New-York tribune., 1868-03-20
Sernoi harr,e Firth
Yoar M,n,r,s. Msrs Fenales. ssateL tgie rste
lsss zee. l.599 30 ls2s 81 iS'g 49, ~!
1861 ....THf 6,i64 6,0S l2b H.2J

IsG7 THa 6l6i 606S 1916 l7.2j
The increase in the latter year doubtless mniy due
the Bureau OF vital Statistics TO bring IN coalee re-
turns And the fact that these returns are su mani
system AMI hofized by the glsIutiou lHw- aBbartly in
the failure OF the Board Of Health to provide isten of
inspection or OF cauyassing which would disyer and
REMEDY d0lnquencicr In discussing thls sllect the
Registrar anrin- " that no merely voluntary Tstem OF
Dr returns for public r.gi.iiAtoh ever hds zen sue
cessiul IN any country. Aud even IA tle counlcs ana
cites whore ,eri0us penalties aud dlsbiIcs ~ visited
upon delinquent parents ana medical htehiAts, IL
nevertheless > found heccssaFy l" HsceI,ih ne true
number. and m MP the deficient registry oi bins year
10y year by some system OF house and district hivas-,
ing census oi the newly born lhe same pi should
b. Immediately adopted IN the Metropolitan Disct; for
the value of accurate returns o marriages ana irths Is
of great social importance, ana Nlu more lhau RAY the
labor and cost of procuring them The dehcncies IN
these arecords for the past year u believe Ia be
about 2c m the marriage, and nearly 2n" m birth
returns. Certainly not les than 3l,9o childn were
born In NcNNork last year The Ies'stlalOh jOtH np
only I2r. IN Of This fact % is imperative lat the
Board OF Health should at once adopt some metld of
sdati.ics. The plan suggested by the Eesstf w6siM
urobablv have the result here mat mas hpWcd u
rsewherc and II l. a duty the Board owes Ia ief and
the public IA leave u" means uhuled ia uA leSdru
which promise even partial success
TIIE cuOIIRA EPIDEsiC on GOyERNoEs tsLfD.
Appended statement No. smbodics n recoIof the
cholera cpidemic that occurred on Governor lsnd ist
summer aud Is most instructive ~ reeord LOT larry
and demonstrates both the means by which lspread
a triumphant control over Il The medical Office OF the
army with characteristic fIaDkness. have sent the
once 20 that very sharp outbreak The reports Col j.
Woodward of the Medical Bureau and OF Surl1n j. T.
Brown included IN the Registrars statement IL ap-
pears that small detachment OF soldiers en- roe tfOm
Sc. Louis nursed and buried q eourlde, whdied OF
cholera. before reaching New orb anu t"o 20 o, coli
pany that had been distributed on arrival To Ssrnors
and BedlOes Islands, respectively, wee seized IN the
same malady few hourr after reaching the Whf Ten
days thereafter the epidemic declared IT'S prchce on
each island. The Registrar paw deserved coOlment
TO the intelligence and XII o. tns S mTa % ors anu
conquered which were the same that were suggted by
Dr. Harms, and SO vigorously enforced by Jason >
Schultz during his presidency Of the Board Oieath
The epidemic FOR time threatened 10 be more fnl than
that OF lsCG and probably would have been bior the
prompt that were taken 10 prevent ittpread
Tho Registrar justly remarks that the Whole cdiify Is
indebted TO the medical officers OF the army torer VIZ
and successful efforts tOpreYont te spr OF the
cholera Infection in 1861 valuable neinoralum on
disinfcctiOn concludes the report
the Board OF Health many points have OF cous been
omitted. The report upon the sanitary qlaltl 9t the
wafer supply which accompanies the report of Regis
trar OF Vital Statistics, u particularly lmportI Inc
analyses by Prof. C. +. Chandler OF the School Mines
were made at the request OF the Registrar as learn
from the letter of the former while the laborlems to
have been purely voluntary ON the part OF theImsi
he result is worthy OF both these gentlemen al adds
largely 10 the value OF the Boards second RepG III IS
admitted with the desire that throughout the etfOpOh
Tan District the chemical purity and sanitary &c OF the
waters used by the inhabitants shall be rtrded as
worthy of systematic attention; Tor no Otntphyslcal
agent, except the air We breathe ma sloi Nv etsH
and dtowns." The summary of METEOROLOGICAL Rords VIII
be found valuable Tor SI aand n me-
NOT will produce good results in improving the sanitary
condition In view OF the importance OF the liter, as
they relate the public health, we cainot do BIER Than
IN close this article with the concluding reInan of the
Iepstrar upon the same subject:
IN regard 10 the sanitary condition and was 0t the
Hospitals the Metropolitan District there Is 1eh rea
son for reiteraing the two p0sales upon web FLOR
etce Nghting gale the good Providence OF tlmOdern
hosptal'-has founded the great reiorln IN ospltM
hygiene. Indeed n would BE- public blessing these
same principles efectually applied botto the
edGces and the general administration, purpes and
plans OF every kind Of charitable reformatOnnsttu
ton as well IN every hospital. for tins iie only
method OF making a practical application Olat laf-
reaching ply sOlOgicA law. Corpus sddUe oshuhdbi
s0irdrC.' H.,
"The principles here mentioned arc concselyhted as
follows l. The very first requirement Of an hoitai Is
that IL should do the sick no harn The ObJcsOught
in the construction Of hospital Is the recOye of the
largest number OF patients health IN the short posi-
bic time and that to this end everything else Is y sub
sdiary." .