New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-18
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

OP DEATH LAST WEEK BY DR.. HARRIs-iSrER'
BsTIsG EXTRACT FROM DR.. SIMON ON THE CAUSES
OF DIARRuR Al DISSATISFACTION oP THE BOARD
OF HEALTH CONCERNING DIARRHRAL DISTRICTS
AND CHOLERA FIgLDs--THR TEMPERATURE OF
THE WEEK.
Only one case Of cholera was reported yesterday to
m. Roard Of Health The patient is scaptor naned Louis
s, 60 Years Of age native Of France residing at No
0 rorsytbst he was attacked yesterday afternoon and
the case Is one Of the marked and violent that has yet
occurred The premises thoroughly dsinected at
N ba since that time there has been 10 report concerning
the condition Of the patient
pIsISFEcTIgG pIiRRHEAJ DISTRICTS
The Board Of Health yesterday began the work OF dnec
districts OF the city. The worst the nt
served Grand Broome. Spring Prince and liosstons's
from 10 the East River were tho objects oil atteh
ton by the Sanitary Department OF the Health Board and ""
are assured that the work thus begun viii be carried ior~au
until the Immediate decomposition OF orsfnic ~ater is 'ho
oushy arrested Those OF our citizens Vho ha'e means may
very materially assist the Board in the protective ana prevent
yo measures by treating closets drains cess poo
gntters neas cellars and yaults With che agents Linz
copperaa and costar powders should DO used wherever
there is moisture focal exbatons want Of oxygen Any
these articles oil OF them cannot bs too freely used INC
Board Of Health doing is work thoroughly ana Wen ID inc
more impure and crowded localities and Whatever asi''o
ma, receive now in the dangerous wards will exert in
only really rational method Of treating ferren disc "
the asa of those agents that and eoatag a.
sboad 10 overcome by the app cation Of the 20
hsyo concerning destroy nectcu hVery on ae
ing on this principle becomes phlan,nop Snd disexS
stonoo duty 10 hiInslf and TO mankind more fVoIabe
period VIII present Itself fir The use o. iuo'e means ~
thnt through which are now passing
XEGIDcIIsG TEE DEAD.
note addressed TO the SANITARY Superintendent yesef-
diy ming, Dr. Harris says:
While visiting fow Of the places that becoming the
cholera fields o. tbs looked in az No ZIG E@a'eh
It. and od tho child that deu Sunday evening yet I'M
buried at - o'clock this morning. Tuesday counted u
in o room and adj bedroom and ioand The col
Gin omen and the corpse smelling badly. counted p persons
tnc and standing in front end within II feet VI mat M'ef
able cellar found the il The Fcar anu Gdc'H' CON
;auing persons. and learned that lt n At 'ly u'
llsi night. Let sueges; thtt al mo aide ana p' 'Nu
daughter mills IN the ducks Houston and PFuce on
Ezabeh.si DO shat mp fore rnoiter hour expire qua Thai
uopTr ATTY RrcORD OF The PAST wfFK.
The o7 deaths tfat occurred m YORK Clry during the
week ending last saturday were distributed among the dhr
nt wards IN t sse ,sS 9C FIX 9 Sixth - sJenr %
Eighth %; Ninth 3eI Tenth ~ Eleventh %. Twelfth sti
c,rcn,eettb a. Frhieepth 81. Nlrteenin Twentieth
rfe reader better 10 Judge OF the o death
PRINT them herewith in classes showing tie number o4'
each elass and also the nam0er from each disease
l. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. measles &; scarlatna, p diph-
iberia 5, cFpnu 3; whoopns colsh 81 yphus fever ~;
cbsers N; en- icr nfintnm I7s; eTcbrospir. meningitis
Intermittent fever g. ryemia l. cholera morou' " e'r
Eaisaic or Iaoeq'a,,s -s,phar p AydrOP'o6a J.
= D,fia-Starva'ion and priyaiion. r.
4 Para.ific-Wofms.
coxsIirUIIovAt CLASS
l. Di1fLdic--Dsopsy cancer TheG aat.sui 3IOtal, d.
