New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-15
The Health Of the City.

Last week only % cases OF cholera we're reported at the Office
of the Sanitary Supernendeno of which nearly onehaf recoV
cred but during period died in two Cholera
Hospitals established by the Board OF Health Beside these
80 persons died Of cholera shown by death certificates IN
the private practice physicians of the city 1t will there
fore be seen that those died under the hands Of physicians
were not reported TO the Board of Health during their sick
ness Furthermore. it is not at all likely that al
who sickened of cholera, whom private practition'
ors called upon to attend, died. for the
statistics of all pdemcs show that 50 per centqm Of all who
attacked by this disease Thus at least % cases
of cholera must necessarily have occurred tue city OF new
York during the past week none OF when were spou ~
the Board OF Health As the facts now stand however al
who were attacked died which argues either gross VIOLATION
OF Health Law by the medlca fraternity on ae Que h
Which horn Of this dilemma are our physicians Wiling ""o
cep ,1o-I 4. q r,.da
duty each every praccing physician IA the CITY 20
report writing every patient he snail have sbong uhur
pestenta contagious infectious disease WITHIN "a
hours after he shall ascertain nature OF the e
and also to report 70 the Board o. Hean Tue Gean
any his patients who shall have died OF disease within
thereafter and to state in such report tho speoo name
and typo of such disease penalty a Aea 20 ,ns WON
OF these provisions which the Board oil Health houd no"
We became aware very early in the that the ply
cans OF the city either grossly neglected the provisions OF
the law else that they did not know cholera when they saw
IT, For this have made no effort to report the mum
her OF cases that occurred daily but merely 70 give ne %
the dead shown by the certificates returned to the Bureau
Of Records and Vital Statistics. 1t would be manifesy a0
uyJ thai % Of cholera took place IN the city last
week when the moruary record shows 50 deaths from the
cause during the period and that the deaths IN
Guiding those in the public institutions numbered ~ we
suspect the number of cholera last week IN New York
did fall OF 500 Of which nearly 400 occurred 10 the
charitable and penal instutons aud that our read
ers NAV not therefore mysed by the discrepancy we sug
ges that approximation Of the ngnber OF cases may each
day be made by multiplying the number OF deaths by Two
The reports from Brooklyn have reason to believe are
nearly Last week 56 cases were reported Ia
that city including the public institutions OF which - were
fatal But the Brooklyn mOruarY record for the week SHOWS
3 deaths from cholera which leaves ~ cases that were not
reported until aer DEATH and show that at least 5perhaps
7O-cases occurred that we're not reported 10 any oru
dead or alive. This neglect the part OF physicians 10
report correctly and daily they are required 10 90 Dy
law s-.O the least-shameiLl anu does more 70
mvslfy public in regard to tho disease than c3uh
be accomplished by any other method IL Is the poiey
and desire of the Board OF Health make the truth known to
the public aud when they begin TO enforce the pena on
physicians they will probably succeed The practice OF giving
iaGo certificates Of death Is quite common ana Is equally
rprehenble Cases OF this kind frequently brought 10
the notice Of the Board but yet no publication OF me ae
has been permitted IL gratifying however TO be abe 10
state that the reports from the public Institutions are open 70
no suspicion have made upon the physcah VINO
YAMEs or TIE DEAD.
nv SIX deaths from cholera have been made known 10 hr
Bureau Of and Vital Statistics since our last report as
August ~ Mary Muhare g. Ireland Red Honse HosPi-
IN. MI 10 hours Louis Naumann Ireland canal boat III ar
garei r. Denning foot Twenty fths East River BenJs
min Sooman Seixas United States, No. 1J2 EghthaFe
Margaret Jane Gafney 3 New York No lei Madisonrs.
Twenysi1h-st III 50 hours. George Kolbnger 40 No. s'
ruE STEAMSHIP SAN SALVADOR.
The passengers the steamship San salvador which car
troops among whom cholera recently made such
havoc Tybee Island. held meeting while In quarantine at
Savannah and passed series OF resolutions
would appear that the ships officers owners and crew
made possible provision for those who were attacked
1ne resolutions exceedingly complimentary ana were
signed by large proportion OF the passengers.