Baths closed by order of Mayor on account of lack of coal, Dec. 10, 1917. Re-opened by vote of Commission, Jan. 25, 1918.
| Population | Rate per Thousand | |
| 1904 | 272,000 | 25.8 |
| 1905 | 283,000 | 25.1 |
| 1906 | 290,000 | 26.3 |
| 1907 | 300,000 | 27.9 |
| 1908 | 305,000 | 29.2 |
| 1909 | 311,000 | 30.8 |
| 1910 | 347,469 | 29.6 |
| 1911 | 352,000 | 30.9 |
| 1912 | 370,000 | 29.3 |
| 1913 | 380,000 | 29.4 |
| 1914 | 395,000 | 29.0 |
| 1915 | 375,000 | 29.2 |
| 1916 | 385,000 | 29.7 |
| 1917 | 405,000 | 30.4 |
| 1918 | 430,000 | 27.0 |
Blind, Work for: N. J. Commission for the Blind created by act of Legislature, 1909, to supervise and encourage work for the blind. State headquarters, originally established at 54 James St., Newark, now located at 147 Summer Ave.
Here the Commission conducts classes in reading, writing, stenography, typewriting, basketry, cane-seating, weaving, piano tuning, and other manual arts. It also sends out teachers to instruct the adult blind in their homes. First public school class for blind in Newark inaugurated, Sept., 1910, in Washington St. School.
Under act of 1918, creating State Dept. of Charities and Corrections (now Dept. of Institutions and Agencies), this Commission is given entire charge of all state matters relating to the blind.
Boy's Vocational School: Opened April, 1910, in Warren St. School, at Warren and Wickliffe Sts.
Building of new school, to be located on Sussex Ave., bet. 1st and 2nd Sts., and known as the Seymour Vocational School, in honor of James M. Seymour, Mayor of Newark, 1896-1903, has been postponed by war. Building plans and curriculum will follow recommendations made by an Advisory Committee to Bd. of Education (appointed Aug., 1916) in its survey, Vocational Overview of Newark, New Jersey, which was prepared by Charles H. Winslow.
Buildings: (This list is here entered to show how many municipal, educational and notable commercial buildings have been erected within the last few years.)