New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-05
TABLE 7.


iis e r ys Bau VS. is2 s %
BsTiU yrs. 1875 40 20 t927 Poser vs. s25 g? - Or
ra, ~ ,SaI n @ ia,lco StoefbolU Years ssiS5
LT.poo 10 years 80 Vienna, 10 years. la1'-1s''
The above figures represent the average mortality Of
the cities 70 which they annexed Those for tho
Prussan cities corrected by subtracng the numbers
OF the stbOrn from the total of deaths tins class OK
deaths being included neither In the reports OF the En-
esh Regstrar-General, nor in those Of tho New-YoFk
BOARD of Health As very large proportion Of the in-
habltans OF NewYOr OF German origin, We conceive
that the death OF Berlin Vienna, Bresau and Poscn
arc significant Of the hight TO which the death rate OK
this class of our citizens might RISE should the sanitary
condition of the city be persstently neglected Webave1
moreover, the high authority Of Won Humboldt for tho
opinion that difference OF porcepbly influences tho
rates OF mortality In those portions OF the Kingdom OF
Prussia where the majority Of the population sayonc,
the proportion Of deaths greater than where the nab
ants are OF purely German origin. In the year 1872 III
every Of the governmental divisions OF Prussia tho
rate OF mortality among the Jews was considerably
smaller than among the Gentle population Throughout
the whole kingdom the difference between me jews"
and the Christian death rate was In the lV INC iVi'
mer being 245 and the latter $685.
THE DEATH RATE OF NETWORK SPAsI iLAhs' go
II the population OF this city 100000 NeW-horK VIII
rank between the first and the second OF the ten repre-
tentative cries tho death rates OF which are given In thu
table above When our island was less crowded ana
when the tenementhouse evil had not YET attained a
osapr threatening dimensions, we ought 10 De aDle 10
a., ina rracedent for the low death rate with which
=, 90 accent the conclusions OF the Board Of Health va
40 ~ nrescnt favored. The city Is more densely
nulaed than ever the tenementhouses are as bad as
e. we'll can be; the streets are cleaner than In years
,st and syet such are the natural advantages with
which We are favored that the death rate does not rio
above o. IL is true, something has been done by tho
BOARD OF Health, but nothing in comparison with what
needs to be DONE This the Board Itself would be the last
a. donv yYer I'm the London Statistical Journal Vol.
a. page 1884, speaking OF sanitary improvements WHICH
have been effected in England, mournfuly says;
eve have to confess that Boards OF Health, ONE
inspectors nuisances, millions spent on uInu"s.
our grand aqueducts aud our subterraleous 81 - ~
left us To die died before We sim near u"e
place has ceased 20 DC a charnelho since I
drainage was competed that the closing OF uS -
dwellings, has saved thousands 81 lives anhualy ~, 10
when we get at the totals Of the knguoh &c nav" -
one part what have gained IN another.
II this could be said OF England what can VIC say o1
NewYork whose streets are flthy whose dwellings arc
crowded Il.ventiIaed and damp, and whose Board OF
Health has no power 20 combat these evils efectuayt
II might be supposed that we healthier 10 or 10
vears than we are now Yet this is not the case ON
the contrary We think 1t would be puzzlng to explain
te vast tmproyement which has taken place within Ten
Years IN onr sanitary condition. and to account ZOE
tho unavampled falling OF In the death rate. The aver
noe number OF deaths annually for the IS years IsfS
os u 5s4 The population OF the city in 1855 was oIs
and the average annual death rate, therefore,
"a A reduction In the death rate OF sueh ',' ~
NevYork from "a TO % is unparalleled IN 'ho -
mortality records accomplished as IL mus 10"
If accomplished at all, in the face Of po"e'au4