New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-20
NETWORK, MONDAY, MAY 30, 1850.

deaths b. that AM kindred discsses, which he |
rsckons extraordinary, finds an excess Over 1915 of
1929 deaths He attributes this TO the depressing
ilfoerce OF the Epidemic, since be finds after de-
Quoting cholera, diarhea sad dyssntery, an in
crease Of 2O77 in the months from May to October.
The mortality Of males exceeds that Of females |
l,l57 This excess is mostly caused by the greater |
mortality OF mae children; for while OF adults the
excess OF males is only III, that Of children
amounts 10 9fo
The low rate Of mortality among children OF the
male sex as here and elsewhere manifested, ia
subject for interesting inquiry.
The higher rate Of mortality in female admits
over males is not to be attributed TO any peculiarly
Of sex so much as 10 condition in HE Males are
more exposed to the causes Of disease and acct
dent, by Their professions, calings aud business
Among other examples contributing to Illustrate
this, the following summary OF several Causes OF
death, as rePorted in the preceding tables, may be
adduced;
The deaths resulting from casualties amount 10
l52, Of which only "a are females.
Those resulting from drowning are l46 Of which
10 only are females.
OF ito cases of deaths by delirium tremens, s5
are males. Jntemperance adds Is deaths, so OF
which are males.
Dr. White complains of the want 0. an intelig-
bic system OF nomenclature Of diseases, TO be used
in physicians certificates He thinks returns Of
"Aspbyxia" /" Bleeding" " Cancer" "Conges
ton" +" Commissions" Debility" Eruption"
Fever" Inflammation" y" Tumor," and such ike,
that mean little more than want of breath, want OF
blood, want Of strength DC. would then give place
TO something tangible and useful, and something
that people could understand He cites 1854 cases
Of death recorded under these and similar unmean-
ing titles, and that for all the light they convey as
to the real or proximate causes Of death, might
have been returned in the certificate as having
/" died, under my charge Of death; !" which would
have been quite as intel gble 20 the ofreaders
Take the frst on the list" Abscess'-and
what Ineligible idea can possibly be conveyed
by statement that "A. u. died Of Abscess p
Abscess Of WHAT and where and OF what
kind7 So of the rest. Why should there be
one thousand one hundred and sixtyeight cases OF
still births in year, in this city, and no clueeve
offered 10 explain the monstrous fact, more than
what be suggested by certificate OF the mere
event But Dropsy of Bowels, Eruption hamilton,
Inflammation Of the Arm, Lock Jaw AMI Rupture,
are perfectly unique, and convey vast amount OF
suggestive knowledge as TO the cause o. death.
valuable table is then given, showing the
deaths BY each disease, in every month of theyear
The Report says
1.-THE preceding tables are interesting in some
measure, as presenting many views OF mortality
curious and astonishing.
I" The number Of deaths by apoplexy are exceed
Dely large j62, being Ia more than last year; Ga
are returned as under one year. and 1875 under 10.
This is somewhat extraordinary, when we reflect
that this disease almost exclusively attacks the free
ivers OF advanced life. This anomaly would not
exist, il physicians would regard their certificates
differently from what they seem TO do ut present.
- Tifs, sse of Nostalgia. or home sickness. was a
female under thirty years.
"The mortality from pulmonary diseases, amounts
to 3,673 being large Increase on previous years
Thirty tour cases are reported "a having been
killed or murdered This is very large, most Of
them occurring st the Opera House riot.
Two hundred and twenty-lour deaths are re-
ported from old age, OF which there are l3 more
females than males The largest proportion were
between the ages Of 20 and 80 years % were be-
tween 30 and co. and Mt the advanced OF 100
years and upward
THE diseases of infancy and accidents Of caild-
birth, annually carry of a very large number. DO-
ring the last year shis amounted to the enormous
sun of 1908, excess over last year Of :, l29.
Over 1000 are returned as from cholera lniant1n,
c9Iyulsions, dropsy of head, marasnus, and dis
eases affecting early childhood while 1890 were
still born, or premature births. The number Of
these still born and premature births is steadily on
the increase. Ia lei7 the number OF still-bOrn
were 9i4 males 5l4, fcmales 40. Premature
births III; males So, females 81. In 1915 the
lumber OF still born were 1927, OF which 81 were
males, and 40 females. Premature births l34
males 90, females 6J. Ia $40 the number OF still
born were 1,l6e, Of which GA were males and
1914 females Premature births 1872: 81 males and
Il females. Thus in three years We have NOR
tally from premature births OF 400, and from still
born Of 1889, making total OF $3.50 human be-
ings that never breathed This is q state OF NOR
tally from these accidents truly alarming, which,
while remedy in this connection can be adj
vised, demand our most serious cOnsideTatlo'.-
What OF crime and reckessness there Is IN this
sum dare not be expressed, for we cannot refer
such hecatomb Of human offspring TO natural
causes. An honest and fearless expression OF the
causes or circumstances attending these events
on the part OF the medical attendant, would bring
into this department amount OF valuable know-
edge that might be useful in checking this horrible
and increasing waste Of life.
Since 1905, when returns were first made 10
this office, the number OF these accidents have
stadily and rapidly augmented. With popula-
ton at that time of Is no the number OF still born
and premature births were Ain lef9, with |
population estimated at 10000, the number swehs
up TO 1890; thus, while the population has In !
creased nearly six times, since l'OJ, the annual |
number Of still born and premature ontns mas null
tplied over twenty seven times
ITO show the rapidly OF this increase, have |
prepared the following table:
In lse5 The rro to ibs population was I" 10 l'SlzI:
- isis 10 935. 10 |
In ian l 10 6S.52 1
IN is / to $50. 90 |
In 1850 ] 10 $3.50 |
u -. I IN