New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-02
MEMS OF DEATH No. VI.

t,,v,1s OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AT THE
: wrsl-HosrirALs-WHAr mas BEEN D0tA
~ ENGLAND, &c. ,u.;,h
m, experience Of more recent times i a. 10.
isI nroof Of the effects of crowds III eA
N0p ~. nes,ileptial diseases. Where sucn us
seps.o vol we universally find them Increased
essss 80 and ntslity when living bodies are
,-..siyely crowded together Suoh was al"a ~
...e when the yellow fever Yves toe ofeeoeo
w. ',.,o,c in our towns and cities. The records OF
sP'us ,..-repce in Philadelphia, Charleston, Ne"'
Nous. Orleans ami ether places, in every III
iv'@ mention the populated spots OF the re-
live cities by name as the places whence the
..,e received additional powers of extension,
". s ia which it acquired more deadly type, A
~. ,eoarstion Il the alex from such vitated air
as,gays mitigate, If not entirely extermlnata
y. 6i,ease. Not only were exec ssively packed
s.,,ss the chief oeaters of the mslady, bat the
i,var parts, especially the cellars, We're partlca-
n,vso. 1t is we'll remembered by many old PEG
ia Of cur City that apartments next to the 8foun0
.na;n Easements, were tina most dangerous W 6i0oP
:. usnv an attack Of the disease would occur
mi. psr. of the hoose while the dweiers above
IA esospe So well known was this fact that
xss thought capable Of explanation by tue theo-
,ths, the origin of yellow fever WAS by the agency
:, ,,rbouic acid sss, which everybody knows Is
.,oh heavier than a;mosp heric air. and which kept
4 o.,s,s on the surface Of the earth, and although
,,virNe would flow Ike water into all the natural
,,,riscisl excavations Be this cause oil yellow
h,s,o or not, it il evident that the occasional pro-
dr,tOn Of this ges by decomposition in CUTTERS, or
tom bulning cl alscs' aud it's following the laws
NJ Gravity, and thu, flowing into the human dens
th,t ere dug into the earth, must hsve effect in
,.,.spug the powers Of the body to resist disease
oss,nucb as it 3 ar absolute poison when breathed
the lpngs It'll the sane gas that stiles dogs IN
he celebrated grotto in Italy, whose noses are lu-
r.yssd in AERIAL water flowing at the bottom ol the
,.vs While the noses of the men who put them in
ueisr above the poison, analogous to the jewellers
IN the upper stories of house. Sitting deterlora-
tou Of the air from over population, absence OF
sanitation, and the presence of smothering gas in
he cellars of houses, were he great causes of the
sbtnuance of the dis ase and of its constant &C.
arence in the subterranean rooms.
TJphuB fever, it has been shown, was maintained
udspread in the game manner in our city as the
B,pkerat fever, the crowded cellars being almos1
N.ony places where it prevailed. Precisely the
I'm. facts have been experienced in other cltles
ALPHABETICALLY so whenever the cramming of peo'
No was effected under groun', IS in Liverpool
luldon and Glasgow In the latter city, some
pns snoe, typhus fever was never absent from
b close cellars crowded covered courts and blind
Ays which were equal in filth, misery, and in the
Nsl absence of the pare air OF Heaven, as any
'3snsn could be- In proportion as such places
Ms been cleared Of inhabitants, or the sitting
ses bAve been broken up, has the dsease in
asstOp ceased
We shave heard great deal of "ship fever
ybch is nothing more than typhus fever, engender-
Nby crowds and which has been most remark&'
ty initiated when not entirely prevented by the
resent laws limiting the number Of passengers in
enarsp. ships. As we have seen that jail fever "
hss ceased, SO may we reasonably expect that
"ship fever" will yet be known only as matter
ohiioy, and if people be all removed to the sur
ace sbe cellar typhus will soon be placed in the
came category.
Muigbt be expected the penalty of violation
Of the laws of life are not experienced by man
only, alsuimas suffer from the same cauie; hence
oskp fever" was formerly very serious disease
among aheep. Many years ago Merino sheep were
imported to this country in large numbers, and the
lcowdng on ship board was productive OF the most
serious and fatal fevers among them; such as were
lhded sick were only cured by proper separation
and smithble observance of the laws of their ma
ture. Swine, when helded, are also attacked with
presidential ievers. Analogy and experience there
A&reNmbne to prove what q very little reflection
lwOna teach US that a departure from the plain
Iulswhch naturo teaches, and the deprivation OF
3he iSi|y requirements of the body, be they
warmth, heat, sleep, exerc SO, food or air, will in
Saiaby bo followed by some injury to system.
GhOers furnishes abundant roofs Of The aggra-
walton Of pestilentia diseases by over orowding,
especially when Connected with the conditions al
ffesdy frequently referred to, which particularly
eaht in cellar 'dens." In Europe, the records
fab9aDd With facts in proof of this position Regi
ment Of soldiers, removed to perfectly clean bar
racks bet badly ventlsted, have been suddenly
ssled with the disease, which was only arrested by
ssNaCtapge ofplsce. AlIagree thatthis condition
u aggravated to great extent when to thiscrowd.
Fng low damp aud i'll ventilated ground residences
Rla ADDED. Proofs almost without end could be
furnished from the experience of this City of the
pN'tdltss of these views. We all recollect that
Fha ffst cases occurred in 1919 10 damp, hot
s'H'S ctHar, and in such places the mortality was
fTN'grea.est, in proportion to the number sick
entire street, occupied by persons in compare
Va aHaence, and consequently not crowded
/ oaa ~ have single death, while from IN ad.
sonlg street, where the people lived more crowd.
~ shls,al from some of the houses would bo of
taly sccrence In one section Of the City no
asaA'@o9rrediu one street during the whole sea
'a While in the adjoining street, running parallel,
qahsnne block, thirty persons died.
IMepwe ed emigrans steamboats, on the Nissis,
&lDpl ro,,,N hi =, ,r,,r ~ far, It