The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-05-05

oesy h Clinton Hall. Aster place The occasion called
out large number Of he members ana The rooms were
consequently well filed
In the absence Of The Rev. Francis Hawks, d D. ths
rresdesS, the meeting presided over by Mr. George
me nr. Voc President the chair OF the Se,rs-
BY Mr. A. Rssssi. P'"'' - VIZ
The minutes Of the last meeting war. read and 3D.
me annual reports Of the Council FOREIGN co,,s.n,.a
ing Treasurer and Secretary were likewise read snd
The report Of the Treasurer Is a. follows
Balance N hand 1t last report ........... s232 NJ
Receipts from rents sad other sources SY e
oo,,e,, .,0..s.. ssI1s 3
Extraordinary expensss.. :. ........ sss 10 ~
--s2Sol 10
ne report Of The brar.. STATE: nm :nc. .. ~
sssS, 1850 he Isrssy no. osss.,ss - 1a:u. 3.
ere almost ess;fsy stassticsi Ia sisar c.rscssr.
md whseher ~ object be explorations, travels voya0
Arctic exPsdi.lo.c Or any ohes escgr.shlc. hity q
ne :ocssy shsa proceeded 70 sao. for ocesrs, ~.
returning listen the reading Of paper on CsasunV
sioa, hy d.. h Milasd, which wont On IN he nsaa
Four tickets we're presented To the oossdsrasa Of ss
society, ~ regular nominations being beaded By Pref
3 y Morse - President, with Henry Grinneh, Aruhi
Rev Dr. Hawks the preseAt incumbent psing The oppo
sing candidate On seooad ticket The remaining
we're simply combination OF these two, varying only in
The paper OF DR.. Mlari elaborate oosction Of
facts and stAtscs ~ relation 70 consunpon throughout
the world Some OF these we give IL has bean estinA
ted that about sixth OF all the deathA among the
man race occur from consumption. Ia New York
other diseases OF the respiratory organs, such
bronchitis, congestion and inf animation the lungs
sna s cough 60
orseess rule Ia the frosty cmes Of the North In the
scorchpg heats OF Africa and In the !more genial
phere OF the temperate In using word con-
sumpcn the speaker said he referred thai VARSITY o(
phthhis char scsszed BY deposition Of tubsrces the
600 deaths curing from various diseases, within
twenty or thirty years, found that the ratio Of deaths By
to i've seven tesths he (he speaser had found from
table he bad lately constructed that OF deaths
from all diseases, between 1904 AMI 1864, ass, sss
by ooasumptos These deaths occurred n al
most every variety Of climate There ere soma
There has been NO material increase dminusioa Of
the disease Statistics Of the city London, kept ter
go years show th. from 1879 70 l7As caused sle
10 pnt, or nearly one third ss many moro. Stnos
1880, however, the deaths have seldom exceeded Is
deAshs by consumption were one IN 2le from 1870 70
1885, one in sls from 1885 70 1850 one in 6lo and
ha. has steadily declined snos 1905 IN Bo.,oa. fro
1910 1873 The deaths By vsre sSut 81
isIs Sooe men there he: been grsau. dscre.ss "
osGsumptcn prevails here to such alarming sx,sat
10 England, where . more eq liable climate exsts, tbs
han ia America TSs night sssos .1 n s ss'ss
to the humidity Of the atmosphere there Mere
latitude has LITTLE 70 do with is prevalence In NeW
YORK city which has mean annual temperature Of 50
ton, which situated degrees further souss ssd h.
mean annual Temperature Of ca Degrees they are one %
$40 In Philadelphia, with mean Temperature Of
in 500 In Providence, with Temperature ths ssms
Is New York, tae proportion Is one TO g. In Chicago IL
nature Of 81 degrees the proportion IN 1850 IA oos =
III 10 In Memphis In 1859, was one 10 IL 3-io Asd
IN Brocaiyn, nom is4s TO 1859, 1t to lI.Ioe
cases OF consumption TO every Thousand mon. Ths
greatest number Of cases occur on u se posts 10
Florida, and Msassppd, including the cities Of Caarss
ton and New 0rleeus which Characterised By hfKh
ienperaluIe and excessivs moisture. The stssss |.
