New-York tribune., 1869-01-18
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT.


iy among young childgon. especially OF inose lder one
year oil age, and This has been 80 great s ~ ~
Gus attention and lead 10 the inquiry, NIeIAer ho
management Of them is not radically Wrong "hu i4
deaths ont Of proportion TO the known C.u f the
mortality Is TO be found among children uner OH Se1 F
Of age and 10 is acknowledged tat III hoinc l ~, f,
the city 50 per OF the mortality occurs III the 4'e
Inc report then touches upon the general causes OF
large mortality Ia cities and says:
Tho ignorance of all classes Is very great oDs,'cG %
sOn 10 them Tho condition Of the very poor pleclcs
the hope that their aid can be obtained III a."
alpAng them TIC Boaid 9i HGGe H can cn firiid certain
cellars being occupied remove filth Whenever lOu
and II power was Gantcd could clean the streets But
in th. way tbe y is ted ors and its object slowly at
taiucd and It's efforts would DO crowned WIN ElyJd ~
and more speedy success preventive measures couu W
Instead Of removing from the crowded tenements the
for a to remove the oyercrowded population to tAe
ncihhoring country where cheaper and better dWcnss
couiq be procured surrounded H plotS TI souiu "Io I
supplied with pure air and vontla!i0n ms cannot DC
done until means are provided oy Nniqn tg i"ponE @ T
population return 10 then Woik eNpedl louny 'uu az
little expense Steamboats,, railroads. cieFa1tu~ ~ OF ~suD
teraucou1 10 carry passengers quickly anu encnIS ]
through the city, deserve nploDauoh ana ehOou'"s0
incut "a the wisest OF health measures
Tie removal fh and street cleaning are ineiicenty
qua eApensYey done by ihe means III present enp9yeu
Raised platforms should be built at convenient places
where carts could be driven and deposit their contents
into cars which could be sent az once ont OF the city pro
vded the different horse railroads could be made use OF
thus be saved and dumping grounds needed. It Is
surprising. considering the facilities offered by the rail
Some modification of their charters might DO necessary
but could be easily obtained. II an earnest wish were
Much Of the filth in the streets and the had dir in the
cities caused by the thousands Of horses used by on
buses railroads and the stables necessary for them. III
i b ~ redt aid ~ nnlic bcoltb In tbis ace OF me.
ohanca ingenuity, It is not much TO hope that steam
or cecfcitv but more manageable than stoam may be
applied the transportation of passengers in public We
ices, and the day may not DO remote When WIZ DC
used with safety instead Of horses for private carriages
Tire Bureau of vital Statistics continues TO maintainthe
large degree OF confidence Justly won from al classes
fOwczcns during tie first two years Of It's or
Tie Rcgisrars report shows that $3.50 deaths oc-
cured i'm the City and County Of NewYork I'm the year
that ended the lt OF October lasts and that there
oOl5 deaths in Brookyn in the same period Though
these totals show slight increase In the aggregate NOR
tally I'm the two cities The Increase IL by 10 means az
great the medical officers justly feared It would be- in
CONSEQUENCE the increase I'm population aud the
sve temperature OF the Winter aud tho Summer. Tho
Registrar states that 10 summer in The previous 40 years
was as hot, damp ana unhcalthful the last
season. The total number Of deaths by the diar.
lmoie or feTnent diseases aonnicd TO 1851 I'm Brook
Ism the former amounted to C75, and the total Of the
This lameniabe mortality occurred in the hot months.
