The New York herald., 1868-04-15

The Board OF Health held its regular meeting yes
terday afternoon, President Geo. w. Lincoln in the
chair. The following weekly report OF the Sanitary
superintendent was read:-
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF HEALTH,
BUREAU OF VITAL STATIsTICS, April IL, 1858.
No resident In the Metropolitan District needs look
al the records OF mortality learn the fact that the
past week was unlavorabe to human life and health.
IL was perhaps, the most trying period Of the year
to invalid and feeble persons. In New York there
were so deaths by phthisis pulmonalis, and 70 by
or l53 deaths by the four chief forms of lung disease
The same same four diseases terminated AZ lives In
brooklyn. The total mortality in the former city
472, including 81 in the public institutions, and
was l6l In Brooklyn exclusive of ii deaths that were
reported m county institutions and streets beyond
Zymotic diseases exhibit marked increase in
New YORK, where they gave 1882 per cent Of the
degree OF increase In this cas Of fatal agencies; but
the per cenage was only 1889 OF the total list Scar
latina was more fatal, but perhaps not more preva-
lent tian IN any previous week, there being 81 fatal
cases In the two cities Darrh9al diseases are in.
creasing In New York; but In Brooklyn we had but
single death charged to them.
lnfant ie suffered far less in Brooklyn than In
New York. In the first year OF Infancy only SO (22S8
Portable homes; while in New York I43 j3O.29 per
cent? were OF this class of tender nursings; 2304S73
per cent? OF all deaths in this city children under
nve years OF age while only SO Tor 4O99 per cent of
the deaths In Brooklyn occurred in this period of
childhood II Is worthy OF remark that we have as
Certained that 252 deaths occurred In the New York
tenant houses In which four families reside
and that only 1876 deaths occurred In all other kinds
OF dwelling houses, including hotels and boarding
houses This fact may well be pOndered for 1t is full
OF Significance
The death rate in New York, exclusive Of the so
deaths that occurred in island institutions, was
equivalent to 30.l+ in 200 yearly, while In Brooklyn
1t was 2s27 In l,000-estimatng upOn last census In
both cities. These rates 20 per cent lower than
in some other American cities Q0r March,; but still
they are excessive in general and In particular to
such degree as to warn the Board of Health OF
sources and centres Of evils which require sanitary
care-0vercrowded tenements and the foul accumu-
latiOnS OF long winter being the most obvious OF
them The death rates In the chief cities OF Europe
continue to be unusually high. Want prevails
there TO far greater extent than here. The
death rate In London (he third week In
March) continued at % per 1000; but In
Glasgow 1t was 81; In Manchester, 80; In Dublin 24
In Liverpool rs; In Ednburg, 2S, and In Vienna the
previous week 1t was 81 per 200. The mean tenn.
perature In the last mentioned city 42h degrees,
and In London A degrees. But In New York, last
week-three weeks later In the seas0n-the mean
day and night temperature at Essex Market was
80 degrees Fahrenheit or 54 degrees colder than the
average, for March. In twenty-five years, and more
than IL degrees below the mean OF that period for
for long time has been crushing out both life and
hope at q terrible rate In the Baltic provinces Of
Prussia and in Northern Sweden still continues.
And while such sufferings, though very remote
from u.s. call forth sentiments and acts OF benevo-
lence, we may also well regard the fact that an i'm
mense immigration from the PrussoGerman States
Is setting towards the port OF New York and Will
bring some elements which require sanitary watch
funeSs.