New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-22
HAMS va. received, read and ordered to Be sYpsnd

cd 70 the Annual Report:
GIrrIInrr: herewith present to you The stA1sties
Of the Marine Hospital for tie year endins pecen'e'
81 1856:
Thee table, Of statistics have been compile and
arranged with great care and accuracy and they snoa
eondensed vies Of many fsets a. can coaven'ooey
be e1l bIied BY fgures alone respecting me oEsees
and the recruits OF med servcee AZ this institution
/, viii be observed that while these statistics eIaioit
rIsssrg evidence of q remark sble decrese in the
Ishter and more common Infectious m1ades provide1
for at the Marin Hospital, an aro saoH ms
durIg tie past year there has been enjoyed unu'ui
immunity from mi. ctous diseases among recent iDmi-
grants in the city ard vicinity Of New YORK wen .s
on sbipbosro, those sections OF the taoes deyotea
yellow fever AID % small pox furnish Impressive esu
opy 10 the fac, that two Of The direst forms OF Pes
epoe have during the past season made their un~ei-
come advent AZ the very portals OF our gres' CON-
emu cal metropolis. .
II Will be observed that not withsandiny the very
large number Of cases Of smsllp oX and yellow fever
which have been treated at the Marine Hospital dunas
the pact season the average percentage OF u.atn7 ~
tie Institution during the year has been oweF nan IA
previous years. ,.
An cases admitted TO the Hospital are reckoned in
the tables as having been under medical treatment Dur
II NAV be observed that thrty-eisht persons we're,
when received into the Hospital, In uonoand or dy
inc condition from various diseases OF which IL was hos
important that specific record should oe mAoe al
none II these subject to or suscepuoie oi nsssN
treatment Besice u class Of moriound patents we
receive ed nearly fifty other persons in dying eondlten,
ard bich ad ted Of no other than 81 "a miastfaons
q. uld sssuage p-ngs OF death oot tne nalaues
from which they were dying were OF suca importance
10 our re ,ords th they classified un-er the proper
heads THIS class of NOR bUnd pstieDts consisted Prin
cipay CT yellow fever in en- sdvanced stage OF oscG
youit typbus fever, and pneOmO-typhus Ii We could
strike out the record Of ali these Gases together WIN
the eases Of phthss which seldom reach this Hospit.
except in the last stage Of that malady the average
rsto of deaihs 10 actually treed would oe ruy
gratifying But in the discharge OF phyicans duties
the elancboly pleasure of assuaging the anguish o.
dv and ffoTmiDQ those HbO depart tn5
Offices Of humanity, is not toe least OF rewards when
| true ply siciaU receives.
would here remark that the cemetery of the Marine
Hospital is kept and guarded with care and the dead
| are buried with propnety.
TIE percentage OF de,ths from yellow fever was
zee. sssriy large but it Is below the suo OF previous
yoas snd considerably lower than the average OF the
records OF this mslsdy at the Marine Hospa 'or Tue
past 81 years-he period since the establishment OF Ae
Institution.
The total number of cssee of typhus fever admitted
10 Marine Hospital during the past yea was Ices than
one hno the number Admitted IN 1919; and although,
for the sake Of uniformity in the records, have To-
euded two very distinct forms OF fever under this one
head it ia proper 10 remark that very few cases OF the
common typbus snip fever Fave been receives INTO
the Hospital during the year; the prevail NJ type oi
what 10 the table is denominat.d yphus being VIVA. Is
kboxn abdominal typhus, or fyphOtd dtsedse lhls
form of fever is seldom infectious and although
NOR. fearfuly iata than the simple y plus fever ss
ptefence on shipboard and in the crowded tenements
Of poverty NOT like typhus source OF CANCER 10 ae
public health.