Tsbscaia Iabes mesenteiica ~. pAihs!' IHimonaHs
II. hydrccephau' -i-roih IT,
!. N,ron. Sys,n--NIcnlleits 3D. cercbr npopely H.
paralysis No. r. couvulsons g. congestion Of the
, CroHIaor, Ssaefser esrth anearism 81 me henrt
hypertropby of heart vavuar disease Of the heafi
8 Respiratory Sysel-Bronchus -. hydfoiauraH pneu'
noDa 10 astnaa gansreHe Of the lungs henorrhSge l.
q DS,.irs sy,f,u--Gsstrs T. entcriii. H. periiou'6
stranguated hernia J. niussuscep.ion J. heinI'. H'e'
d. case D. crrhosis Of the liver 2-lotal ~ .,
g. U,narg sy,fsmNephr's Brishis disease OF ,aeAu'
Total a.
DEyELOPMISTAL CLASS.
!. Cl,idr,a-PrenaiuTe ortl - pre'ernaiaral brh /.
eylnosis q ieeihne, 10 Total 80
. BonsE-Tubal pregnancy. l.
q Sst-r,on-Atrophv 2, debility u. Total r.
DEATHS BY VIOLENCE.
l. Aoeiieni and Neghsoce-FraeIuies and eon'u''n' y
poison /; drowning. @. Total, II.
2 Nom ida Murder aud manslaughter. ?
g. SHicide--Gunshot. /; poison TOtsl
4 Cause not specified III defined !. TOTAL from al ia'es
THE BnooKLYS MORTALITY.
The total mOIi,y Of Brookyn Tor TIE week eHdia last
90 rirI and coored or the whIs lee.
Ears. z between and Years; between and yarsi
between and 20 years between ohnd 10 years, otsi"ee
70 and years. ~ between - and 90 yesr u be,ssh "
ard GO years ca aud e0eafs ana upward 81
Measles bad victims; scariasiia dphtuetA Group
l. caoera q cholera infanium 70. other dleases
the neryou, system =: consumption Il; nbs
entsrcs 49, hydrocephs' o. scrOfun % pneumonia u old
oss Were distributed smong tho Wards in theflow.
Eth "a, SIKH "a; seventh Q, Tenth %. Eleventh Is;
Twelnh a., Thirteenth !: Fourteenth ii fhteeth.
Tsentetb, :; Kings Couny Hofplta. Sc The defh.rate
exclusive OF the deaths IN the public Institutions
was equivalent % az anpu mortality OF Il In loo inhab
ANALYSIS OF THE cAUsrs OF DEATH.
I, -,dmng the dcah record Of the past week 10 the
Bod Of Health DR. Elisha Harris Registrar Of ecods and
Vital Statistics presents also the following analysis of the
causes Of this excessive mort ,iy The Doctor SAYS
The oId Of mortality the cte' during The pst week
are hessf o.@sa Ies r,pa a5eHs n the 5se'e Of
ment and inquiry s' the PEOPLE IS vel a. the Heath boId re-
The several CLASSIFIED tables show 10 what localities a. what
and Iom what ssrtido causes tg 81 esos, died i NoTfo
mere names by Which ente the dra,h Tie di ia5e Which
extended details 10 be given the pres shows Tat tb
o. d.'rs,e and the f'hr dad s.kin acd with two
the period oftfncy pielonra, modes
o. ss ~, 9a G sa 20 ~T q, ' the a'' active
There we 80 deaths q re Under year age 90 ,.'weea
and yerIt 10 lessen aid yes heiwc1 Jan3 y1 and
gbetwe ord year' ofsee masa total under ysss Of
from ehor iinum most yuamely lJia the dtycar Of
dice the life BE-
tender
dieaset Of the brain and tubes 81
causes Of death the other infants TIE nervous systf ud tie
bowels cleaned the ca.le and se know thu lie two child
and To- tuu;usly ri4ed n both c'asses ofdef'l
sudden De ths attributed directly affecting
system - al claim nearly oaf tue usual nlmlsr. but
a. he exception Of the q childhood pfu0ued
draas charged 10 this dfs mostly e IN
manhood the total number between - sd - years being tho
number between A. aud 30 being III. heart md bboves
credited old
number
claimed 90 than usual and every tire
in the acute diahes deah' But with these el
cepou the So that the two chae Of
that killed
larry added 10 the fatality a rIhau ng chronic dseascs.
"Zymoc a death the
clearly districts The iabuon Of Nards shows that
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