[161] Hoffman, Frederick L., _Insurance, Science and Economics_ (N. Y., 1911), ch. ix, p. 337. [162] In the Texas flood of 1900 there were lost 5,000 lives, but they cannot be said to have been all associated with a single community. In the light of this consideration the following indication of the growth of population is also of contributory interest.[163] Table 1911 ...................... 46,619 1912 ...................... 46,619 1913 ...................... 47,109 1914 ...................... 47,109 1915 ...................... 47,473 1916 ...................... 50,000 1917 ...................... 50,000 1918 ...................... 50,000 1919 ...................... 55,000 1920 ...................... 65,000[164] [163] Figures kindly supplied by Mr. John H. Barnstead, Registrar, Halifax. [164] The Directory of 1920 estimates the present population to be 85,000. An index of the growth of practical civic interest upon the part of citizens is revealed by the comparison of the numbers participating in political action by means of the vote. Recent figures for Halifax are: Political Action Year Purpose Eligible No. Percentage Percentage voters voting of Indifference of Interest 1918 ......... For Mayor 7,632 2,769 63.8 36.2 1919 ......... " " 8,890 4,264 52.1 47.9 1920 ......... " " 11,435 5,491 51.99 48.01 Instead of the disaster resulting in disheartenment and a gradually diminishing civic interest, the percentage of indifference is smaller and the percentage of interest is larger for 1920 than for 1919, and the percentage of interest for 1919 is larger than that for the previous year. The number of eligible voters also shows increase. "The campaign [for 1920] has marked a new era .... and will make it easier to institute new reforms."[165] [165] Halifax _Morning Chronicle_, April 29, 1920. Of further sociological interest is the change affecting city-planning, civic improvement, housing, health, education and recreation.