New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-20
TIE CHOLERA.
ONLY ONE CASE REPORTED YESTERDAY.
1Hz McnTuAny RECORD OF TIE PAST wzEz

Only one case Of cholera eel authenticated, was |
reported yesF rday the the Sanitary Superintendent
Tie patient named George Simpson, residing OF NO
30 AubeT st % years of aye, and sergeant IN puyeaH
ZcAve He duty wh his company On Monday nlsnh
Teturnt0g TO his home about 10 o'clock At 30eook yeer
day morning seza with the usual premoni'ory symp
los of cholera which creased in severity until g. when d.
Sweeney called iTG and found him collapsed and apla
ieniy morbund Ie was alive however, last evening
although little hope 7Ehs entertained Of his climate recovery
INSTRUCT JO,,s TO SANITARY INSPECTORS
DR. Dalton has tsued order to Sanitary Inspectors II
Which they are investigate at once every noee
given by police Of supposed Of cheera to DO what
Is necessary Occasionally and give advice in regard TO the
Iroper meth Of obtaining medical attendance from dspen
or "a should require it, Of gaining Abundance 10
hospital decide what is necessary to be dors In the way
of dsinie on parties unable to obtain theu 10 naAe
equis ton upon Sanitary Superintendent who VIII nr
rsb dir iuctauts and person apply them Eaeh nspec
tcuired report 10 the Sanitary Supentend
location and character Of every he may DO called
sIon t. investigate.
DUTIES OF CITIZENS.
These rules are the practical development Of p already
detailed in these columns and viii the Of keep
s Sanitary fully advised of every that occurs
furnishing such may be necessary at the
earliest possible To make the plan subServe the
goaest good largest number the Board of Health de-
that citizens will make immediate reports TO the Police
concerning OF cholera so tDa hey may ne auNu w
telegraph Sanitary Officer be found or if the one
On duty District should be engaged as TO be unable
10 give immediate attention TO new cases by pressure OF
duties of similar kind. In this event. an officer viii be
headquarters to the house where cholera may occur
ADD snch precautions taken will best tend 70 prevent
spread Of the poison.
MoBrUARY REPORT OF THE PAST WEEK.
number Of deaths in the city during the past week
furnish best possible evidence Of the general health Of the
e Tie desthrate remarkably low. and comprised -
men C women l3 boys and 9s ghls33 in ALL or these
died Of smallpox measles Ia Of scarlsna 6of diphthera
scroup 70 typlus fever Of typhoid fever Of cholera
Of ehoeamorbus % Of other diarheal
diseases and II Of other contagious maades There were
suicides 3 deaths from accident and negligence ana from
starr alton and priyatiOn.
2he deaths distributed among the various Wards IN
tbe following proportion: First q Second. !; Third, i
Fourth Q; Fifth Sixth II; Seventh III Eighth g. Ninth
I Tenth "a; Eleventh, 29 Twelfth, %; Thirteenth %
Foureenh To- Fifteenth 10; Sixteenth 81; Seventeenth 81
Eighteenth l6; Nineteenth 67i Twentieth, III IWentyhr
"; Twenty second, l5
The following the deaths in the public institutions;
Castle Garden q NewYork Hospital. a. St. Vneents Hos
rital 9; Wards Island Euigrau Hospital, H. Amshouse
"a Charity Hospital l6 Lunatic Asylum, 81 Penentiay p
st LIKES Hospital 81 SMALLPOX Hospital q Bellevue Hos
pa H. OF the whole number Of deaths were Of colored
persons.
TIE LESSONS OF TIE DEATH RECORD.
TIE Motuary Records for NewYoTk and Brooklyn during
the Ias exhibit unusual evidences Of general health IN
died N New 1Oks OF
there were II Hospitals and public Institutions The total
mortality IN Brooklyn Ol which would be equivalent 10
but I7 to the inhabitants annually The annual equiva
Kent for NewYork 239 but by excluding the list Of
deaths public institutions Brooklyn necessarily does so
FAR as the King: County institutions concerned the nor
gsty in our city last fell below deathrate Of q IN 1000
annually.
This statement made the purpose OF comparing with
arevous records and with the latest reports from other cities
The mortality less than that Of the previous
week by 30 and less highest report in April by lo9
Compared with records of the past three years the de-
crease s A. e. and 40 respectively
During last week in May this London had NOR
Sahy &c loo0annual death rateEdnbnrgh 27 Liver
pool 40; Sheffield 81 Glasgow %; and in Vesna during The
tbird week in May the rate 81 in LOCO Inhabitants
consolidated report gives ample proof that epidemic
sprevaDg caused s deaths and typhus fever
Is the Fourth and in the Sixteenth Ward
she remaining being in the fever hospitals Wards and
Baokwes islands Daily returns viii hereafter be JADE from
these institutions Of all fever patients received om the city
together with the and house in which they kened and
NON which they we're to the hospital The same kind Of
information concerning smallpox will also be given daily
The local history darrhea diseases throughout the city is
being traced in ike by means Of daily returns from
the DisIensaries.
Dung past week there increase Of deaths from
symotic deasesthe increase being IL in diarhea maade
The conditions under which this increase have
ELECTED attention and with the exception Of xix
jtered Cholera tie &c deaths this list of diseases
clearly attributable TO local exciting They do not
prove that there any epidemic Of cholera generally
aHsed in the city. The thus far singly.
The atmospheric conditions that prevailed during the week
were remarkable Excessive humditya OF s3l satu
ration being lOO-connued for successive dsys and
existed with average temperature Of 40 degrees.
The mortality Of infants increased but slightly. In Of
she Wards there any noticeable from the
sstio Of deaths.
FATAL RESULT OF THE MULBERRY-sT. CHOLERA CASE.
George Simpson reported above sick with cholera died
night 10 o'clock Dr. James j. Purcell teegrapbed the
the headquarters Of the Board Of Health asking
Ut the time disinfectants be used upon the
premises No other has yet been reported froE