As the records of the Hospital are nov kept, tae
cases OF the typhoid disease viii III future be recorded
| dt'inctly from cssee OF tylhus. 49,
| TIE cases of remittent aud Of aterIntt-nt fever
have been received principally trem southern coast
wise vessels ard thee poilents we're mos sg7hs sS
admitted to Marine Hospital by order of tue Health
Officer In most of these cages the fever was OF Sc
we're and malignant type such M to p eeude the idea
of removal to the Seam.ns Retreat Of such as were
resy the proper subjects for tho of that lnstlto.
ttop h.re UAl hut death tll9 CLASS OF
our patienis 1.fer 10 this fact to Il ostrate The dlief
enoc between this form OF fver and tnat scourge OF
the tropics which has recently made us such Unrest
cniI visitation and also TO call tDtion Ia TIE tact
| thst the Specific remedy viz: quinia which is the
Indispensable ageut of cure 10 the fo csss pin
oiIay .xVendt ssanen for the care OF whoa your
Honorable Board receives but three collars per week
which is sufficient 10 pay the cost OF medicine and
| pursiug.
Iwtule re pectfully suggest th.. the expense Incl
dent TO D. care OF seamen al the Quarantine Hospital
might with great proprety be paid from the Unised
| States G,LeSn Hospitl Fund If The subject were
properly represented ~ the General Government theie
| con be no ocubt that the Seamens Fund and heuer
of To. State New York would q; once be relieved OF
the buicen IF thin expense. Ii certainly would seem
iust DO proler sfer The Safe OF Nev-fOrk has doae
TO Oh 10 provide the vast number OF SICK sesmen
who DOW 6no The Retreat sucn unrestricted hosp tn
| privileges theJ find nowhere else IN the United
S,s.s thst the sea men cent to Marine Hospital by
The lie alih Officer suffering as they do from scuo dis
esss extracted commercial ser nee that 10 OF gen.
tra interest to our nation, should De provided TOT uon
| the general Hospital Fund, wmch noF n3 large
Surplus -
Tire whole number of seamen admitted to Marine
llOspbel during The pact year wss %13, OF when mum
Der 80 cied and PA discharged as soon as they
could With safety to themreSes be transferred TO the
| Retreat Thirty eight OF the d, aths among seaDen
from black yomit. A CO nsiderabe prop rton VI
L ere we're In TibuDd condition when they reached
| the Hospital. The total humber Of sesmen admitted
with y.los fever ives l07. The total number of days
spent in toe Hospital oy seanen daring the year was
1870 and the number Of days Tor escn paIien
| OF this Glars sas $50.
10 this cess of patients becse OF the importance
OF the quest and interests Involved Ia providing for
| OK stbuen il the Marie Hospital.
The public safety veil the economical interests
| of the Seamens Hospital Fund require tha. seAmen
| SICK With jbec ious Suspicious m1iedes shOud be
placed under treatment aud quarantine surveillance at
The Marine Hospital and il would seem proper that TIE
eXIeIts incident to the care of such patients should
| be provided Tor as here suggested.
The nun Der Of of smallpox treated ST this To-
s'iurUn during the year was SO, OF whom - died.
NowiibstaI oiDg an UNUSUAL large proportion OF con
fueIt aid cases the deaths occurred principally
in Glaze Of children too feeble 70 recover from any
| acute disease.
| Early in tie Spring snslI pox began to prevail e1
ttn.lyeiy emigrsDt passenger vessels and previous
TO June 10 Yt such had landed eighty patients
lib small p"I, and he'd, under quarantine order dis
er barkeo and placed in the Hospitals under our care
2,s64 psssepgefs, who remained at an average ot .
| Eule lets than a week Oh the Hospital Grounds.
At one time these companies and the sick gave to
TIE es,ab. hmtnt population of nearly TOO which
| DJnber occupied all our available room, and was
through your prompt hberaHty provided for withot.
| any enhancement.
At the c,se OF the past unusual aud trying year at
QuaaLiiIe, We have the pleasure Of believing thst
there no. during the ene seaeOn siDgl instance
| OF successful niracton Of Quarantine regulations or
the rules Of the institution the part OF soy one who
was placed in the official keeping OF the Marine Hoe
| pits aud article Of infected clothing or baggage
ceiyeIed into The custody Of The institution has III sIn