The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-04

THE BOARD OF HkAExH.
Ons Fatal Case 81 CAslsrs-Ths Hagtaary
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Harris, supsrinss.dsns % the BuessG
or vssal Statistics, Sks.
On the bulletin II the Board Of Health yesterday on
case or cholera was reported, . follows:--
BULLETIN OF PUBLIC HEALTH yoR rwxrY-voua
HOURS, zNDIN0 AT TWO O'CLOCK ?. NJ, JULY &
One case OF cholera Woman; Al Mott street; ssksa
Nsivs az ireland hsrned No sp.csi iapraasocs h
diet asoertainsd Esishb0rhood dirty.
This was the only Of cholera reported to the Board
up 70 . lass hour yesterday afternoon
x0zruARY REP0Rr.
In New York during the last week there wore So
deaths being Of so tho preceding week
There les deaths from symoc Diseases Including
Of cholera 20 deaths resulted from cholera infao-
.um from cholera morbus, 10 by accidents or aesu-
gence II from typhus fever 10 from scarisna and he
remainder from small pox. measles Group, dphtherA
and other similar diseases There were III men. %
women. lS4 boys, lao girls, and 10 oolsssd
During the last week there leS deaths in the city
Of Brooklyn. or this number As resulted from zymss
Diseases 10 from cholera infantum, and the balance
from other diseases 12S natives OF the United
States, % OF Ireland, II Of Germany or England a
Dritish America, q OF sweden, 2 unknown and I q
gra
M0RsAsx IN DrAKRHOKAL DISEASES.
Tho following Is copy Of letter forwarded TO sAs
Sanitary Inns pecor by Dr. HArrs Super ntsndont OF The
Bureau Of Vital 6tatstc and Is In reference 10 The n
crease In fatal diarrhpal diseases:--
The marked Increase In fatal disrhpd diseases lase
week Is worthy Of attention The total dsaths from this
cases In Wards and Blackweis lsanda This shows q
increase OF more than hundred per upos
tha nj "A ~ Nav M us,-a
But have 10 believe that tho greater part Of
this increase wholly attributable to the excessive hesS
darrhea not dependent upon the same cause az choi
era do not think that this increase in deaths from da
and By The
class OF nusances IN the city. Ths. there was some &
portsn connection between local and the t
specton OF the accompanying chart when that e ceon-
pared with the dispsnsary records Of the cla@ q
diseases, copies Of which have been placed In you
banda ELISHA HARRIA
The chart above alluded 10 shows that the fataa
dsrrha Diseases occurred In the slums Of the Fourth
Sixth, Thirteenth and Sixteenth wards.
THE rNCEHAsED MORTALITY EXPLAINED.
Dr. Harris has also forwarded the following communal
In reference to the increased mortality during The
last week.
The nortuary records or New York and BROOKLYN Sos
the last week Ia Jon exhibit the special result Of IL
excessive heat and humidity that prevailed the last teal
days OF the month Sunstroke reported in New Yes
as the cause Of sudden deaths OF twelve persons enA
twelve others certified to have died Of congestion
Of the brain and effects Of heat Besides these sudden
deaths attributed 70 the effects Of heat there sxy
seven others caused by diseases Of the system
These cases together with tho increase Of deaths fp
darrhGal diseases and tho dsor attributable 70 ths
crcuatofy sysem for all tho increase upon the
total mortality which tables exhibit The increase
Of mortality In Brooklyn seems TO have been produced
will be rsooeoted that for several weeks the dassA
rates have ocen steadily diminished In manner sha4
disease were being controlled Two weeks we reached
minimum OF three hundred and sixty-three deatAs
Darrhna diseasas were then giving an increased aunb
Of deaths That increase has continued until have
reached what may hope Is maximum In the eighty
six deaths This week found In the list OF dtarrh@al as
We present those facts In this natural relation bscsass
the truths they teach best conveyed In this way y
Is cholera any exotic pesence destroyed
these lives Cholera has scarcely found foothod In sAe
city and the places Il nrst have already bsgua
70 show tbs saving effects OF local cleansing and en
septics We would distinctly state the fact thae
tho great increase In the fatal cases Of diarrhsai
maladtcs fails at every point Of our investigator
70 reveal any alliance Of these with cholera.
The notes upon these cases as previously submitts4
diseases occur n the families in this city could
daily road the truths which the history Of these if
prudence in domestic LIE now much needed n
the chart showing whore these ds~shs occurred soarce
proved that the heat and humidity Of tho week Ase
collateral causes OF thess deathA II w be noticed tt
wards In those wards there were iio deaths bssdss
their largo quota In hospitals and this their tel
population OF TbA equivalent 10 yearly death rAto
Of Is IN 900, while In the crowded but ceaDIy
Fifteenth ward which Ia but fair standard for Won
governed city, the death rate but 20 Is per 900
per annum. The mortality last week compares with
that Of corresponding weeks the previous years
follows -1so6 tho total deaths 523; 1905 total
deaths Sill; 1884, total deaths al In neither Of The
former have deaths been recorded from the
effects Of heat or from sunstroke The meteorological
notes OF the past week therefore be OF special Into
rest 70 all who study the phenomenon Of insoaon 80
the disorders OF tho nervous system that destroyed
many lives the past ten days.
maximum OF % degrees Fahrenheit the tsmpseA~
ture Of Monday, June o. and for the ensire week the
UNUSUAL mean for night and day Deary 70 degess
the average humidity, saurstion being estimated ~ 100
was SIX, but on Thursday the humidity 81; The
mean point OF the barometer - % Inches The
cellont records Of the Deputy Registrar for Drookya
show that like causes have Increased the mortality q
particular diseases az the agB and In similar i0oa
Ties Ia both cities To neither city Ia there any cpl
demic. The exotic pestiiencs which has In well known
localities suddenly destroyed few lives 70 have
been wholly subdued In overv block where has -
peared and in abiding to this poIrt may propsrfl
mention the fact that the gratitude OF tho public and q
the Board Of Health Is due 70 the physicians of tho city,
for their scrupuious prompttude and carcfunsss In
porting Infectious diseases and OF danger 20 Ne
public health In connection with fatal
Respectfully +. HARRIS, Registrar Of RscorAs
The Quarantine Station ~ Segaias's