, 1861-02-22


tubular statsmert, that the mortality Of chill
drsu undtr one year Of aS- ID decreasing very
.tpdly. He places more confidence in the re-
port Of deaths to the city inspectors office
tran in the report L. ely made up by the ccn-
-,ls marshals Of the city. The lnarrhals were
Instructed to find all the DEATHS occurring
from the first OF June, 1850, to the frst Of
june, I6C0 They return the number OF deaths
within this period as L, ESQ, while for tlesame
:,lae there were returned q, ssSS deaths to the
cry inspectors departing nt-an excess Of H.
;i;3S over that found By the 1nershals. Taking
:i1e fnTiner return, tue per ctntage Of mortality
WIS ? T6 against 1.34, ,hs rate ocdncihle from
;Aa latter i.uEes.
Tic infan1ilc mortality, as well as that Of
,hldhool, has decreased in the last three
wears, in the summer months-the season
laost fatal to lhem-while that Of adults has
increased
Tabular statements given show 1srge dc,
erase in tho number Of deaths from diarrbna
ael IyscntcTy, in The summer mouths, for the
!4>' Elk yeare.
Typhoid md typl,s teyers are nov almost
,1nkuuwu in the cily. From both diseases, for
have not e1ceeGcd thirty:tlye Per month, and
!aany Of them arc merely the ssquel to other
diseases.
Concluding the report are statistics Of !he
.a1scs Of death, wizn classification Of the dis
Eases, aud respective number dying Of each
are tr;ycn 200 DEATHS last year, ayainst 2GG in
1853 Ofcousnlnption there were l, l8G deaths
.,st year, which ie q dccraase OF 53 a. compared
with tie previous year. The deaths FROM this
liscaee comp1tse 1905 per cent Of the total
laor;ality. The deaths from heart disease last
sear arc given a. 4G', decrease OF 50 as COM
JARED with 1859. Dsptheria is n tsrm that has
o1nc into lis. in this city wonderfully within
nc last year; 433 c1ses OF death were reported
:.om it, Grl 90 in 1859; in 1855, $; and in
1857 2 ctses. Anterior 10 that, no record is to
e found in the office. The first case was re-
ported May 5, 1S57-the deceased being an in-
:;,At but eighteen days old. The name Of this
,ti.sase in ihe statistical nosoloey Is adopted
rom the French, who describcu the malady =
under the name If iiptleritc, in refer
euce to the characteristic 1ncmbranous exuda-
| tion in the throat This affection prevailed to
| Il considerable extent in many portions Of
| yugland in 1858; in some Of tht districts it
| was called "throat disease" That there Is
| such diseasc does not admit Of doubt; and
that it prevailed in certain portions Of Europe,
| wears ago, is equally true; but his opinion is
flat there Is HI undue Importance attached to
it in this city, at tho present time, and that
| many tlca!hs are reported from it which were
he fatal result Of nothing more nor less than
Group OF scarlet fever. An opinion may be
| tt,rDlct uf the doubts entertained in relation
70 it, in the minds of some ply 5sicians, By thei,
/ death certificate. 1t Is not an unusual &C
| ..urreucc tcrkee all three Of these diseases or
une certificates, proving kaat the physician
lid not. really know what the disease was
Children arc mere liable to the disease thar
adults, ard it is more dangerous in their case
owing to their being more ptedisposed to Ee
Fious affections of the air passages. 1t Is no
contagious. No reliable evidence las other
wise besn given. No attempt has as ret oee1
made, BY aDy OF the contayioniEts, to prov
that it vas brought here from abroad by
n rscn affected with it. 1t is correct to sup
;rrse TINT it prevails as an epidemic, and j
r,vcrned By the same law as sny other. 1t i
cursble disease in large majority Of cases
"a ecaract lever are ascribed ], ,st2f dca!hR, 0
s49 uer cent, Of all the deAths reported
l.rcer percentage than belongs to any othe
| yynotic disease. The mortality from thl
| ,i,scase was greater in 1850 than it has eve
f,een ia the city of New York, being LOS
| more than iu 1853. The exec IS Of deaths fto1
I this disease constitutes the entire Increase
tha morality OF 1860, compared with 1859.
| was most final in the tirst six months OF fh
YEAR There wus hut little difference In th
number Of deaths in each month for the firE
live months, the average being ~; Searie
! fever is disease which Is regarded as betn
peculiar to childhood, yet many adn.ts 3. 'aEe Il
.sses reported, 1000 were under four years
5le from TO 10; 215 from 10 70 20; 140 trel
- IN ~: ~ from 80 10 20, and Is from ~ to s.
Ons IF the most remarkable facts connecte
with this disease is its appafcnt 1nospenQen'
Of those hyaieuie causes which SO Largely Il
iiuence ii: mortality OF other kindred disea
cs. It inyades alike the palace and the hove
spares neither rank nor conditions often
1a.al among the wealthy as among the poo
. ! The deaths lest ycar from small po4 are fepot
) | ed at 947, much leEB nnmber than there 2; p
been in any one year since lS47, except 10
and 1858.
; Against the prevailing system Of croEdaa
!. our pnb1ic schools, Dr.. Ramsay stoufiy pr
: tects. and shows how various diseases are
/ gendered by crowdiug so many childsen II
une room for hours without 1ntermlsslo
where very many Of tho claks rooms are W!
! to their utmost capacity, the children GRIN
ing each Others breath and taking IN dlsea
: with everg inhalation. Their bodies oecou
] / esfeehled IN this poisoned atmosphere. ant Z
system re1axed. Inthi= condition, after scno
q hours, they 60 directly out into the stree
{ In the winter season, the difference ~ !
! temperature Of the open air and the scho
apartments Is SO crest that local :congea1on
= often oecasioned. In the fortn OF what ls call
{, "ca itching cold" bronchitis, pneumonta, d
follow, frequently ending Ia death: :. echc
1ooms should be larger, batter ventilated, .
n less crowded than they generally are An
tsutiye regard for tho Welfurc Of children
: these respects would remedy, or r1ther P
Lt / went, many of the ills to which they are nj
Of inconsideTately subjected ,5:-
n Much Of the mortality pf. tho city, appate
- m the FffS1rfE ia 1rachd tn aNd