New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-20
THE WEATHER.

All New-Y0rk looked ND with a smile last
evening when the black clouds began to gather and the
distant thunder roll The spell is broken the mer
curry has started its way back to the temperate re-
gions Of the SCALE and the hot her OF 1868 has
passed Other hot days may indeed be expected; the
thermometer may make its mark several times more
among the nnetes butt Is impossible that the average
temperature for another week this year can be as great
as during the last seven days The intense heat
has driven hundreds OF families 10 their farms ana
seaside cottages, and thousands moro TO seek
the pleasures OF the fashionable watering places.
For month past the churches have been SHINY attended
and yesterday hoy we're almost deserted The rush for
Coney Island HobOken. and Central Park unusually
large These places are to the poor what Long Branch
and other fashionable resorts 10 the rich The chill
dren are having their season OF pcncs aud excursions
which, without doubt, save many Doctors pli.
During the past two weeks many households have been
desolated by death and many iames deprived Oh sup
tunes which result from the carelessness OF mankind
The deaths which have taken place this Summer teach
lesson worthy OF remembrance lt ls beginning 10 pe
found out that temperance Is as important as
cleanliness If people would preserve their heath
The Metropolitan Board of Health, in memorandum
dsinfectOn which has just been Issued. specifies the
following preventabe that concerned In propa
eating specific knds OF dsease Firshe specific iniee
ous property or contagious substance or any one OF inc
moisture In the house and grounds wnere the outbreaks
OF disease have occurred or are liable to occur Ihr
The foul exhalatOns and ATMOSPHERIC impurities when
inure health help to propagate epidemcs For dsin
fectng waterclosets spOols, drains and sewers II
coal tnr cellars close rooms, stables, any damp
or offensive places, quicklime, charcoal powder and
rooms. bedrooms and closets, ventilation and
keeping clean recommended, and to use
1uckme charcoal powder, chloride OF lime.
Among the things be dsnfected mentioned beds,
bedding and upholstered stus; soed clothing from the
sick with cholera any contagious disease; carpets,
sofas lounges mattresses floors or anything that may
be infected by cholera eNcremen or by smallpox scar.
latina other diseases The document closes
by urging the necessity OF domestic and personal eean
ness and reminding citizens that there are no subst
tutes for pure air and water The mortality IN other
cities from sunstroke, Ia unusually large In Montreal
IA fatal cases reported Friday and Saturday
] IA .tchf from Toui
occurred, from heat and whisky, on Thursday last
In this city additional deaths from heat were re
ported at the COrOBers Office yesterday The following
] fatal eases were reported on Saturday:
Henry SchwarZenburg, German, at NO ott Eleventh
=. . NJ
John Agnew an importer doing business at No "a Pine
at and residing I'm stamford, Conn.
Tie following table giving an exhibit Of the number OF
deaths for the week ending Saturday, the 18th st MAJ
been prepared by Mr. John TOa Of the Coroners Office