The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-02-04

Berlin .........26 Iyons..........33 :"
turin ..........26 Hamburg. .......36 {"
Paris ..........2 28 New York. 80. .36. 38
The mortality Of different countries is
United States. is in 600 Sweden. "a IN 600
England. d.........23 :" Prussia.. .........28 "
Denmark. Austria. I"
France. .05 Russia ........ ..36 :"
IT, therefore, the ratio of mortality ia any criterion
Of the condition of the aborng clses, which constitute
large proportion Of the population. ncn tables of
mortality show that there few cities where the i'm
provement Of the ca state OF the inhabitants is
needed than in We have statistics Of wretch
ednets such as have been officially gathered up in
European Cities yet it is the less certain that New
York suffers much, not more from disregard of
sanitary economy and what may be termed the science
Of common life, than probably most European cities
The whole Of this question presented to the Iegsa-
ture at great length and with marked ability, in the
port OF select committee OF the Assembly document
EOS, March o. 1850 The facts and arguments which
contains well deserving Of careful consideration.
The committee extract the following passages from that
report, for the purpose Of showing 10 what magnitude
this evil has grown
Now in the building heretofore mentioned there ninety
six and they were inhabited when vsted BY one
and serenity persons Computing this aggregate OF tenant
persons % room q twelve By ten ies in dsnsons
renysr bouses examined in district the average mum
ber OF occupying them serenity t0a house eight
a twelve by fourteen square In block,
persons to family confined without ventilation proper
light for obtaining water In another building
persons all the rooms were not rented II such
ion may apy laboratores poison there
NO flung term whereby to designate them.
dwe cellars feet the level In many
parts The city, on sanken lands and where the sewerage
merged by the drainage OF heavy rains In some this
e S With shs a%
TIC affections MP eI9mpas on and affections o. ,ne bowels are
Of the OF On beds raised by few bricks
from the water which Hooded the oor beneath Is it surprs
ing thousands children die earliest period such
wretched holes and ourrowng piacesI
in minute Is half cubic foot At least dozen times this
alter performing which function ii be comes corrupt and
emitted in the form Of carbonic acid poson how long
VIII require Tor hye or SIX persons room twelve ieet
square o consume an .ne vaty Oh the ar i'nin suppos
haS @ an % hn " Ana oil ibs ar hrea,hsd paer Tho, Te v h
Ave or six persons while they remained IN the ROOM
with doors closed and without ventilation, would be what
they bad previously exhalea in other words they would
breathe poisoned air over and over again. Apply this
computation to a tenant house containing from two
hundred TO thousand persons-with exhalatons from
sinks, dccayng matter and diseased bodies all around
bm-the whole hemmed in on all sides by high walls Of
narrow court IN sultry summers DAY and can We Won
der If typhus or yellow fevers, cholera or small pox
should visit the laboratory in search Of ammuni.ion9
The following passage appears as note in the same
port and is n oduced here for the purpose of showing
that in the judgment of public officer well qualified by
position ana expernce TO ascertain and declare the TRUTH
the evils complained OF do exist, involving imminent dan
ger to the public health, and as consequence that "a
remedy ought to be provided
Mr. G. W. Morton the present able and vgiant City In
spector says speaking this subject 1T from the
row street, alley and that the poisonous
HE and na % ussa & ai a anu 81 h Vsgs %
hstds ttosr
localities that he oreinasd in This citv and where az
perence has every epidemic nds greatest
Der OF victims In reference to the tenant houses them
expresses nope hat tne soors OF ns
s nv M @ az anu ci resus MI Ss prsse. sucu @
existing wa S " " " ''1' ' N "
r........ -. ,, -. -
sary nndar this hranch s ~ ,p a, st ' sad I -, ,h
, ha n,c,ad b is;,, ~ VIZ su.eos , s " .he
dinances mnosnp restr;ct;ons on ,ha arnn W s con
structinp dwelling bouses nrovd;na alo Sar sairtarv
nson oS ,be cond pio'ug s aiso .or @ ssu'aly
ose ,bcyefore 70 confsr oO ~ ~ 20. , uu sy s po
anate uowers m a,comnisb those ohsy,s N.Y. s'''' ""'
Wbiie the invest,oa,,nns NJ ,ho .ors,n;,, ho b,
r,anIv d,rec,ad H. 10, ci.ss ~ roa eo .' 'o .i
narnS In be.b bv ,ha cro",d ,;t, p say s ~, en .s
Cannot overlook The rac bat the re o,bor sorons s
Of SIMILAR cboracter rao,,r;n "a 'ie, ae us -.
