The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-18
TW.hus Typhoid. Sor,a. Me,sles. Meri,. por.
January January 81. 10 e. y :! ss

January IT,. 81 So
During the past week there were registered AIS
Deaths beng % less than for the previous week and
70 ,Ef ne OF ISL
ttonal. OF; local. I7y; deveopmenai 49, ana violent
causes. ~ The fatal cases OF smallpox Increased
from Is TO 90 those OF measles from to those Of
scarlatina from Il TO 20, those OF dIphtheria and
Group together from 81 to % and those Of typhoid
produced death and whooping cough, IA being
n Mee wers as 70 @
sipeas and "a to diarrh9al diseases The mortality
OF phthsis pulmOnais decreased from rs TO II, anu
that OF the local respiratory affections from SO o.
The following were F fl
THE PRINCIPAL METEOROLOGICAL 3,
features OF the week, recorded for this department
at the Cooper Union:-Mean reading OF barometer,
30.096; maximum temperature, 50 degrees; MINI
saei degrees being 4l5 degrees higher than for the
corresponding period during the past ten years;
mean degree Of humidity $685. .,.I. :.
The attorney reports as fOllOws.-Number of
actions commenced for Noncompliance with orders
or violations OF health laws or ordinances 90; num-
number or actions discontinued upon evidence OF
abatement OF all cause OF complaint, "a; number OF
order endorsed thereon, 1876; NUMBER OF such COM
plants examined and returned for additional state.
Captain ule, OF the Sanitary Company OF Police
reports the following as the amount OF meat. fish,
&C., seized and confiscated as unfit for human
("bob', 1885, geese, zoo; rabbits, 500; beef cut'I.
3S5 pounds; FISH, $50 pounds. U"
The City Sanitary Inspector reports the slaughter
houses Of the city as being In good sanitary con.
dlton, win the exception OF those situated at No.
Ola west Forteth street front and rear, and owned
by W. Murray and +. Fisher. DNoI
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Frishtful Condition Of Affairs In the smallpox
Hospital.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
As the Officers OF the Board Of Health have no ON.
portunity OF seeing and knowing the evils that
exist In the Smallpox Hospital the perusal OF your
pages may enlighten them as well as an Ignorant
Patient" The public hold the Board OF Health re-
sponstble for the care OF persons affected with
contagious; but from the moment patients 80
aniicted are removed from their homes ana left at
the "receivlng room" at Bellevue Hospital the
Board OF Health ceases to exercise any further power
over them Patients may suffer every neglect, en-.
dure every torture, even die OF want yet the Board
has no right to interfere. The law empowers the
Commissioners OF Charities and Correction to pro-
vide for the wants OF all the inmates OF the Fever
and Smallpox Hospitals and TO them does the
Board OF Health transfer the unfortunate victims
OF these diseases Perhaps the present Leg atu re
win remedy this defect In the legislation Of the last
one BY giving the Board OF Health control of the
hospitals after the patients are placed In them, as
well as the power 10 remove them from their homes
for the sake oil protecting the community at large
ac eney out o Che pae Of ON BaeS
weis Island II any member OF the present
Legislature can read the statements of "An Old
Cihzen,u "A Former Patient" and an Ignorant
PATENT" which appeared in the HERALD az
various times, and finish them up with q
glance at some of the facts which can be elected
from this one, without using his best efforts 10 ef.
feet reform IN the management OF the Smallpox
Hospital he WILL certainly have stouter heart than
any legislator OF the Roman era The receiving
loom ~ Bellevue Hospital measures about twenty
by twenty feet Into this from eight 10 twenty pa.
tients are sometimes crowded from noon MI night
!wihout food) waiting for the boat TO convey them
20 ,ne hospital. The same boat is used, without be-
ing lnmiaatcd, to return the convaescent patients
20 iae various destinations, as well to carry the
uesu .,om the smallpox anu other hospitals 10 the
,osn ned on Harris Island. small Dit OF sail
@ nangs from the upper deck OF the boat enclos.
,ns .ne space where the patients are placed, and
, Wiz vtch reach the hospital 80 benImbed
r W,tn .no cold as 10 be entirely helpless.
,ha, vVcs Is In such frightfu condition
n11Sonr ~ impossible TO land the patients
T,ou ,, ehushgerlng their lives by drowning.
,rr ra are frequently dressed for their dcpar.
nao, ron the hospital some six hours before the
uva' arrives. Whlle waiting they wander through
some eey lick end or r'seag SsS Ref bs q
near tne signal ior the boat when they rush to the
COCK only TO take the chair Just vacated By some
newly-arriyed victim, ana. when they 1nalIy reach
me CITY carry anew the pesIience 10 others The nos
pltal was built TO accommodate sixty patlents.
ABOUT one hundred ana twenty now occupy tina