The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-21

HsALrH oF rBs suy-fsAruL MORTALITY.
Perhaps other city In the world favorably stu
a,cd for health aud possessing such natural advantages
Of climate and water can shox such fearful bill OF
mortality does Mexico a. every hour ~ heard the
inklIng of the bell procIaminx tho sdvanc, Of priests
with the sacred Hosl prepare fitting soul Tor
transition from earth TO heaven, aud in every street IL
met solemn procession bearing poor mortars
mains TO Its final resting place. Bilious and typhoid
fevers and dyseDterv have swept away hundreds
this season. aud lung diseases have bsen alarming,
fatal Two combined produce the prevailing
diseases--one IL unavoidable until the fake
fexcuoo be lowered and the other wholly sttrbu
able wiiui ncgcct by the authorities Of all san
The waters of the lake usually three
four feet below the level Of the city, hut the
Of last inundated nearly the whole city,
the waters, have not yet receded their former level
This prevents the accustomed sewerage and conseqa
entity sisgnant water is found all the oil aud
low places whch under the warm 10 abe mornings
esnno, fail toffoduce abundant supply 0f cfils
ali manner OF bilious diseases
All the slth from cc~pools, sn< streets ami
ofhi of every description, deposited within the cit,
wz'l- aud within mlnutss' walk Of the main plaxs
ris stencil srisiog rvm this socumuistsr cf pu,rid
msx,.r Is carried the city by every br.ese poison
Ing every breath snhalsd; and In sdios 10 this, the
sewers through thc principal street. benx opcuod
AMI &e contents -Cf thousAnds oi valitA have been
sbro~e oo, ,hor rsskins famss almost breeding pest
ienoe In every qusrs. These mstsrs which could
10 essay remedied, .snd would be elsewhere; but
in Nerko the pabasc health is oon<desed
If the cholera shesild m~ak o.s here before
6he piles of fitn--tke sccum muIsiions OF months
can be reusycd the peViatiou scasre fail 70 "
dccimated That fesrfui w riot In n eSees@,
IN will bsse everything 10 feed upon The only thing
TIM; prevents pcshience from sprinsng up here spon
iaDsousiy she natural ,gurty ~ the amosJhere,
which thozgh extremely jar dcd aud not favorable foe
Inns tk~eases II always cksr dry and most heslthfp.
oondt eu, would Be fsfsf 10 humsp life than The
uors postoDs Of oie African cast All clssses fear
pestlenof and tboss who seeking residences ip
The many beautiful towns and vsass -csttered over the
valley or among the mountains nesrty.
pANsfH op HrSpApn.
In, vitab.s ny old res5enis The wsta- Of Lake Ter
cnco within few nobes of the levi Of The city
and fortnight ~ rainy weather would leave many OF
the streets inundated Al The time cf the conquest the
city % Mexico ~ss situated uron island ~ lake
Texcuco from 10 milcs from The ma inland, 70
which connected BY ave csuseways and TIE sque
Duct On the sonih huge dyke protected the q from
Within the Last hundred and any years, ny 'esns
on dykes, The waters OF the lake have been DR. EN-
back, until they nov cover sxs than half the SPA -
ney did N The days Of Cortss; and large fields
ssIdens surround the city every SIDE Lakes Chsico
.aa xcchimilee Ne west of Lake fexcucc, into which
~ -: ns wssers srs kept dows wholly BY evaporation
}, 'cn isaes place most rp'dly 10 This climate Prom,
his v be seen shsA Ne Aanesr 70 which shs city IL
rbeescd canssa so!siy ~ ske rDsesly a. ~ ovn |
sops ~ - ths lans psssssesd greet ssrfsrs
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