The New York herald., 1851-07-31

MORTALITY AMo,o CHILDREN DrsrrLIRRy MILK.
The frightful mortality among the infant popu-
a,ion Of this city, shown by the City Inspectors
weekly reports, IL, We are happy to say, receiving
good J, 4 ~ attention. We have enieavored time
and again - arouse the public mind to che i'm
portan.e u ..e SUBJECT, and We pleased to see
that our example oeing followed by some of our
contemporaries. 1t will no doubt astonish people a.
a distance, wien we inform them that there were
three hundred ard forty four de aths in this city,
last week, Of children under i've years Of age. We
are certain that no city in the world exhibits such
mortality as this among its Juvenile population
That there is no necessity for such dreadful
slaughter, no one csn dcn, for New York possesses
as salubrous climate the is to be found in
the world; and any person who examines its topo
era ply will see AZ glance that the mortality We
speak of is .aused by violation OF the lave oi ma
ture alore, and cannot be considered as toe ACT
of God"
Our cotemporsry, the Courier AL Eh9a'f'r, di''
agrees with to a certain extent az to the causes
of he slaughter Of children which takes pac, here
during the warm summer months every year
Doubtless many deaths occur from malaria ia the
atmosphere, produced b. stagnant supsfh al
water. by bad ventilation, by the Of green
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assumed at the outset and reitera,e opnoa tn
two thirds, and migat say seven eisnths, of che
deaths of our infant population at this time OF Gae
year produced By the use Of distillery milk IL n
immaterial whether the milk is pauaken of BY
children directly or not. Ii nursing mother usss
it, the infant at the breast receives its share Tue
virus is impaired 20 it, and deranges It's ~ TEN u
almost as great extent as it would II imooed by
the child ITSELF In this are, to very great
extent, sustained by the report of committed ap-
pointed by she Academy Of Medicine in this CITY,
upon tire comparative value Of milk, IL the year
lsiS The following cxtrac from the report are
entitled to serious consideration ut this time:
Numerous statements have been made orally anl writ
BY OF sciruce aud y.r.city. teStfya1 u the
marked eff cth of the Sopfed mR upon cn,ldruu aud
the cessation Of all disturbance ths r.s1oraton 70
health. mui- dat,y upon disseminating the mdS: ana
oeaths, when under Tn. head OF msc~smds
v,i the lists Of mortality. ascribei IN sreis
ture to this cause
The chemical and microscopic reports bD,h show th u
the lnlk Cf ANIMALS fed disIilley sop l. ar weaker
tuents varying bu' IN some bring as one 20 three Ia
100 parts oi Orange county milk 81 we're butter While
C co PARIS Oi dst!eiy milk there todtd btG 10,
| IA, Is and even 10 parts only of butter
The original test If Ir heid discover the tim n.
for cDaeGiatiop, has evInced mUst inposcat
fact, hat the dsiei5 MIX wiil not caaguis= N less
than six hours while puru nilk under s.,ue ina
cossuates IN hour This. with The oostry1 on
o Dr CLARK showing .he u cuar tendency of shs mix
gebas coue Ion snd the teuss. with wa'ch
they adhere. app IT, the ceumttre most important
matter 1h, alone may sci Ive . 1ccou tor the ~,ie
disturbance 90 the system Of the chd ei Od this
nutIIment O.
Charles A. Zee formerly professor OF Nat sria
Nedca tb. Unysfsty Of Acs fors. states she oil cs
nl"~s CLidIen who are fel sith stiii si'~ aiiik
hsIe pale cachvc.c appearance are extremely suJe,s
10 ,cr,ula and are liable every epidemic ds
pr.'si.rt To scarlet aver, ,..aSes, h'opios eja.n
th'y particularly Geje,t ana "ii take th-n uP'u
IN. slebt-st each children being apt % ,lnS
under any dsras. WIN which they nav b. A.
lacked There is a iaxity of the -oiids sad vtAted
condition Of the fluids Sheh pretipose them to
IA IT. ncs st maiig igLa pt forr sc
again he saJ Il could give you any number ofcases
where tie Losll q chlidr has been utterly Destroyed
by the use 81 sil.slop. oiL and couii YOU
tnut the chorrs ite The great sc.ursa
cy is IN fact chiefly caused by the ue of tnis m,lk
either ny a.. mother child for t l. singular fact
that in the large cities of Europe wh-r. other of
with the exception # this. presaleu, ia
New York this dis. l. absolutely aoknown. hsncs
the efficacy of removal to the ccualry cnanee Of
disi II The necessary conl,querce
DR. Trudesu gives the Of child With protrscled
and severe disrrhda; which wa n'urieh,d milk
toms IN few ds, $ time. Pc states -" SIZED
that dsiery milk ba- done deal Of harm aud that tbs
incrtss ratio Of mortality among the children within
few y ars hAs no other cause"
You committee having ex. ressei calmly nd delibe.
ra'y er opinions do present for the consideration Of
the Academy the following resolutions -
Resolved, That in the opinion of this Academy, the
milk Of shut up Ina stables and fed drtllery
slops not only less nutritious than that of
aud weed suimsls but Is positively d-le rious spe-
cisy to young children, and is fruitful OF maay
fatal diseases
Resolved. That the Acsas my deems proper TO make
kDosn to the public authorities the existence Of thi.
evil, TO the end that they may take sush sction IN
the premises ~ In their wisdom they may think dt
All oi which Is respectfully submitted
AUGUSTUS X. GARDNER, Chairman
With such evidence US this before us, who can
marvel at the dreadful mortality among children
which is exhibited week after week in the reports
Of the City Inspector. We again ask the suthori-
ties how much longer is this to be tolers; ;ed How
much longe- children to be poisoned, A
great time is made if an ignorant spo;hecarys as-
sstant makes mistake in q prescription, aud dis
Ienses poison, by which life Is lost The coroner
holds an inques. on the body of the victim. the
party is arrested, and the public are in a state of
excitement. Children. however, are poisoned at
the rate Of three or four hundred week by d.,il-
lery milk, and notice is taken of IL by the au.
thorities. Such is the M amer 10 which the muni.
ciIal Affairs of Now York conducted in this and
other reFIectx.