New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-25
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

TTF SANITARY CONDITION OF TIE 'Ifi-fRo0RfsS
oP THE cHoLERA-THE MORTALITY oF TIE
PAST wFEK-sTArEMEXr oP THE CAUSES OF
DEATH il DETAH-ISTEREsTIEG ANALYSIS OF
THE CONDITIONS WHICH PRODUCED THE EXTRA
ORDINARY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OBJ
sERvATIoNs FOR TIE wEEK--THE QUARTERLY
MORTALITY REPORT.
The sanitary condition Of certain districts Of the
CITY rapidly improving under the treatment Of the Board i
Health list Of deaths from diarrhea during the week end
ing last SATURDAY chewing the exact houses in which the d
esgc nroyed fatal was yesterday sent 10 The Sanitary super
in,or1er 1.-THE premises thoroughly cleaned and
therefore II viii be for want OF knowledge
.opeernics localities. Just it would seem TO be 10
make an effort TO control this disease Tor without doubt th
diarrhes districts will become chosrafeds in case cholera
houd ssioe the form Of epidemic one may DC garded
aorco guard Of the othe5 and the same weapons will
destroy both. They result from eating linking breathing
pu,rdtles which may be eoqed and e1ermnated by the
io OF antseple4 and and when the weather
conprcs Wis o this Kind has been The ease Tor
weeks the necessity for vigorous measures ~ ont
thereby increased The Health authorities egree upon We
be used and al that now remains Is 10 make inc
work rigorous and thorough .-e,,,
As sny deaths from cholera occurred this city for the
ending yesterday at p ~ as TOOK i'ee aus
G yedy seven cases OF the disease reported at the
Office Of the Sanitary Superintendent They ore very puen
scaiereda very favorable eoodiion-aS VII DC seen "o"
Phiiio j. smith. No 90 NorioIkst, attacked yesterday
morning found collapse when visited BY the Inspector
PS,Tek D6yls residing in Thirdaye between Eighteth
aud Eighty frsts attacked on Monday and Yesterday
was In collapse with very slender chance for recovery
Alfred Golden native Of England 81 years Of age ana py
SSfaPsiS OF 80 Pfs g M6S S1i G''''''D
conyaescent case choera-name not giyen-was yes
terdsy discovered at No. % East Thirty .thirdst.
John sheridan, residing at the northwest corner Of ~
fhht and LeHine,oG.aye, Sas Yesterday reported A'A
Mrs Carr a naye Ireland, q years CT residing at
No n Mots building in which several eses Lave p.
only occurred became mother on Saturasy eEenlng
terday morning O'clock she was athcked WIZ
Health authorities will probably have this house vacated and
clelnsed. o,,.,,
teentbs between Third and Fourth ayes, was attacked
with cholera a, 9 a. m. yesterday. .
In all the premises were VISITED promptly aLo
d.ueeed thoroughly The action o the Sanitary authorities
wherever cholera has tins far man sted itse a win ew
exceptions been very efficient and has o. ioupied pfxteu
the concentration OF the disease IN any single oca
bas yet been able TO group itself Ia any shSe ae
darrhea and the treatment which has had s9ch
results in one instance should be extended 10 TIE other
Just now deem manestly unwise 20 wait TOT t appear
ance Of disease before using controlling chenoS
and he general use Of anticipates which beguo list
should be continued unil Ooh uiafI"c" anu 0D''"
have been utterly stamped out.
NE MORTALITY OF THR PAST WEEK
The whole number " deas the City Of NewYork for the
"a women 40i boys $50 giils coored The mortality
was distributed among lie different WARDS 10 the following
20 sxiS 40, seventh So Lighth Cj Ninth e.; Tenth 65
Eleventh s2 Twelfth 49, Teirtee9s ' fsueeR;s -
Co Eineteenth l27 Twentieth 99 Iveny-hst 90 Twenty
TIC following are the deaths took place in the public In
siu,Ons Castle Garden SeS' HoTs mG'taL ~, ~
Ransans I.ishd' l. interchangeable Asylum l. Ro@lu Catholic
Orphan Asylam j. Aims IIouse a.; Charity Hospital d
Sbrsy q St Lakes g. CoIored Home s. Lana;,c Asylum
T. smallpox Hospital Jews Hospital p Bellevue Hospi'
tween aud years 1885, between years a;
years ~: between and years TO- between ana
yenrs q 20 and 40 59 between 40 and 20
Years G5 betweed 60 aud 60 years e over ~ yas OF re
number deaths from each disease ana ih' bSp o e"eh
class .
