New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-02

brought in from fatal stTeet accidents III iat 6o
CITY, A great deal is gained by classifying pa
,ieps, and distributing them to different wards or
even different Hospitals, both in a remedial aud
scieitiGc point of view There should be connected
with all Hospitals distinct establishment Tor CON
yalescents both in reference TO bodily and mental
inrmities for where the positively sick and conva-
lescent are crowded ogether botncaasoa suffer. 1t
must be obvious tina whereverthere is any Interior
euce with the proper suppyot air for hospital es-
Enlistment under the idea of maintaining suitable
temperature evil must eslti aud that noto a tenn
porary, but Of permanent character. Where cfer'
ces haze been stuffed up, openings for 0e"t'SqS'oH
closed, the evils viii remain for months, not"l'n-
standing the most unremitted Efforts at cleantn5'
purifying and absolute evacuation OF room 40
ssroa disaase will annear ON the re6ccuphtlon OF
house, after ii hss been cleaned anu 80,
for months. Every degree oil tls "o@o"'o
sweet air from without that Is suPPneu II" 00'u
boundless quantities by the Great diVe'' n"st 10
attended with it's corresponding depressing electS
~, rho system, which is but an approximation 70
tho lorribe mortality Of hospitals to which we have
.lnded. when the laws ofnature have been entirely
overlooked.
But let US return to the primary cause OF these
articles on crowds-toe cellar population of large
oities--and see what has been done in mitigation
of The evil.
30 far az our City, and indeed our country, is
concerned, Just nothing has been done; the mag
nitude Of the evils arising from this under ground
slow poisoning, has not been made apparent 20
those who possess the inclination and influence TO
propose and carry out amendmenta But in Great
Britain a step has been taken wnich has produced
the moat gratifying results, ard prsoH'aJIy de-
monstrated the truth Of propositions in regard
to the influence of under ground life OF hea.h.
When the law for the Repatriation OF Deaths
went into force, Liverpool was sup21seC to be one
of the heatbest towns in Bnglsrd. but e Ondig-
putable facts of the Registry proves it to pe mo
verse. Instead of occupying the best position in
the scaIe ct health, it was Us!y almost the
worst! When this startling fact became known,
there was no rest until Sanitary Commission was
instituted ard set to work to find the cauRe OF this
painful truth. Their attention was early drawn to
the immense cellar population which they could
not fail to see coming up from these nosome caves
at every step of their progress. When they found
that between thirty aud forty thousand inhabtants
of the city lived in these "dens,' called, by polite.
nees cellsrs," the bold resolution was taken OF
at once amputating tbis morbid mass, by declaring
cellars illegal habitations. The operation was COM
menced in 1912 but the progress was not rapid
only about 5000 people HAVING beeu dug up from
that We ar until l847 then more stringent measures
were adopted, and the result waa that in the early
part Of ls49, four thousand and seVen hu1dred eel
lorS aseoe closed, and more than t0eny.t0ur thou
sanGinh0bitdats released from them. Time enough
has rot elapsed olet the full effect of this bold
MEASURE be seen; but the Health officer has al
reaoy reported the significant fact that spectng
one of the districts formerly most afflicted by dis
ease that while the epidemic which preceded their
clearance carried Oft 500 persona, the Cholera
which broke out during the time that the forced
charge was in progress, slew the comparatively
small number OF 81
Something OF the Same kind has been done in
Glasgow in regard TO cellars, with maoifest bene.
to the general health; especially abating the raw
ages ofthe typhus fever
Under the operation Of several new Acts of Par
lament in gard to Health, great many reforms
are now in progress; but the chief movement In
the matter having been made subsequent to the
lately disappeared Cholera, we are not In posses-
sion of such reports of results give ps ground to
speak definitely III regard to ALL yet so far as the
sanitary officers have extended their researches
into cellars and packed basement rooms, there
ia but one opinion and that is, that such places are
the fountain, springs OF disease.
.Yns option was advanced bg OF maca experience
In Ho,pa matters many yeaIs Rince 1T therefore not
lately ptyen on our part for it has been strengthened by
sars of observation made the mortality Of The Two
classeI to which reference is ade