New-York tribune., 1867-09-17
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

DIR. HARRIS ON TIE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.
Registrar Harris's weekly letter to the Presi-
dent of the Metropolitan Board OF Health says
In the week that ended Saturday the ith inst there
were 5l2 deaths in NewYork including the 90 that oc
Cured in public nstutOns4 Of the latter number oc
CURED on Blackwers Island, and 16 ON Wards Island
Kings County institutions and suburban streets beyond
the limits of that city added % deaths to this number
These statistics alone show not o an Dut an
unusually good state OF the public health The average
mortality in the corresponding week the preceding SIX
years sos Referring to the zymotc or feTent as
eases of filth and infections, we ma them feari9y IN
the ascendant in certain dlstIcts me tlrst Fourth,
Seventh Seventeenth, and Twentieth Wards maintaining
the ignobe lead in those preventabe causes OF death
NewIoTk and 81 or 4i5 per cent OF an deaths ~ Brook
yn, were % me cSss IAebrIt year OF hIahcy
gave l9 or $3.50 per cent Of deaths IN - t, , i
or 3L63 per cent IN the latter city TINS waste % -
life and the fields Of zymetic deaths point ghasy EDStr
a. Gcnses OF yrnraDe g,ckneSs when can only De 'O
troed by improved sanitary care OF the homes and Jc-
children Of the labOrng classes. Ia wrctchcdy filthy
and dilapidatCd house IN the Twentieth Ward III which
we recorded two deaths by cholera during the week the
lthscourge that sent industrious father aud favor
itc child TO untimely graves at the same time made
family Of paupcrs Of the widow and orphans II ala more
than this Tor it killed another person in the same block
in similar foul tenement in the of the premises first
OF that unhealthy region must have been endangered
NEw-YORK AND VICINITY.
Henry Westley, sailor, aged 90 years, died
last evening at No. 81 Oak-st OF yellow fever
Brevet Brig.-Gen. Walcn denies the report
published in The Herald recently that cholera was raging
on Governors Island. They have had cholera on the
island for nine days and the quarters of officers and
are in good condition and open for public inspection The
maady heretofore has attacked the recruits brought
from ST. Louis, Baltimore and other cities.
RAYAGES OF YELLOW FEVER IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Houston, Texas, Sept 15.-The yellow fever is
very prevalent There have been at least thousand
in town up 20 the present date and there ten
fifteen deaths daily. Mr.. Bonse Deputy Postmaster,
died yesterday, and Capt Wallace and Cocc-
tor late Of the United States Army, died today The
Rev. Mr. Reese and Dr. A. n Corey have also died The
Fremen's Charitable Associations provide the destitute
with nurses and physicians at the expense Of 500
daily The fever isvery fatal IN Hampstead, NavasOa
Mallcan, Bryan, Chapel Hall, Brenham Lagrange,
Huntsville, and AeytOn, and the charitable associations
OF Houston are extending all tie aid their power
| these towns. They require money, physicians, and
nurses. Col. OConnell, commander Of this post and
family are all sick with the epidemic They are all likely
to recover
THE MORTALITY IN NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 16.-The deaths from
yellow fellow Oh Saturday and Sunday officially reported
foot up lO3
QUARANTINE AT JACKSON, MISS.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 16.-Quarantine has
been established al Jackson. Miss.