New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-11
HYGIENE.

MoRTUARY STATISTICS OP THB PAST wBEK-THE
DEATH RECORD or NETWORK AND BROOKLYN
LETTER FROM Dr. ELISHA HARRIS UPON THE
| CAUSES OF MORTALITY-oUR FILTHY STREETS
TIKI OMISSIONS or THE CoSTRACToRS-METEoRo-
LOGICAL vAGARIEs OF THE wEEK-PROGREss OF
TIE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PROPOSITION CONCERNING
QUARANTINE.
Daring the week ending last Saturday there were
500 deaths in the City Of New York. of whom 70 were men, 81
wonen 76 boys l4O girls and IL eclored OF these III died
of gymoto diseases follows Measles g. scaraiina 49,
dphhera 4; Group .; vhoopngcougb q typhus fever a.
typhoid fever o. cholera 81 obelera infanium 6i other
darrea diseases 30: cholera mcrbus 81 other zmoho ds
Consumption had IS victims; pneumonia 'i con
WILSON'S q; Old age 2; accident negligence III homcde
suicide starvation and pTivaiion l0i inemperanee
Tie various ages thus represented among the deahs
Under one year age 2Ci between and two 49, be-
three 49, between three and four g. between
four and FIVE between five and ten 49, between ten and
fifteen a. between fifteen and twenty LII between twenty
and forty s7 between r.y and sixty 5 between sixty and
| eighty. 81 over eighty. 9.
The deaths the public Institutions were as follows New
York Hospital 4; St. yinecnts Hospital 4 Wards Island
Emigrant Hospital Is; Nursery Hospital 5; Aims House Isl
Charity Hospital 2; Coored Home. 3, Lrnatic Asylum 81
ST. Lake. Hospital q Jews Hospital Bellevue Hospital H.
| Total rs.
The mortality was distributed among The different Wards
tho following proportion: First g. Second q Third ..
Fourth 10; Fiji Is; Sixth 49, Seventh, 81 Eighth p;
Ninth 90 Teuth Isl Eleventh. a. Twelfth. "a Th.rteenh.
ls Fourteenth 23 Fifteenth, 6; Sixteenth %; Seventeenth,
a. Eighteenth 3d. Nineteenth, 81 Twentieth. 81 Twenty
| first 90; Twenty -second, &c.
TIE MORTALITY IL BROOKLYN.
Tho number deaths in Brooklyn for the week enong as
Saturday leo q whom % were men, - women o. Doy'
80 girls and coored Among the diseases measles had
victims scarlatins g. dphhera hoopngcough typhus
flf
diarrhcal diseases zymoc diseases consumption ~
commissions pneumonia G. old accident or negligence
T. or tho whole number 60 under year OF age, 70
between ,nd years, between and sbeiween ana v
between and 7betwcen and TO- between 10 and 10
5between Is 90 between 20 and 49, 6 between 40 and
CO. II between 90 and 8ovcr So In the First Ward there
was death; Second deaths; rard s. Fourth IL Fifth -;
Sixth 20 Seventh 6; Eighth ); Ninth. 7; Tenth. 10; Eev
enth 49, Two.h, IL Thirteenth To- Fourteenth lii FIJI
teenth g. Sixteenth &C. Seventeenth Eighteenth Nine
teonta Il Twentieth 7Total Gl The deaths In the public
Institutions Of Brooklyn Increase this num0er 10 so and
make tho annual dcah-fae In that city equivalent 10 nearly
| Is 10 600 inhabitants.
| LESSONS OF TIE DEATH RECORD.
IT, transmitting these tables ito the Board Of Health Dr.
Elisha unrris the Registrar Of Vital Statistics snys:
Tho last records Of mortality aid sickness in New.
Yok aud Brootn pFgset seysI FONTS I9a' % re w
fom the public Dspeusares and otaer medical &
show thai tho pressure upon tao'o was b uDI oly
herewith submitted these sickness reports show that
| tho e.tics are yet iree from all eDiiemics.