o,aafie-Measles g. scaila;na %; dphihcria O. Group
j. looping cough !, yphus fever 4 typhoid fever i2
crysipeas 3. puerpera hyer 81 dysenicry * darIhss
Asiae ohoefn II: cholera inannu 60 ereuo!insl Men
ngetis iniermttent fever Iemitieni lever E'h'~
2 cholera morbus. 50; Initiative ie'ers j. Total III
Characterization and privatlon II; puFpurA L. in'eDip
ance q delIum remeus, B. Total 20
CONSTITUTIONAL CLASS
DaaGc-Drops 3 cancer Of Ias 3rsa'I q cancer o. Tue
Tutoresis,-seIofals 'sbts mssSn'9iA 81 ooi'u~P'
ton. Gil bydroeephalus r. Total ~.
Nervous Sgsfem-Ncungs q csretfiiis. u; sonening Of
he brain @ggpe g pSI i &,ap Effects Of me
heat congestion Of the BRAIN 81 other diseases 81 The
crslsio, sy,sPereaIa. g aasgE,sE e he sois
]; disease Of the heart hyperion ny ." No ~ -
disease Of the heart Il fatty Degeneration q 'he he"'
iG a's,,aio,y sy.su-LArynets l. bronchitis g pe4ry.
IL s.ii Il Hy'i RtnorfThsss roal -,
sancullted hernia J. carries Of the spine ero CcOie
&o) ulcer Of The stomach. hepauis l. laandioe
triaary syseu Nephrits Brshts disease Of the nd
neys Is, diabetes, q cysis i kidney disease l. Io'L
G,npafis, s,sr@-Meiritis J.
Loconotors Sysfon-Joint disease, J.
DEvLLoPAEsTAL CLASS.
CAdro Premature birth 4; cyanoss other malforn'
siious l. teething. g. ateectasis 2 Total, 20
VSmfq 4 hidbirh, 2; fracture Of meek OF femGr, J.
Total 8.
Tsi,I.os~Atrophy D. debility 70: Total, %.
1ecideEf end Etggcsce -FraetuTer and cop<usons 8;
oarns and sealls, L. drowning - Tnoeaon 2 Total -
S-'oda-By poison l. .r,,,,,,,o
The following the table Of nativfes Belgium, British
America 6; Denmark J. England 81 France o. Germany
l. Rassa !; Scotland &c; Sea e. Switzerland, 4; United
States COB; unknown. %; West Indies l.
ANALYSIS THE cAUsfS OF DEATH.
In transmitting these Records 70 The Moopoa1 Board Of
which reduced the extraordinary death rate Of last week
total number Of deaths IN NowfOfk last week was
viii long be as memorable Tor iis excessive
Ia Of mortality The study % eatses localities and
ing practical results for immediate guidance and aid IN
sanitary work The positions and the weapons Of the enemy
map Of the city deneaing houses
and districts within which there occurred ijJ fatal OF
ties in which excessive mortality fro all occurred
These diarrhea fields literally the fields OF death They
embrace districts in which dwell lees than onehth OF the
population Of city but within which nearly onehaif
Of the j.. 81 deaths occurred
SunstrOke certified the carse Of death In ls4
cases COMMISSIONS In 100 and in 62 others death
attributed to effect d heat" From the best analysis
we can make Of the various causes Of death we
warranted In concluding that fly 800 OF the sudden
deaths produced by the excessive heat 10 This n9msr
would proper add few Of the sudden deaths
that occurred in darboa pstents xtheot collapse but we
cannot eliminate these cases from the diarrhea CLASS
There many hours during which the temperature OF
places which a5oers exposed degrees
above blood heat Tho fearful OF such heat upon the
brain and witnessed not only the recognized
sunsoke but in other phenomena that quick
B terminated in death In view Of the Of such hot
periods it desirable the classes Of people who suffer moot