New-York tribune., 1867-08-14
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
The following is the report of the Registrar OF
vital statistics for the week ending Aug. 10;
BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, /

The following is the report of the Registrar OF
vital statistics for the week ending Aug. 10:
BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, /
In the week ending Aug 10 there 7Os deaths in
New-York Including 100 that occurred in institutions.
number There were 269 deaths in Brooklyn Of them
occurred in county institutions or beyond ne limits y,
the city mortality, excluding that OF county anu
state institutions, is high and should awaken inquiry
concerning the causes and places mat pr9du6e en
was equivalent 70 Ass per loco yearly IN New1ork ana
to 75 per 1000 Brooklyn exclusive VI deaths in the
class OF Institutions last mentioned.
The zymotc diseases caused 1913 per cent OF all the
Brooklyn The darrheal maladles have not increased IN
fatality, though they still constitute nearly yeseyenths
OF the socaed zymotic causes OF death Infant morta
ty decreased except In the fouest districts In NewYork
N pershed that not ayear old and lSI under
respectively In those periods Of childhood.
The Elk fatal Of Asatic cholera in NewYork last
fearful waste Ql life from the foul air Diseases in partcu
lar districts The exotic poison seems to be controlabe
by sanitary chemistry and prompt medical care 10 pre-
vent TIC Increase 6f an infeeton but the gh and foul
air that XII so many children popts shaSty nnger AZ
map last week shows where the fields are that invite
Ne may designate places of this kind by of the
excessive diarrhea and ntante mortality F1r e.snpe p
the southern section the Twenty second ward there
were 6 deaths IN dNe9Ss n % ibose wards was
equal TO 90 per 900 for the year . ,,,,u. .,
In the First Ward there we're ~ deaths IN dWelngs
infants under year. and under years Old occurred
in two blocks in washiDgtonst, aud in one block IN
GreenwiCh-st. ,--,..... ..,
IA under s. In ROOscyeltst , o,
In the seventh 90 deaths, II under one year. ana 81
under ye Cherry-st had 9, and Monroest had oi the
funerals - - N o.,,so.
In tie Eleventh 81 deaths % under one ana :? unaer
five ycar old: 10 in three foul blocks IN hhef lt
and Wiletsts and in the last was the hrst group VI
cholera cases yet found this Summer. -
In the Fourteenth, Is deaths under one year, ana 10
under five 6 occurred In two blocks In Mottst - ,
In the south west district Of the Twenty second ward
there were o. deaths under and 80 under nNe years
In BROOKLYN the chief excess of mortality was IN the
Ninth Twelfth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Xars where defective drainage TO cOnsplFe win
the domestic sources OF Summer diseases. In those
wards and In population Of about 90ooO there were ITO
deaths Beautiful they ~ location, those districts
Will repay the sanitary and drainage now in prog
/ rcss In them. A..
passed from the wcEdraned and ceanly streets OF the
Fifteenth Ward from the thoroughly drained grounds
OF the Central Park the slums of streets
ob.ructed guters and muddy courts, where the poor
are compelled make their homes, and where sickness
prevails must have observed what constitute the condl
tOns - local purity aud health the one hand, and On
the other what the most pfeyentabe sources OF sick
/ ncss aud untimely deaths. T. HARRs.
/ YELLOW FEVER At NEW-IDERIA, Ia,
| w-ORLEANs, Aug. l3.-A telegram reports
- cases OF yellow fever az NcwIbera, La, ycster-
day but deaths; the disease Is assuming mild FORM
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