Death rate among Negroes in Southern Cities.[27]

City. Periods. Death
rate.		 Periods. Death
rate.
Mobile, Ala. 1876-1880 39.74 1891-1893 30.91
Charleston, S. C. 1876-1885 43.83 1886-1894 44.06
Savannah, Ga. 1876-1880 51.66 1891-1894 32.26
New Orleans, La. 1880-1884 52.35 1890-1894 39.42

A recent report of the Labor Bureau throws much light on the subject.

Annual Death Rate of the Colored Race for three quinquennial periods.[28]

City. 1880-1885. 1885-1890. 1890-1895.
Atlanta 37.96 33.41 32.76
Baltimore 36.15 30.52 32.47
Charleston 44.08 46.74 41.43
Memphis 43.01 29.35 21.11
Richmond 40.34 38.83 34.91

This table shows an unmistakable decrease in the death rate for the successive quinquennial periods.

All of which tends to prove that this high death rate is due to condition and is subject to sanitary check and control.

In further confirmation of the fact that the death rate among Negroes is on the decline, the Army records will afford valuable testimony.

Death rate of Colored Soldiers in the U. S. Army.[29]

Average from 1883 to 1892 9.07
Average in 1894 6.26
Average in 1895 5.03