TEXAS and California show tho smallest proportion OF
deaths from ocnsu ppton. Probably the smslecs proper
ton Of cases anywhere In the Uslied States d u New
shoas.nd men, High eievstios cold equsbie cimsss are
MOI calculated TO the large develop saeat Of
ne reso.s q tas heh isu,ades ecoy aioost estfs a
NUDITY rom the disease, and In Iceland and amsus ths
Nquimaux II h rarely known 70 OCCUR Il = ALSO
rare disease in Upper Russia aud Western siberia In
stuosphsrs saturated win saiise vaoor oosssmpca
q hmcet wholly unknown; and Ia fehcrau Psrea
snuAo IN Antrae 10 degrees, With IN elevaasd posi-.
tsce and rartned cir, is very rare me medical
statistics q the British army afford much vsiaa Sls
normshe. In regard 70 he prevalence Of tie disssss
in rsoa TO q. .s ss ys
OF climate From these ind that In the Un,Sed Kvcs
oon slc men 10 2 thousand were attached ~ csS.
sunpsks In the west Indies, betwesa the lea ana
l&h oesrecs north lattade, there were tws,vp N .
tnoassnd. Inese returns show how erroneous are sss
the climate q the wes Iadies or Of warm cir, sse ~,
y, IN arrtstpg tbs deveopensni Of sossumpua IN tvo
sss s ss s,:sGos o. TIE namely esra
i've pansu1, it's actually pvevsso, and maj thsu
10 csnsc. and Newfoundland With their ioas cold winters
ana vioeNndes o. climate. In Cansda $40 per 600
mco are attacked and deof toe disease IL ,,prs
Jar are attacked, and ia Malta 10 In Bermuda.
stsached and lilo DIE while in Ne sfaundss a. ss.,hs
are only per Geo while On the one hssd. there
situated in high ,itudes we ad ,hs, srs,rsr, sv,.s
u.s. mnimum among those Hviaz Ia tropicI oouutiyys
~ leo out o. Ten rsgimsn iAs ssesas strcnsh
sesn years, only forty three were suacfsd
nacesa ottseen the 3d aad a3i dexreez q north ,ssl
persafe the thernopeter showing variation oav Of "a
and hs besns as
migslcs snd arei Of ocusanpeve co,di,onr pssIs.ss
Who eoms here I've ree four years longer than ina
ordinary Duration Of the eisesss Easasd Aad large
esme.ss h.ve resided In The stand IA psrfsos hssts
While their brothers and faes victims 70 ne
esesse 81 hone Hsyre, stusssd near the sea- With q
A. Rome about and a, Eses GA. esha o.
tnelieaths occur FROM Consumption
Inc theory that the soneames acts az a prs.
ventve or palliative OF consunpston N connruea nv
sispsiics Oct OF aggregate tagss naval f,rcs a.
!. pl The Bag Of BargA, IN iss2, 90 were attacked
na 10 died o. consumption In an axxress.e military
force IL 800 The Island o Ger ior in the rsue ,ss
tcde, 7s-jcsf eoube the number asiacxes sai 81
SEQ From 1885, 10 1s56 OF effective total q 1897
Brrsh sailors stAiuned evcry part 81 the Br ~ a.
minors from tbs oape Of Good Hope 10 North Ansrcs
ne oesna oy contumr'on verc 10 PSF thousSa1
,and BY consumption Is 4 Q loo per thclsapd
~ C~pN, from tables Kept Al Berlin shows thst the
imersnoe N mortality from consumption. IN ysri,,s win
crs bss 70 connection with the difference IN ten p~vsturs
= me coolest and The weather the n ,rAty BE-
ne me .Ame In table of az from csasump-
~ NE principal cities OF the world The deaths were
10 we sryinf OF pas winter IS 800 ausu No, 45 nss
occsnnptnn not necessarily move prevalent In iarr.
bic 70 ~ devtiopsment,
Consumption . rare disc~se among Afrcss negroes.
' ,he predhru<uon Increased when shey leave no NJ
The proportion Of deaths among reurv and uross.,.,
0e0 10. Amonl trhfcAmen ..