The New York herald., 1870-02-14
AiI ia schools, Public and
: laesa tr Private. 81
AR in Theatres in New York
.,,;,;ss z: sss.G !. and Brooklyn.
HIGH TEMPERATURE MET WITH
/. Air I'm Hospitals, TKaI1s,
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The following highly interesting document has
Just been prepared, through mach exhaustive LABOR
aud elaborate researcn and scrutiny, by Dr. r. g.
'Su =. Assistant Sanitary Snperlntendent Brooklyn,
ana submitted 70 Sanraiy Superintendent Harris, or
~tne Melrnpoan B,aru Of Health. 1t Wall amply
repay Gdreiul perdsai aad cons,dsratou:-
EErDsy Cs fgg SOURCES OF uNHgALTHFCLNEsS IN
80 Csor'p.iD As3GssntIe5 AND PLACES or POPULAR
- AArstAEAf AND kEsoa;a In 1AS aElKOPoLaAS
= 1he Eva innueices by which health is destroyed
are for teu,5s., SgldnAl ,sdd cumulative IN their
acnoil A!saisagn na.nfe guards life with many
.*iltnceat resources anu iLarveiious rccuperative
p1Iels wGea LEI ever Effort rs thwarted the sound
es,i constitution - eouipeied TO snccuno. lt Is
ollg 9uea every vppGisuGity lor y rebound OF the
asSs'sYA 81. .Ae iAa-1ls VI uepiessins agences Is
GU ~ t.i9t ,hcn ls$olt becomes inevitable The
Seftcss GpuA tle huuiaa system Of DpeatniRg u
" 'ted ath,o.aure afford good Illustration OF
these tfu, u.s. ',aefe or e1aihpsa laDorer worAs
d1irEs, tse tty ~ tGs opcn air ne may pass the
nigotin auarT c,o,ee IA q tenemeut house or Ia a
ciA o asit v3osaea aaauty. aBd sscapG cUnipara-
ySe,, unnar.ued. " workman niay wcrx b. oay
II me ,aep1aic at'nosolefe o a factory or u cniid
blss tiasy Apetj ~ close schooiioola ana s!ee0-
~ ey N 'ut 4. n.t NeniIlated ehaabef the sys-
tr,a SHl ,hf,N OF aI ey! lueace oi tiic days ,in-
~ras;liut g. o..ssite. 'pis wiefe an jndyiina ls
sie.-lly ala nulef.iAinsy '.n.Aefsei IN . vltated
air
t.TGL, eaIHs 9I.l 49, poisoHEp tttt
Mt tae vetv source Sau eras OF wal activity, and 1t
r nuH.h taa dattr- 9fa tylas oeiag 60 eioare slca
o8aaul.ns. fe i tpue tiut II Is alnieRt and In
berp,a apart aei,tS nat The sYstem receives
gfeitss cetnnlcaG fgon impure aif,' ior 1t
Is ttbea taat, as Lac been reccntiy SHOWN
GX,; iot .sel aavis consumption, and hence
t.,e ana4ue,t lunglcence OF + ihe work " or
ths 81 agao, Hesiti. ",rriug darK bedrooms 10
tas ut 4nti i.at ail p2eins Venuhtofa an the tails
rsye "ho, los ~ !naue - communicates; but
s"nret- ciss,sr ~ rile and 10 such All cxtent
SteSuB canif6, t', 10 pace al ru"ic resort under
theese Asil,aiF aGth Jri'y oagaS To De adwed to
aaA Its N,iiAcd atoaphere 20 other Causes oi ce
ipf.,','c ana uNnigel. 4t@
= be source Of uaAea thfulaes, ia crowded rooms
tasc,ma'.iY three-- sNt - -I'' 0
Ftsl- Ca c-,lc acd sss, derived from respiration
O. eo.auusS!oa or no5, tluts conDined, or IRON de-
lectl"I netNHg a2garsfas I'll
49, uut~t .uul lei, o.i.o crfecs combustion, either
fF"qs t,e n9nat o1oy os iroai soalcss VI ignt ana
Lass aud o4gs4Ic 1f'e a tue iorin Of u0atlng par
'tccs 10 II re- .rc,, air :flJ cold