Tie total mortality in NeYork 100 or 70 loss than tho
previous aud less By 81 tan in the corresponding Hck
ofas wear Yet the ity uuuualv heavy from one
CAS- o. ctnses and in tbe INST year of uf4utl. he
In the yesr there died 2. IN 'he s. ono 4' IN ne
bird - the oaa. 8: in the 6hh O. tool under hye
years e or - per Il The entire mortality o. the cltV
ilc weeks equivalent f. an annual mortality eauHa'a
TIE causes Of fr4h by cllss read fclows Dy nilas
raiis Ol 10 diseased l ty latic diseases J' hy dilne
nc dseae by tubcrc lr dscasf o. by colYa'ors ana
other dse1sts o. Ac nervous system. ~ by diseases O. tie
iatofy sys 90 by dsc1s. OF the circlaoiy y,ten
L.; by d,oaies Il digestive system 20 b. diseases oi Toe
! ui'niry syst.u 10. uy various other causes, -
Tgrie tie appended tables VI 4ymous diseases We no
oo thlt ~ fatal d.arTheaI eases occurred mainly IN 10
Foesh q case.j. Fnh 90. sikh 3D. se'cnih ) Eleventh
ne, rririeonih o. foreeata a. sixteenth o. ana sYen.
teraA 90 .eaAal WARDS Bgt Since At TIC accompany
d.1.r = lie ~ o. T-heal cstiicis tie past wees WI
c0trco t1t the Of 1T faxes concentrated
uaurh dead rrd the houses VEe they died.
learn low argg tie locelzng and eio1g cansfs OF ts
elias 81 diseases were operating IN the NUS Of the tenant
Draea diseased absorbed nearly zymoc Of
dean 'H.i Se. az 9n.a ~ $500 Az a .s s,- the
conditions = ihceth IN The dwellings aud families Ok tie
and the infniie mortality tnbua,ed fr Board Of
Ieah Ths conclusion derived fom an attentive examina,
ton Of The facts ooaueccd with the individual records OF
death but Il specially illustrated in the diaTneai diagrams
the past two weeks
Tho molaiy returns rom Brooklyn show the same cause
which nave swocd tho New York death rates 10 particular
discusses and Particular localities have oFeraed with great
fatality in that city. Darrhenl diseases Killed 81 ol me 10y
persons who Gcd tnat city and the ratio 81 deaths from
ynotc oaase. was 20 per een!um uy9n nc t.si ~h,e IN
AcVfofk this ratio was r. Aud looking Tor TIE bcniues
oftb.s increase We principally note The sixteenth Ward
the fh Ward by Che Nay and the SI'h ant IWeHh
In the South Ferry district
Tie continued rh upcrature week added in various
ways the II morality but most by rs agency upon
Of the amcntay organs and the nervous system
previous week The air was unusnay dry the average
Luuidy-saturrlon being as lU-wss ~. VINE tue mean
" IT,. mean ?o 81 81 pssss: rse eA 81 degrees higher
The fatal eject 81 tue memorable hent Of the three days
i'm M asl Nv IA tf
nervous and commencing
day sycning last The Singular POWER
radiation during SATURDAY and Sunday fit by every per
SON and direct effect upon animal life Illustrated tn the
% fatal Of intoAon sanstroke on Saturday aud sun
LETTER TO TIE CONTRACTORS pom CLEANING STREETS.
The foloang the Contractors for cleaning the
streets will give citizens who foot the bills very clear
Of the achievements Of these gentlemen IN the occult
art OF how not 20 do II:
OFFICE or THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF HFArTH,
No aOl Mn,tst NEW onK July 9, 1860. 5
Ms,srs Brown. DIyoE & KSAFP. Sred Contractors.
GESiEnfS The conn lnts that come TO tuis once not
only inspectors but from citizens IN regard ia
the accamuliton Of garbage induces me u Wc you this
AZ frequent personal interviews of this delinquency
been discussed but conousOn certainly 10 remedy has
been suggested Something be done. you
attend to this matter at once the Board Of Health
Will certainly lie affected by the offensive aecumu!atons
Tie omissions Of which complaint made may be cassed
as oloss;
removed tho only partially cleaned leaving guam
tiy VI the most offensive matter behind These boxes
often not empted for days III which the contents
run their pass through the bottoms until the whole
surroundings hthy condition aud are tf,
without any effort Of agents TO remedy the evil.
Sseond That the want OF regularity IN passing tbrough the
streets daily giving notice % approach by the ringing
OF tho bell contemplated by the contract is Of
great c0mpaiut
TAird That Your authorized Unauthorized agents who
collect garbage by entering the dvcues convey tbs
away very unsuitable conyevances They use open broken
down wagons aud not tight carts. contemplated by
your Contract II is not too much TO affirm that have
never employed tight csrt-certanly that viii con
L. y -. In II