New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-29
nYcIENIC CONDITION OF THE METROPOLIS
The Health OF New.Yosk Much Better
thnn at this Time Last Year-The IL.
land Particularly Favored Considering
its RiIthjucs,


The annexed correspondence which has been
received explains ITSELF and is calculated to allay the
fears Of many Of citizens Il is singular fhct that
the City healthy Isl for If any place under the
blessed received encouragement 70 send forth
its cohorts Of death ia the shape Of Cholera Small pox
Yellow Fever and fever Of all other colcrs and kinds
is this masnifccntly dirty and abomnaby neglected
Island. Many OF our streets literally reek with hth
and the only reason that some pcsences does not stalk
abroad must be- so many are striving for the mastery
that they negative each other The correspondence
as follows:
CITY Inspectors DEPARTMENT ]
No 10 CITY BALL SQUARE e Daihainsthl
Nrw-s oak. July 20, 1868. }
NV DK,p erR. There seems TO general impression ~ :,
the ualth city good this season a. n,ut ~
iue OF the yer aud has been Iunorrd that Choeis AL"
To eounersct the cg eeo. Of these rumors have caused
IN examination be made Of the records OF th
ton these the general health oi he wy Is m
better than at this sesson last year ana VA 'ne ~
f-wer cases Of malignant aud dangerous cis~a-' 'or'
herewith COPIES OF the correspondence between Dr Khuy
Registrar Of Records, ani myself which tLnh VII na'
,ary which b. sntoraned an regard TO the hhh
ne.' Of 'ho City Very Moor n,x Sp Inspector
CITY INSPECTORS DEPARrshAI,
No 10 CRY HALL sQuAHK t,hathams.h I
Hrw YoIK, July 20, 1875.
Crm Rsmay, W. H. R,g'raS Of Records ard Star"ilf.i
DEAR SIR Many floating % out the Guy, when
bay, brought NY notice GA piderc snd contsou-
disease, e tn community In view of the isvorsb9
report made by you of no weekly mortality Of the city
cannot consider pniounded However, 10
satisfy my M and the ruhc would request you to eiains
records Of your baau ADD report to TIE the ie snd
also how inv the most prevalent end al di-'
during the -, two mouiss iueponds with iuc some
period o. 1894 Very resPec,in,'y &c, ,,,.
=. ,. 4. Ro0LH, City Inspector
CITY IssPEcroRs DEPARTMENT !
BUREAU oY RncoRDs AND sIAiisTios
Ngw. lOKk, July 70, 1902
TeF.L 4. BOOZE og CRY Iareety.
DEAE Sm Yours Of the 18th ultino Is received iou In
form have been brought 20 notice oil r
deuic aud being III, Ia this city, and rc'
quest TO examine the freoTds Of this buresu sni non
prevalent and during the list months eors
spends wish the period Of lrdi In reply would most
specially inform that tsve msds careful eysiins
Of The death record for the period indicated in your Eos
and ind nothing to jn,tfy H., MINOR referred TO-
Upon the contrary there has bccu not even an endemic Of
any considerable magnitude AID no epidemic whatever.
Cases bsNe been returned to th. ooe pvrporng 10 oc 81
the character you refer TO- AID Lai no notice betn h.h OF
them OF invesssion made the Of sueh iase
would have added to The rnmor' for ersala Ger
es'. Of death was pfo.ned lh9w On ne, we osu'e "a
death represented as being spotted lever he ssr oe..a
suspicion being infant but lew days old An inros
sdui frn.ls who diedoi roefl"Ta lever VePoru a.
spotted fyerl The attending physoan Acknowledges pa
error and was anxious TO correct H. o. i-liH ~ ,,' -e
ceased gave indubhc testimony fr. bcfg child bed lever
What the motive Tor suc pefvcrsios Of fuih aye an
10 state In addition to the information contained IN ne
records, etc. visit all portion. Of the city during NE week
in the capacity Of prcciny PHYSICAL aud never t any
opportunity escape whereby may obtain hiofmaon ~
That some persons die suddenly from very ,vr. s,iact Of
form o. fever other discs l. true in oil conmune,
end ever will BE- the ! srrsYd table show ing the
deaths ffom motto d.tase, durns the months q Juue az
July 1854 aud 1863 This table show clearly that with
the exception OF diseases always prevalent AZ tits season Of
the year snoh cholera orbns Aad cholera inauur the
health OF the city this IL much better than last year
TyphBs and typhoid have decned each week There
few cases reported cholera the they are
ported every In week In 1905 ending june Is c
dssh. reported being By IT, The gca, probability j..
and have myself No doubt thai they only agrfsvat,i
Of ohoes norbus. Thee epidemic Of cholera in
tie city. ANYTHING indi,s,. tlA thcrs vii b."
Sua-pOI l. LARGELY ihs dc-i. Chocrs iufsn'nm u =
little gteT l1iJ bat less than former )'ss This
81 the nsdie. tat f.ctgac. with aitno'phsnc 'c'i
tudrs and care.
The mortality IN ,he pnhc insti utions 70 little rre.cr
than usual arising probably from "a ucrso OF dc.iiu
The sudden Of n w.a'r and The g.ai beet tn
undoubtedly all discafos incident T.
tA. time " the ye@ Ncry respectfully yonr osci~ut 81
'su trhrs EshsHf VI -,
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