New-York tribune., 1868-10-07
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
]. X. FISHER.

The BOARD of Health met yesterday, Win
,be President. Mr George b Lincoln, in the char ~
number of complaints received IN relation 10 NUS
ances existing in this city and brooklyn MT T. d. D
,on Sanitary superintendent, reported that during o
nat week l94 enements, II private dwellings, WORK
mons and stores horse and stable, sunken lots IA
Yards courts and areas. IL cellars ana Dasenes -
raste. pipes and drains, ciserns ana cesspools,
a. nriyies streets and cutters, and 81 VIOLATIONS Vi o
co,nmanding the Sanitary Corps OF the Metropolitan
Police Department returns 3i4 orders Tor me IL m
o h ioi orders previously served and complied with
and "a complied with The latter nave Deen
to tbe attorney for suit and penalty. q,
Dnrng the past week complaints have been received
from citizens and referred to Medical Inspectors Tor IN
yestgatiOn and report.
@ That the s,oi, @ be- S sTS os hsFS aS,ss of
and ingredients emPeyed making M saa and We o
esoiued That Of the Board Dr. Chandler aud the
DEPUTY Register Dr. Giles be directed make such chemical and micro
the shall furnish them with the discharge bis duty
DR. Harris, OF the Bureau OF vital Statistics, pre-
senteG the following report:
the week that ended on Saturday the 81 INST there
were s72 deaths in New-YOrk and l96 In Brooklyn Ths
shows increase of IS deaths In the former and III he
latter city over the previous week Ihe lncieaseu num-
ber of fatal cases OF Inflammation OF the lungs @ tnat
occurred in connection with the sudden changes OF tenn
perature alone amounted to lS n ana III
phhiss increased by II In the former ana III inc
latter city Dysentery likewise was more faal last week
han IN he Week Preeeas Ynre os week and i5 in
those OF Brooklyn but In the previous week there were
only 10 ana 10 IN them respectively.
The life young children more secnre last week III
both cities: The OF Taygetus and the Spartan
"tryers could scarcely exceed the fatal agencies that
months But last w9ek only 2H (5lO6 per cent OF the
toaD OF the dccedcnts in NewYOrk and l22 62 "a per
cent? OF those in Brooklyn under five years oil age
i55 m - per cent New York. and 70 J673 per cen OF
the deaths in Brooklyn were infants under one year VI
age II, -
Darrhea and the infectious diseases which make up
the zymoc group-preventable diseases-dcsrOyed l26
lives 2S 60 per cent In NewYOrk and 7G 3S77 per cent
I'm Brooklyn. Typhoid fever which is justly regarded Dy
sanitary officers as often dependent upon persistent
and subtle infection and dangerous sewer poison Killed
u persons IN NcwYOrk and in Brooklyn while typnus
is charged with only death In each CITY, Ihe
death rate from all causes, in NewlOrk last week was
379 In 1000 living per census Of 1866 ana IN Brooklyn
rs ~ In OOO yearly; about 2j per loo on est
mated actual population In both cities The iate III Lon
don the second week I'm September as II per lOuo
i'm Edinburgh q per 1OlO in Dublin. "a In Bristol only
IL and I'm Berlin sc per 1000. Throughout the United
states the chief cities report good health ana freedom
from infectious epidemics. - .,
The Registrar OF vital statistics also furnished the fol-
lowing statistics OF birth and marriage registrations III
August and September o. l.,
Total number OF persons married in August lI3O; IN
September liG6. Total number Of births certified Dy
physicians In August $40; IN September i9O Ihe total
number ~ returns OF marriage due Tor the TWO months
H. Of course unknown; but 10 Is feared thaJ only hpout
AZ ont OF every 100 marriages sOemuzed are cerhed as
the law reaures The deficiency IN the certified returns
OF births great prove that the dny OF such
registration need, be brought more frequently 10
te attention parents and physicians, ana that ths
branch should not depend solely upon
Yountary returns TO the Bureau of Vital Registration