New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-08
Health OF the Civ.

Prom " Ju.y =.
We beve that u duty 70 tate The facts as theF ex
it without Disguise relative to the extent
progress of the disease which prevails 10 city
We know In such mster IN most of the other duties
OF the public Journalist it is impossible to please avery
BODY and cOnten. ourselves by s4tisiylg he oe
demands Of our sense Of duty While Il Is cert siny in
cumben the press 20 its best Efforts n prevent any
Unnecessary alarm panic, il is equally obligatory TO pre-
sent THE true condition Of affairs 50 as 70 prevent d-eep
tion or denson We believe that has been done 70
wards the Augmentation Of the disease by gozns over and
coDcearg the true state of asrs than oy any e1alSe
rated aco uns-f such had ever been gigen-Of which
We ptrely ignorant
The truth the disease existed in our midst long before
II was Acknowledged and proclaimed Week before last
there nearly many deaths from yellow fever in the
the city occurred in any week in the year 1871 aud yet
the presence Of the disease had been Acknowledged
much less its epdemicsl form recognized Afn noe, for
the pest week, ending Friday st wa have return of
tot. deaths Gil yellow fever deaths 500 The worst week
IN 1871 from the Sd Of SEPTEMBER 10 the 10TH whsn The
deaths from yellow fever we're 1914 In the face OF such
facts these gard As not only absurd but repre-
hen sibe pretend that there il epidemic 10 the city
Not only IA absurd and eJrehensbe but Is highly in
polite for il this is mere spnradca chHafer O IA ds
ease and is thus destructive what must b. ths eNent ~
the mortality when Il assumes the epi iemct trm ."
n il look abroad pretend that NeTOrsans can lose
out of her present diminished populat, Oh ciE-ns
week. ard Yet have no epidemic IN our midst 10" VI
the following uons appear by the SIDE Of he report OF
I Roard IT Health
W1go' There sz'a snsr sop-ehsn' N ano1s he
heycd' be spo, and confined most 70 certain crow
I'D s5e,a II IS bi.b, TIT Il, ani every po''hl
Dc a. % rnt sftiin
tsliy, ~ truthful Official reports II rs p'sr-s'. 100,
An sppf.h.r'i thet y-io" t-v.'na -nr- "' H-,nert
for the gent men who pr ssntd this resolution and the
seriousness f The occasion alone prevent our desSnaulS
THE ohilds pay Lit Us take common sense We OF
this The y 10 fever never appeared in this MY
with much mslgniy, 30 early IN the season In tne
worst years il attained any gre severity UNI 'he
commencement Of September In lsiI wh-n II was con
sidered sppe .rng earlier than usual there we're MT
more than fiy deaths in the whole month of Jay In
August the humber of deaths WAS 80 per day
Il a
flowi e. the average Of the first year sweed W u I'll
per day ,..ne..
usually continues in our city; and il the returns OF Jdy
only exhibit sp radio form Of disease ghat mu' o. th9
mortality before itr-ach@sth lot Of >7pemb--th zenith
point Of is severity We put this question: not - lnVits
controversy bat 10 elicit truth and remove dsus "a
which think has already been productive OF consl4era
be uj r, to the city.
ncurced in proper tme our ctzsns would have b. n
much better prepared TO meet than they have oe-n whle
lab ring der he dru'ion mat vas nothere AS 10 IN
necessary alarm, We have never Witnessed any feeling o
that nature evnced by people on an oc asOn IKE t
Those Of our citizens who rsm sin here IN the sumner ara
conscious Of their liability 70 the ever and u.uNy pre-
pare Their nds for such visitation But what needed
are pr. paraons It physical eharscter-the cleanliness
Of the streets the publication Of the atm phsre aad tne
Observance of certain habs which are eal'nsd A. Ais
season. o the yer upon the uIacclmded Ins neglect 81"
al these preparations FIR the present season. l. manly IS
fihate ~ The b.. 81 that there sas q be 10 ede me-
belief which ba- been nourshed and rrc urged ser the
disease had assumed IN undoubtedly elidemcA tlrn or
at least an epidemical severity.
But while presenting th-s- evidences of me severity OF
the disease g DO not sire be understood Drete i'd
ing hat the comparative mortality Is greater now ihsa
has bee previous periods Of our history when th- d
ease isd bee an tpid-mc l. i ITS e'Fy "Pp- rance
in 80 .vere nm which d-ngu shed the present v-iia
lion Of the fever So far the itay Is no. IS great As
in Or, vious years when th- difference 10 the popu dol -
regarded snd The pregnant fact Is ke Dior oar mnl'
thar VIZ have had no epidemic since 81 and th-re j.
consequently our times much material for the fever as
there was previously, when is visits were annual
ls th4 proportion deaths in the Charity do-pL With
ia the civ a. one four; observe nov that Is as one
10 two This shoss that the disease IS more confined 10
the uoe rer euisrant class, than Il was IN 1911.
Our convie FROM these fsci- Is u Al th- disease exists
in our CITY in malignant and serious form aad we nave
TOO hsb An ppon Of the Oh scer Of cur cz -ns = INA
Gin. that rhey will shrink from the truthhA they e>nnot
bear 10 look Il in the face and proceed with cal de;srni
nation aid courage to meet and oppose TIE en7ny Sho IS
Within our walls