The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-10

mortality at the Marine Hospital, from typhus fe-
yer at least, bears favorable comparison with that
OF other hospitals. The number of cases Of small
pox treated from April to Dec, 1919 at the Quaran-
tine Hospital, was 256, and the deaths y, giving
mortality of less than . per cent. At the Small
Pox Hospital on B.ackwelfs Island, the mortality
was IN lctS, lb.4 per cent, and i'll lsi9, 1913 per
cent.
Not having as yet had access to the reports Of the
other institutions for 1850, no comparison can be
made of the results Of treatment in them.
At the Marine Hospital, the number of patients
treated in 1850, was 3,ili, of whom there died 49,
giving mortality of IL ID per cents among the
81 under treatment, there were l,5l3 cases Of
typhus fever and ls5 of small pox.
From the first of January Of the present year, TO
the 3lst OF March, the number Of patients admit
ted to,and under treatment 1.-THE Marine Hospital
has been 2,s16 and the deaths 3iI, which gives
mortality OF less than IL per cent; under the most
unavorabc circumstances, too, which could well be
imagined; with hospitals crowded TO such a degree,
by population at time Of 20, scarcely to
afford a fair chance for recovery; with want Of
eommodation TO an extent which rendered IL neees-
sary TO place two persons in one bed, and To use
damp and badly ventilated store houses for the sick
which occasioned the development Of serious and
fatal diarrhoa, TO which many fell victims. Among
the III deaths, too, there included ~ children
under ~ years of age, and y Of persons who died
within - hours after al OMISSION and before they
could be brought under the influence Of medical
treatment.
Having exhibited a plain statement Of facts.
which was attempted 10 be created through the
columns Of the Tribune, in regard to the Marine
Hospital, the main object of this article is accom-
plshcd. Ii is deemed proper, however, in view Of
the important interests involved To- state for the
information Of the public that as at present adj
minstrel, their quarantine is of no avail whatever
to protect the city from contagion. small pox and
typhus fever have not been 80 prevalent in New
York for many years az during the past season
Vessels arriving with the former disease on board,
are often permitted TO proceed to the city after
lew hours or one or two days detention only, and
without the clothing being washed. Cases Of the
disease have been cent back from the city within
few days after landing. The greater proper
ton of typhus teyer cases admitted 10 the Marine
Hospital come from the city. under authority from
the Board Of llcalth-which cases are for the most
part from among newly arrived emigrants, who
have either not been stopped at all at the quaran-
tine, or else been permitted to 60 up from sickly
vessels after very short aud insufficient detention.
The amount Of disease thus introduced into the
midst Of our dcnse population may he estimated
from the fact that seventeen hundred patients most
Of them suffering with typhus fever, and a very
large proportion from among newly arrived cmi-
grants, have been admitted to the Marine Hogpital
from the city since the first Of January Of the present
year
rs at present conducted, the New York ouaran.
tine possesses two advantages Ii affords to the
public false impression Of security, and benefit
sn active politician To the extent Con the authority
Of the Nur lcfkG, from Custom House returns }
o'twenty-stycn thousand dollars a year.