Aud although IL did not equal the amount Of mortality
which this class of maadles gave in the corresponding
and t lead IN The adopfion OF virant measures 10 Hold
IN check whatever sources OF these disorders could
The fact that the deathraes can and do steadily de-
crense Ia such Wards the Fourth, Sixth ana sixteenth
uent and promise; Willie lie causes that now hinder
sncb imi,roycrnent in the First and Twentysecond
Wards in a scly Summer, have already been so care
fully Investigated that the needed reforms cannot long
be delayed The Registrar shows very c0ncuslyely that
local evils pertaining TO the drainage and sewerage and
and toward which this Board Is giving efforts
for sanitary Improvement, are chargoablo with the
OF mortality that occurred last Summer IN the Wards
which showed least Improvement in the death
rate The average death-rAte III tho entire city, in
the year ending the lst OF October is estimated
AT 55G in tie 1000 Inhabitants, or 25l5O in
100000 The rate Of mortality In Brooklyn is not less
thnp In iOOO less than IN New-YOrk The Registrars
report shows how these deathraes compare with those
Of previous year, well with those OF other cities
II appears that during the nine months that have been
footed up In tho present year. ID total mortality OF
lesls there 1l5u deaths IN tenement houses. I'm
which three families reside In apartments rented
by the month; while only 4.s,3 deaths occurred IN oil
e SsT 5eSI @ S o most y who aao TAKEN
10 those institutions from the tenement houses by these
OF different knd OF disease are kept constantly mapped
aud under close observation tho Board enjoys tho
advantage ~ such discriminating studies upon the local
and preyontabe causes OF disease AS are needed by SAINT
The board having ordered the Sanitary Superintendent
70 thorough sanitary inspection to be made Of al
and Brooklyn and that the Sanitary Inspectors making
such inspection require from each pupil medical oer
cate Of vaccination and countersgned the same when
notified by personal examination, the Board tho 2st
day oi November, adopted resolution requesting the
board Of Education Of the city ofNewlork to cooperate
I'm securing thorough system of vaccination In
the public schools, aud 10 facilitate the efforts OF
tho sanitary superintendent Ioi mat purpose
Reliable information having been received that false GER
cates death had been rendered to the Board ply
In attendance 1T certain houses for the reception
aud boarding OF Infants resolution was on the
v,
dent 10 report all the Information Ia ms possession rea
tive To the houses for the reception ana boarding OF IN
fauts: 10 state where they situated and by whom
kent and to report the Of those physicians who
when children have died those houses, have rendered
sequenty. upon the evidence presented, the Board di
rected that suits be commenced for penalties for making
incorrect returns and negecng 10 make proper returns
Of the deaths OF infants 10 the Bonrd.
Tie results OF the efforts of the Board 10 improve the
sanitary condition Of tie District during the past year
have been satisfactory The enforcement Of the Tene-
and establishing the powers Uf the Board, the gen
cTa voluntary obedience 10 lts orders and ordinances
nud the enlarged experience OF s sanitary oicerp have
united the most favorable results. There has
don OF basements and cellars used as human habltaons
BY drainage by the introduction OF light and air many
which before uft Tor use dwellings, have become
comparatively safe and comfortable and are permitted
be occupied during the present scarcity tenemens
for the INDECENT a large number heretofore occupied
have been vacated by order OF the Board and their use
fJr human habati0n prohibited. The business OF bone.
boiling has been banished from the builtup portions OF
the District The only establshInent Tor uilIing and
consuming ofal Is that OF the New York Rendering Com
pany at the foot OF West Thrtyeighthst IL s believed
ihat the dead animals and ofalot the city of NewYork
are disposed 0f by this Company In 70 more sat
During tho past year there has been no Improvement In
the sanitary condition OF the public markets. They are
old dlapidated unyenated defective In proper drain
age and in every respect dcrcdtabe the city Of Now
York The recommendation In former reports, that this
part Of the public property be sold for business purposes
s renewed and II public markets be necessary, that they
In parts Of the city accessible 10 the pub
important subject with reference TO the public health
and has received the necessary attention The old fash
and to priycs with sewer connections aud the modern
improvements The inspectors notice more attention on
construction ofpyes and water closets as well as great
care to preserve tne IN Sd proper S ss n
triet have been frequently inspected, and such
cleanliness have been issued and enforced IL is conf
IDENTIFY believed that during the next year they will be
entrSy removed ron nc uehey pofahea re- pOdIVns o t
the streets as regards their cleanliness No