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S JNCE
1967, per capita crime in
the
city
has risen 50%. New–
ark has the highest crime rate of any
city in the United States. Since 1950,
the homicide rate for this city has
risen 600%. About 80% of all crime
is committed within two miles of the
city center. Most of the criminals are
black. Most of the victims are black.
Newark has the highest incidence
of per capita drug abuse among
America's cities. With at least 20,000
addicts, by a conservative estímate,
there are few treatment centers for
the few who are willing to be
treated.
The health picture "staggers the
imagination" as one newspaper put
it. Newark has the highest rate for
new cases of tuberculosis among
American
cities.
It also boasts the
highest rate for both venereal disease
and maternal mortality. The city's
rate for infant mortality is first or
second in the nation.
Most health services are nonexis–
tent. Few doctors will step into the
Central Ward. Ambulaace service
is
rare unless the police are on the
scene and directly summon it.
The city's educational system is
falling apart. The dropout rate in
public schools is as high as 33%. Of
those who do graduate, many are
vastly undereducated. Many are func–
tionally illiterate, unable to compete
in a modero, technologically ad–
vanced age.
Most of the city's school buildings
are dilapidated and crumbling. Many
were built over half a century
ago. Blacks comprise 85% of the
total pupil enrollment, while most
of the teachers are white. Racial
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