The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-22


the following Is Or. Harms weekly letter ON tho
tally in this city and Brooklyn for the wesk ending
Saturday. the 18th inst =
MsrRoPoLras BOARD or HEuIH. I
buRsAu ov VITAL STATISTICS. May 81, 1857.
In the week that ended last Saturday there 1856
deaths IN New york. including 81 In public institutions
SIS OF the iator number being inmates OF county and
State asyIums on the islands There were Iae deaths
This mortality IS equal 70 an O annual dsssh.rass ION
census Of 1880 Of 2ao per 1000 in New York and 70
% Y per 1000 in Brooklyn, excluding similar county
year there wore 900 deaths in New York or 81 than
in the third week OF May this year In Brooklyn the
Tho zymotic deaths and the mortality in the first year
OF infancy were numerically the Same in those weeks
both years The ratio which zymoc causes bore TO the
total list last week was 70 50 per New York. and
1S. SO per cent OF all deaths in Brooklyn.
There wore ll6 deaths in children under year Of age
or 80 - per cent OF the total mortality in New York.
0such infant deaths in BROOKLYN or % IS per cent
Of the total in that city,
Measles and scsrla.ina together killed 30 children in
NOW York ana - IN BROOKLYN Eryspeas and chdbed
fever destroyed lives New York but none in BROOKLYN
Darrhai disorders took II in the former and In the
latter city; but there semblance OF cholera
these cases The mean temperature was SO degrees
Fahrenhet; the average humidity S. and the weather
very uniform and healthfu but even the ssubrity OF
the season Tailed to arrest the usual death rate in
charnel houses Of the laborng classes One inhabant
Of every $50 died during the week in the sixth
ward one In every 82l in tho Seventh; In every
1900 In the Eighth; while in the Fifteenth ward only
one In every li5 OF the population died The manifold
causes tnaN produce such recfOld and even ivefOld
diercnce IN the chances Of life adjoining regions Of
the city furnish the lesson and the Incentives OF sanitary
reform.
No diseases OF an epidemic type are prevailing except
measles and scaratna The three deaths from so called
cercbro-spinal meningitis. "spotied fever"
ported during past five days. sporadic and as
CARDS the last Of these Of which reports reached
the daily press we warranted stating that the
local causesviz decayiug cargo OF potatoes which
that man had slept for weeks and tho nh region
where his potaoe barge lay at foot OF East ThiryHh
streetwere sufficient to produce the malignant yphus
poison OF which that young died. The occasional
occurrence OF such deaths these may probably
awaken inquiry regarding their local causes for they
seem TO be important and prcventable, the last of
these cases forcibly illustrates
The most important sanitary conference that ever
vened closed its meeting in the city Of weimar after
uniting upon recommendations aud methods for pre-
venon and cure Of cholera that concusvely reafirm
the principles that guided New York and BROOKLYN
last year The who's lesson is summed up in these
words;-l Thorough drainage. Constant and perfect
cleansing. 3. Pure water for drinking T. Specific
abundant and immediate dsnfection to destroy the in
fecve property Of all ceremonial matter from the sick
and from persona who have arrived from places
The full report Of The weimar conference will iInmedi-
ately be presented 10 the Board OF Health.
r. HARRIS
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