51One noticeable feature of this table is that therewere more deaths from malarial fever among thenegroes than among the whites.The negroes furnish over 70 per cent, of the deathsfrom tuberculosis, and this with the two races abouteven in population.In pneumonia the negroes furnish about 67 percent, of the deaths.Infectious and Contagious Diseases.Diphtheria.—There were 20 cases reported to thisoffice—18 whites and 2 negroes. There was onedeath among the whites and one among the negroes.This number of cases and number of deaths for atown the size of this city is unprecedented, so far ascan be ascertained from reports of other cities.Scarlet Fever prevailed to a greater extent than duringany year, certainly since 1879. There were 192cases reported to this office—165 whites and 27 ne-