The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-15

Mortality Statistics Of the Sc ito Of New York.
The medical men who petisioned Congress to
collect and publish the statistics of mortality,
and persevered in spite Of the apathy with
which their proposal was met, are entitled to
the hearty thanks Of the community. We gave
some of the showings Of the mortality tables
so far as the United States are concerned /; we
now pass to the examination Of those tables as
bearing upon the State Of New York.
In the year 1850 the total population of the
State of New York was given as nearly
100000. The recorded deaths during year
were $4,000, or nearly Is per cent; which,
rs was observed yesterday, is full one per cent
below the European average, and nearly one
per cent below that OF Massachusetts. New
York is in fact shown by these official mortali-
~ statistics to be one Of the healthiest regions
in the world
Mr. De Bow, the Superintendent Of the Cen
sus, has in the compilation of the mortality
tables, divided New York into four sections
az follows
!. NORTHERN LAKE SECTION -: CouSrus.-Cayuga, CHI,
tauque Clinton Erie Essex Franklin, Genesee, Jefferson
Monroe, Niagara, Orleans oswego st. IAwrencs Wayne
H. EASTERN SECTION: COUNTIES Albany, Columbia,
Rensselaer,, Richmond, kockiand, saratoga, Suffolk, W.
ster. Warren, Washington, Wesrchester.
Cattarsgus Chemung, Chenaogo Courtlandt, Delaware,
Full on, Hamilton Herkmer Lewis, Livingston Madison,
Mos,gmes Oneida enanaas oRa0 ossso soS.
1ompkins Wyoming Yates
Nv. The city Of New York.
These are set down az not equally heal
thy. The central section-which is the larg
est Of the four, and includes all the cen
trail counties of the State-appears the heal
tbiest; its per centage of annual mortality
being only 100, or nearly Al below the
average OF the whole State. The northern or
lake section, comprising all the counties ad-
jacent to the great lakes, seems very healthy;
its per centage is but LIZ. The eastern sec
tion which comprises the counties on the North
river and along the eastern boundary of the
State, is less salubrious; the per centage
there is 6. Finally, as was to be expected,
the city proves it's superior insalubrity to the
rural sections by exhibiting per centage OF
over 2. We need be at no trouble to try to
account for the excess Of deaths in the city; no
one expects it to prove as healthy as the
country. But the difference between the east
crn and central sections to over
half per cent--appears at first sight very
strange. When we notice, however, that of
the 1880 persons who died in the eastern Sec
ton in the year 1S49-'50, near one seventh
died Of cholera, whereas the deaths from
cholera in the central section we're less than
one fiftieth the entire mortality, the difficulty
is more than half explained. Residents on the
North river and in eastern counties may con-
sole themselves with the hope that their share
Of the State is not really more unhealthy than
any other, but unluckily happened in ls49 to
be visited by cholera.
BY far the most fatal disease in this State is
consumption. Nearly one-seventh of the total
deaths recorded are traced to this cause,
and classed under this head. Aud if
to the aggregate deaths from consump-
ton we add-as we should-the deaths
from pneumonia and bronchitis, the mortality
from diseases of the respiratory organs will be
found to be one-ffth of the whole. The follow
ing table shows the uniform severity Of the
disease throughout the State -