The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-16
THE NEW YORK sun.
MONDAY MORNING DGc l6 1854
Annual waste OfIinnan LiIo ia Now YORK


IL w'll knCsn to those who have giver
any attention TO public AID private hysisn,
that there nus1y oscur in hs MnWpil..
thuus,n Ia uf cases "t Il ss,.o tid ,hOusIl /, OF
death, wnUn are aU,.l r,ly ptey'rl,l,. Tl.
'nnu.l umb y uf dra'h' "a thu Ul.si Sac.
Is ltss IA ~ IN my o'hst ,aioi IA tho vol 1
being on'y 10 W 1.Olb = Il the ,nluI nu.ub,r
of death, in IA, S t's Of New V kt.o,ly 1873
il Loco, .ke he h upiic > Ifo o-cmiuen
ior its heal hiulnc.s. Yet, willis thi, IA So,
The annual moriali y Of tb', ci y toIch,, 3d. ;
! IN 1000, ratio hiSncc 'h,n ia me-. OF tn,
| l,',e CT f he wotli. N ., t1ote L. IA, cv-
/ ru-e fo''h'- l,-sc mortal ~, Tor dj' city on
JOYS natural sd,antascs Tor salulrity wai,h
cannot be surpassed.
/ Thc attention. orthc s'a'c Sinit, "a. 1 rooted
TO our hoI depattmcht ia 1853, and a sol c.
committee was app in oil by that body to inv -
tisato the suhjrc. 1hs comm too met in hi,
city aGd received Tho mouy ,f miry OF our
ma dt.tiogul,h,d physicians. Amorg them
may bc m utioo,dsho lvcDt. JodS W. FzAS
CI,. :. Ju,srII NJ. Su,rH, AlEN II. Sra
VANS, JuuS WNrsoS, i. II Gttsc,u. ElI,uA
BAiUHsLDsR. Those gen lrm,n a',cstcd that
thero oA,s ed IN QUE midst rlrtIin prolu ais-s
at iscIs, whict uli bo reno, oil, and which,
ifrcmoved, would materially lessen thu annual
amount 4 ii css AID mortality They point.
cd out radical icct- m our system of drainage
and su~oragc, and in our me hot of C. instruct
Ing 'cu,m-n' holses, ,Nrluiins lish and air.
tn f,rth.r i. H..
heal caused Ivy tho crowded condition Of the
ttnemcut hous - by tho i'll by couiiiOu of the
srccts, lanes, AID alloys, 10y tn, >,lo orinpr,por
icOi and drink, aud by uthct causes whitn We
cannot nos cnumcrsto. III 50 causes they
condusiv,ly proved ciuld b, IN great meas
ufc eradicate: ifau efficient c,ls OF health laws
were enacted, AID an enlightened me licil po.
lice empowered 10 execute hem. THIS opinion
was no. hypo'he teal one, for they pointed to
tho'e cities on ,hs co1tincn; a1d ia Europe
Which had adopted rigid head h codes and in
which there was an almo,; immodi ate and remar-
k.blc diminuliOn in III, per c,ntasc OF dolth,.
Tosiy nothipguf o'hor p-eveutablc diseases, in
some cities small p,N ia aim ,st unknown, while
in this cry durng the last year two hundred
o"N oNN'hNN A-ifJ II aus linIu tnf uias
ease, and already this year thcro have bson
Icaiiy slS hunitcd (GOU). We need not COZ.
sel, m'dicl authorii, slona TO prove the ncccs.
sly ol 's.i'ity logi llton, i,r Intelligent lay
mcu, such - Gcnl T. NJ. wErNoaE, NJ.
now General T. l.. NIsLE, Mr. HAitiplY,
NJ liEuAS-, Ir., ald o hers Who have stuii i
the subjcct, have proved hy 5ts'isic4 that the
rnioof deaths, particularly 10 large ciuios, can
he materially reduced by the cnfoi iccmcnt Of
sluLd aui rigo' ous health laws.
Win these f.cts before u.s. 1, It too much for
the peolle 9Th cira' city to ak our Lasisll-
ture soon 10 asse nble, to pass such laws as will
protect its inhibitans from ayoidabe disease
and death Toe Senate select committee of
1858. above referred TO, unar imously reported |
f~vorably in regard to a revision of tho oxist-
ing sanitary laws, but the Legislaturs Of tho
following year failed to act in accordance with |
the opinion Of their committee, and We must
look TO our next Legislature 10 devise and
enact a ~ stem of health laws which shall ron-
der this city equal, if no. superior, in health to
any in the world.