New-York tribune., 1868-01-03

MORTALITY OF TIE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
DIR. Harris's letter to the President of the
Metropolitan Board Health, this week. shows the total
mortality Of the year in New-York and Brooklyn. The
Registrar says:
In the last ten DAYS Of the year Just ended there were
$50 deaths in New-York and 2l0 III BrOokyn TINS u
equal to yearly deaihrate OF 2O9 in 1000 in the former
and 2Ol8 in 1000 In the latter cliy the pOpuatiOh p.nH
estimated at 1000 and 10000 in the respective ctes
he resident population AT tis season Is believed 70 eA
e chief cities Of Great Britain in the hrst week OF De
cember. for London. that week D( tatr Icports @
m nn riu' Ss per e. in Glasgow 5s per 1000 aud in
Liverpool 80 per 1000 annual rate. The mean temPeia
York. the past 10 days, 1t was $50 Fahr., or
only ITO OF degree colder than III LOlioh thI NISh
heavy tribute 10 the great reaper The cold continues 10
keep mp the amount OF mortality IN ehieeDleu persons ~
urshrd i3 in NewYork and co in Brooklyn. or 266 per
cent of the total mortality IN the former ana 239S per
cent IN the latter city The child mortality under the
New York, aud 10 10 lOr 5l5l per cent? IN Brookyh
Nearly ~ per cent OF the total mortality In both cities
ncruri,d n that portion OF the population which has
passed the Goth year OF age. Dscre,ty bestowed chi
lie. of food clothing fuel and personal advice 70 the
ueedy classes would save much lie and health In this in
element season OF the year Viewed in the Eight OF public
economy against pauperism and vice. such timely be-
peyolence brings permanent return OF public beue-
dts in addition 10 all the good that charities
me wear which has t closed will forever keep the me
mortal, Of the 81 10 inhabitants of NcN-l ok ana oI the
gl5 peope OF Brooklyn that died In these twelve months
homeless yagrlUt and destitute more than 900 we're I'M
migrants that had been less than five years on our shores
and seme Others The hospitals and pablo
Institutions ~ NcwNOrk buried Of these classes upward
of eco persons who received the medical care and public
charity which those Institutions afford In the dwellings
of the city there died 1880 persons, and nearly 1000 ot
these We're children under years of age ana aVo IA
round numbers. were infants ia their is year Ihe de
tailed records OF these deaths and their causes are worthy
OF all the study which aultary officers can bcst0w upon
Them. for Notwithstanding the great gam 10 ne ana
health tie past year, the fact is indlspntahle
that n large but ever fiuctuating proportion OF TIE
mortality Is justly chargeable to causes that can
and ought TO BE- prevented. The share which the pre-
vcuabe diseases bear In the causes OF death consider
ably exceeds one-fourth part Of the whole Tile zymoc
diseases alone caused nearly 1000 OF the mortality ia
New York and 900 Of that In Br0okyn or 50 per
cent Din round nunber of the total deaths by All causes
in each of these cities There j. good reason 10 Dete
that some ~ tie ayOdable and preycntabe causes of e
hh In these cities are beIng DrOueht under
control for not only have We witnessed reduction 0l
36f5 i'm the total mortality In New York The past year but
IL appears that tins gam has been made ~ places ana
up0 causes that have long been operating with knd oi
relentless enmy against life and health ~ particular
districts ~ the metropolis But ceaseless vigilance Is te
price OF sanitary security I'm such concentrated popua
lions AS are crowdug with constantly Increasing density
i'm the streets of New-YOrk and Brooklyn. And whie
infants perish by thousands In the cradle and while men
and women cut OF by preycntabe causes AZ tAc very
Threshold of useful Nfc there viii continue 10 De opu
lar demand for fearless and faithful nqutOn regarding
the responsible sources FOR all such premature mortality