The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-01-23
The City Inspectors Report.

The annual report Of the City Inspector, al
ready noticed in our columns, shows that during tho
year ,hcre a24i marriages, 12Ist births 92,Ti0
deaths. Tho number Of clngrants arrived during
the year was 10000 the per centage Of those re-
maining in the city after their arrival could not
he accurately ascertainoi, but IL Is estimated o.
nay PER cent In aiming At the average rate Of the
mortality Of the CITY, the moan, tor correct ostnAte
we're placed within reach, through the census
recently completed. These returns show popu-
lation oi si42S4. Tho mortality OF ths past
y,or having been 2,7io shows sn apparent increase
IL the mortality over 1859 of l,O65 hut when the
increase OF the population for that period taken
nto account, have actual decrease In our death
let. Tie data for comparing the mortality OF this
tty With London Paris, aud ether European cities,
L. very lmIericrt but 10 far could be stulatcd.
the differ encc between this City und London and
Paris, Is not great IL King comparative tables,
there H. important eem.ut which operates to the
DISADVANTAGE of New York, from which both of the
cities nainci are In measure exempt aud that is,
the large emigration which yearly visits and Is
cjnlpo+,d In the main ui the poverty and wretchcd
ncss Of Europe, among which tho mortality is v1y
guR The average rate OI the mortality OF this
City between tho native bonn md foreign population
Native born, draths. - ~!
By sutrncting ten ,er cent which he deem, irb-
crnl allowance II m the foreign mortality, and aidng
II t. the lis Of native BORN u will still be seen thst
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20 the tran, lent and unsettled foreign population o'
n,r city. The iuiantie mortslity during this year
was i3,i9T the mortality Of the children OF foreign
parents shOwsa great thOssO native boru
The deaths Of egrant children arriy NJ at this port
uLcr Ave years Of age, as two and twothid I"
hvo living and those under two years oi age a. three
aud q half tn five. The nurnber 81 child nen who die
In this city under Ave years ut age Is gciter than The
who mortality between fvo srd sixty years ot age
Risring 70 ns system Of +. stcs, r,gs,as,Hn ,, ~ mo- OF
hr various reasons rmong which isthe refusal
OF the Roman Catholic clergy " comply with the pro-
hc snyr the plan Of having them cleaned at night has
| worked well, and recommends that hereafter all the
| principal streets I've swept after nightfal The pre-
sent condition Of the public markets., with worry lew
exceptions, he considers disgrace to tho cl'y. A.
for CONVENIENCE whether N the buyer or seller, there
| Is no such thing; nri " tho visitor They suggest
eve ything but age Of rened civilization. In re-
ton b. tenement build ngs, he renewI his formsr
earnest call for the attention Of the Common G)unc
In order that their ventilation, cleanliness, &'., may
/ be greatly improved. Our sewerage compares IN
hvorably with that or InndIn; Wa have lUS
miles Of sewers, while LONDON has 1000 miles.
] The amount appropriated for build NJ and re
Iairing piers and docks during the ras I'VE
ysan, SGSt O00-s0r repairs alone $4,000 has been
| Appropriated and yet with this great erpeh tare,
there is not city In the world Of any oomrner'
cia importance thai docs not, in ehs matter of pic
aud cls, present vast superiority over ours. lie
recommends stone piers a, the cheapest In the e'.d,
sna better 10 tTsr Ss rcSps;ed ,hs. l. only in a
stancss ofpblic alarm that II IL generally rosorted
| 10. At presens small pox Ia HginI In two or more
OF our cities and he fears that he may hAya " an.
nounc. At an riy dsy i.s presence here Ceases OF
small por have occurred lately in this city. IL
view ofits well known oonts zious character ho re-
commends that hcats of -,ioo'asfnl vaccination
should be required before child should be allowed
20 enter public school Speaking Of swill-milk, hs
says the evil continues without the slightest state
| m mt or prospect 81 dminution unless the adopsior
of measures o the sringen, character is resort
| ell TO- 50 b,r fiom there being any Improvement IL
the quality ofthe milk, or In the character Of the MI
| Nimtnt on which cows arc fed, the very revers
| would -eem 10 be ths CaHe, Judging from tue nunbe
| OF d, 8ths among the children N whom the posonou
l compound Is administered He calls attention " III
cal olets sale Of poisors, and 10 the numerous soc
| d, ,nts from the OF explosive burning fuids an
to unsafe build n9s, and recon mends more strinyen
| laws for the protection Of the people.