HaYt-tNuealss ut heat. - .-hdA 4. &
/; ytgst-.t3te q etSs Ia Resemblance between
lt'e "a ~ ..Aas u canate of Taper Is lns-s.i-
i'aild VIC eGscr ~ ieiS he likeness between them;
lss Ifse can,ia i0acne ,v <ha OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
.tsa, a3ts 4f-setp naiDc, wnlch maintaining lts
.bJell nasics ~ tn csDehac OF lise uli uncLuons
ria.l ,,trs ths c..frea OF The latter with the oxy
3Nsa CA'lnc atpIosnnoNe Sc, Organic nat6er toucned
aibs ,tae iue-Iisu& Rad u 1nJlsotenee, develops
into l!Hn5 beuis and nauiCaiils It's wondrous
powers tilrpu.l Stniir nhion oil the clements OF
tAc ty AID ci iae iesptrci AR; IN ootn caroonc
.Rlu ~ Ype sesus % tle 9AeLi1al alnites brought
eay, oaIp4 njel Wii4 prDuuctj OF Impeiiect
HcoDbg gStion. III iutu Atmospheric air Is an inycra
et,ss como ton q, exsceoee. ana batn dwiauie and
: dte IT, t,cn1 ahpty ci oxygen tecomes exhausted
Bus igh aIir2 benz laG % csence OF the car0onlc
aclc yo.Ni ated ~ yfdi acuon IS & &tus.as
~ a. soSRgE o. D.sfssE AND DEATH. .4a
Gy.A niault0ai wi lie III atmosphere IN which q
ta1er wi. brIlna,itiy from sGperabuadlace OF
OK tf il carbgnc acid exists Ia 1t In large GUAM
!. Laty. nr,lan o;o5l ba a.iiaed with mixture oi
uxgAeu ;Glu ,arbJGG Arid, II is the caTLoniC ACID
-taat ~ be n.,s3. ,eu ana s,ut the oxy ren. The
former much gIot soinpie IL the blood that "
nru tlit v.La dori, preventing the access or
foaygcn III slte!ciad a4ipint 10 suppor hie hence
vurY UIrs1s lie Confln the Eertus OF deatu
scaiDvalc aciu becoming source ol danger against
EwGn SAINT ly niasS ai.or1 protection. san
alary geacae-. moreover, that the greatest
ss .ar ,rerei.ce Oi siUonic acid does not
eansist IT. aGlculato sailo:ating ana poisonous
tianaeucS wnen eS,stug III lacge quantities IN the
ar tu; liaL al amount Wb'cn,a scarcely percept-
oe to tue SENSES Is sufficient 70 generate disease TO
dover te yii forces, anu destroy Tue zest ana ei-
'J0yment of me- lnfcuSa coustaht suffering anu de-
COMPOSITION OF ruE ATMOSPHERE.
Gen aad ..,5 s1ualtss o uXygen III every 100 paris
JRe normal quantity of carbonlc ACID IS very small,
bus. sIai as 1t Is me iofests OF the world nave oeen
mpby arUaG from II. aid its cumulative effect upon
tao human .r.airsin ay o. OF proportfonaie mag
,ntua. - ~ wet, hnOan LlElt al geoiogcai period
~ nta lc Carb03ie lcd OF our Coal ornlations eA-
,i.tea III ,tD:osraGr tae earth was innaped by
rlspti ~ rioHstcfa d creatures OF aioW 0iSLnlza-
ton Comparison ii.th Tie living beings wncn now
peJf.a ea.sI. -.c1ors ting 10 the classical re-
q trcDas ii Dc i.aEsslre, earoonie aclo exists In
All ayer4la amouai OF tour parts Ia 10000 o atmos-
pneric mr. or the inost dyerse localities mas
becu ,1ainirea py numerous observers wihoat de
tectiuu any onet JDaai very s.Ignv Valatons In tuis
ptupvvioa. inere rs sii-at Increase IA mountain
c4eEarons ana "a We air 81 Giles put tee average
Is flo.a -FOUR te ise !.etbs III IL 900.