bch nther cassse h,r ,,nd s w I've 'ealeay, anu 70
stantv exposed II Is the want of vontaton n those
,nh,r buldincs IN uybich as,orh,o,as 80 ,-ao.,o 49,.
s,antlv convene in The nerformance eS ,h,r cI .;
,ans ana noliticai Sntoa Tha .n, " % % ~ , ~, isn .
are proyerbaly unhs athy and manv valuable lives have
been sacrced in consenuence o the had air ~hch
in them duIjpp the TRANSACTION of nub,ic business The
"acss attached 10 thern are eousilv IiabIe 10 ohiac
,nn and even The cbnrchas drrng n crowdad 90
n1 ;co ara almost nsuaarahie sror, sbe boo, aUa i
nuritv of the Internal air These remarks are also
esnecay applicable 10 many of the school houses of re-
M Tho known of sanit,rv SCIENCE ne,hsr GOOD
air nor proper degree Of neat can ever be
md as necessary Consequence the health Of The each
e,s and nuns s constanv endangered If moi nercanent
10 inipred' A fN''--''A'
The committee nigh. 90 further and state as their
onnon mai many Of The finest of modem Dat,
IN Ibe most avennes oS the ore can
srncted wi,hout regard m scenac vensaion and ,ho
proper ntroducton of light and heat Thus the suh,le
poison of decomuosed and unwhoesome Air s continn
av doing its work in The crowded r,v charac,er,zin
he genepaiv of is diseases and n,,niv ras,ssr,n 80;
aecis in our hills Of mor,an,v nov ssr a
,eacb these cases must be lex IN the isdo,n os ,ho
asaturo hut there car 10 ~ J.~h, ,h.. ,s s.i % 70 o.
sot onlv dcsirahe but uecessaru in ren,s,ir9 , on
s,rncon of those ad,Scas shcb ra sac,d s % ,,s NJ
nrnoses and M The nnh,c cynenso E,crv III I,a p ,h,
os, in these nocs =, h,u - smss
and eniobtened communi,v ena ss sc;arca ~ ,ras ,,s
never more active or certain than nov in on,;no o1
aha. orc tho a.rnards ~ haa,h "a an, ~ ~ ss, ~,
rnonaa,on oS nsa and ,h a.rs 30 nav h ",os M , s,,9
,nsr m'ss WE ara NO, isr wi,hou, lie s
49, ,ha mn oner roassnyes 40 ha .asa -, "a G IN ~
b,man I'M pnipass " w 'A W ""N w '"' BUM W
The testimony and .nrora;x n mi. o,or, ;u ~, s,
a., ambraco fac,s arc p,'iros " t ~ WI. w" W ii ou
sources omen 10 ,bc comm,,e na ,hn daoo ,hat
So,d ha carsv,, ~ Wv & oe,ee s anh si,ey uesIo .na'
,h ,,rasossjnna ~ M , anu anu III acutIon W
sminent Of The medica, nac,;,,nns os'o ~ ' ~ N
" "eu'N'i Piae'iuVueis, icolunB lu NcW
YORK. nere VIII oe found many valuable suggestions from
distinguished in other branches Of knowledge. The
views presented by Dr. d. B. Reid, of Ednburg formerly