New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-18
THE HEAT.
sUS-STROKEs IN FORMER YEARs-FArAL AND
OTHER CASES YESTERDAY.

SUN-STROKEs IN FORMER YEARS-FArAL AND
OTHER CASES YESTERDAY.
During the six days ending at noon, yester-
day. the mortality in this city alone exceeded 1000 or
this number 1872 died in dwelling houses and in the
streets. The maximum mortality reached on We'd
nesday forenoon 1t is safe predict that there will
not be similar succession OF hot days this season This
prediction is based upon the statistical tables that have
been compiled by the City Inspector and the Board OF
Health, covering period Of twenty-five years. Since
August 1883 the people OF this city have not experienced
such mortality from what is popularity known " sun.
stroke" as during the past week From the 18th TO the
10Th OF that month 0Sj inclusive, the deaths from coup
de s0leii numbered nearly 800 The most fatal
day was fhe llth although the temperature
was lower than on the preceding or the succeeding days
Tt there was more moisture IN tle atinOspne Ere,
principal sufferers and many deaths from exhaustion
were repored by physicians as deaths from heat Coro
more difficult 10 preserve correct statistics by returning
veTiicts Of death from stroke from the effects Of
heat from congestion OF the brain IL Is noticeable
act that excepting persons who suffer from diseases OF the
heart or the nervous sysem-aud the latter class includes
the great numbers who indulge in the Of ardent spirits
the chief sufferers have been among mat e9Ss OF peo
pie who live unhealthy badly ventilated dwellings,
or who labor in Ovorcrowded workshops great mum
Der OF cooks aundeses and dOmestics male ana female
whose work was All indoor. were among the most sud
denly attacked and most hopeless victims This inter
esng from the fact that these classes seem to- nave sur
fered more during the present heated term than at any
former period except, probably that OF 1853 The NOR
tally that has existed during the past week 10 accounted
Tor In this manner During the hiSt neen days OF the
present month the temperature exceeded the mean tenn
peiajure Of the corresponding days fof the past % years
by 10. The last two weeks OF June were excessively
humid and paved the for the succeeding fatal pc
rod The experience of the present year corresponds
with that Of 1885, and shows that similar causes produce
similar effects In 1866 the mortality from the effects of
the heat greater than IN 1862 but it extended over
greater period OF time, ana consequently the alarm felt
not general All experience demonstrates that
sunstroke result of heat aud moisture combined and
not " heat alone Reference has been made to the fact
that dwclers tenement houses the greatest suffer
word OF explanation Is only necessary TO show
why this j. so. Take yesterday for an example, and
IN different places At 10 a. yesterday
the mercury showed difference OF iO between the front
rear OF The the side Of Broadway
Cauasf being 603 IN front and 900 ia the rear At 2
o'clock p the mercury stood AZ SO AT TIE IRIBUSE
Office and a 500 at the corner OF Barclay St and Broad
way and Barclay and Wests5. At p. Ia, at tie
Of Broad and Waists, the thermometer showed a tenn
pcratuIc OF JO2 and CW doors down Wallst SIP Al
the same time. at No. g SOUth-st, temperature
~ sgl3 prevailed and ten minutes later the
highest that could hc found IN these localities.
At4p M the rcadingTOOm OF the -. Nicholas Hotel
m the building OCCUPIED a. Police III MOt
IT,. m 40 feet above the ground. well ventilated
and having open passage, the mercury showed tenn
observations taken further up town did not dher ma
trrally those already quoted, except in localities
where the instrument hung against wall that had
which OF course was not far criterion. Az
the same time Tie temperature IN two tene-
mout houses ia Not5t. WAC lJ and 1912. The mortality
among the occupants of tenement houses during the past
week ha, been great that the CUrOncr have not been
able hold ilu.,rs fast ih-y were announced aud
The material furnished by thc city 70 preserve the bodies
until could DE subjected go torOneTs Inquest bccOm
an. exhausted, Or larri, furnished a supply.
The greatest mortality that mas existed during any
year ,,c. 1870 bass been ia the Seventeenth Ward ln
1874 there were 40 deaths, Mortality may be traced to
NO.. Nm, following table ~ deaths from suu-stfOkC
and tac effects OF hest. &, o. Interest.