Ca SO 10 Ao1e rsJogGGo By RESPIRATION
TDe a.;oadt 81 aT ta@rja actd into the lungs With
escA insp.rat.on saieys wnn the are, devcopmont
,ofe 1 - 'urY,-cl,jty estlaaed Dy a,i1ereot 90.
setYer. Borciu es1Inalgd a. liteen cvolc inches
tssoaw'n aEa Ia. y at Woa sixteen 10 seventeen
cSu.c lnches, Wane Du9a, Nler9rdt aua Faieatlh
rati IL a. A ~ from tAlrty C. forty cubic liches.
te Snaye ,ese the a2cral.', II person OF medium
stature 10 DO e. eJIy cubic iuca.s aud the Number
al twer ty y,1.1 "ii gre 2Lojo cubic lncaes, or
ncar. i0urteea cuhl. feet oi air oreathcd bs sin.
person q ~ 'o Ia y 30 sruas soo,c 'ees Woa \, ~i
Ii ,Se houls 100 cuuc tcet OF air 10 the extent OF
a5 peye unt Of cir1onc a,d or IS 600 cubic ieet TO
tie. ipiasous ptepeilo - orc per cent o. tatoonic
ac,d. at ever. tle1th iet cent 0f carD0hie acld
are gfe,n OF. and ga yer cen Of oxgen,iisappear;
-sot of cry peispa wa f.uance io1A cuDic nches
,Cs,b@gaA1tns OF acatig iect OF caroonc aciu III an
hoyf j5ci1 these deLa tae degree OF yitiallon rom
tnis soofce Q. the ar Of crowded, bat lily vent!-
,issci ban can be sesdny estlmaled. t,n-a
gGearDonc Seie T. natt tne sole dangerous product
'af RESPIRATION. af.sJs SUitl !onnd tlaI wbIe Two
t~!5 cEtt OF rlr3uh,c acid, liocratsd In the sfby
c4eucal agenacs, colud DC eniired one per cent
Lieduc4d by esprYlua could soarcely be toiera Led;
I'hls i3 due not Only TO inc corresponding loss OF
3 '.e1 IN rv4prfgtei a,u. 10 tue presence " voa-
.fe o,Tsllc aaasrGGg.s in the breath, which have
nEs5si i the prJtnctoa o; low levers, by exposure
.tuSsiisr conceiie red acton. ~. sai we
y stttasgoSIo A ~ PeyPgGHb BY rLtuhiNATfoN.i
7A4 9.tlti%,t apl.i aioa OF places ol puolic % re,
GG. 4aien rertia,S tnem afr active IL not secured
wdaor deterioration o. 'he ar ny ,ne producsisn,
-oi csAlc acid ara corresponding cons llnption OF
.oX5sGo. AacA h2ale asS et IL esnnated o pToaQee
:1ye sMes.f mucn ciroeale scid o. q nanaa belng s
sSpEss IN syen TINE. acsutass ca M nave
te5l III ~e 20 detcrmiae ihe degree OF yithNion OF
tee ajs atbs, dlif rsst Knfis OF Mumlna,lon.
IN On lNpw q The capacity OF 2,S40
,eulite' nlfclbc leey or Coz. gas onrat IN forty
te sttia' ,ef, aud glvlpg ar luuiinastoh equal 70
t4S n '4is a5t a 6eit cana,es bave beeu lohpd 10
increaet INC ,:operlien 81 ceroonics Sc.u from o6
sp&g,s per t4onsani 70 hi5 per thouaand. 4nesc re-
suits ateen average q sS eNnerules3 under ijant
:caii sosst yae. ERas cune !scs aoasunea IN one
sloutHi sfJ inMAtes. ~cse f93Be - iratsf the pro-
lrannc ae ilon d.ss parss ger thoISapd
1t3ybFfI aer thoisaad. Tnus i. .synsl. pug Ger
spredacel ,asss 80 op9c Vet u cTQoalc Hsd IN
viE ass, Ge5upi Iess a.z 3cu ma ol III ansf
slssai atss ssisati tpis aiounf Sru,a;nihg III lhe
:psaiY1sr sslpish raaArA yepNie,.os Was .tpn-
sta,tlr low er.nx as prcgDrion. Az inc game siine
ttat "a vus acil .S bg taecpupue an OF
ilun...Ssstfk As,ttAraNaes %hcr'thehkaY car y ma
Cons are formed FROM imperfect comblstol, just as
4f Iltn n,1f - YNg Eark