New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-26
OUR LITTLE ONES.
Free Parks and Camping Grounds or |
Snnifarfums for Sick and DebiIifated |
Children of Large Cities During the |
summer Months.

Free Parks and Camping Grounds or
snnitariums for Sick and DebiIitated
Children of Large Cities During the
summer Months.
SUGGESTED BY j. VI. TONER, NJ. n.
From the Northwestern Medical Journal st. Paul,
Mimi
The great mortality which has occurred
among children in most Of our large cities
during the recent cheated term" although
perhaps, not much in excess Of the ratio of
previous years during the summer months,
has fortunately, however, this season at
tracted the attention of the public and the
press
am hopeful that good will result from
the very general discussion the subject of
the health of children in large cities has
received.
Many admirable articles and valuable
suggestions, in the interest of the health
and lives of these little ones, have appeared
in magazines and in the daily papers of the
cities of New York and Philadelphia from
physicians, sanitaIians and philanthrOpists.
1t is to be hoped that the consideration
Of this important question will not be
dropped until the public are made familiar
with the facts of the perilous risks that ex-
ist to intantile life IN populOus and crowded
cities, and the inauguration of some meas
urc adequate to arrest as greatly lessen
this fIightfui mortality
4 careful examination OF the published
reports of the board of heal II of the cities
of New York, Chicago. Philadelphia. Bos.
ton. Baltimore. Providence. etc, shows
that one-halt Of al! the deaths reported as
occurring liz them are ct children under
tive years OF age
It is also noticeable that large per cent
Of these deaths are attributed to cholera
intantum and the other summer complaints.
This waste OF human life is unnatural.
~
inquired into. and, as far as practicable. re-
moved. In the Published reports OF the
Board Of Health OF New York city. from
1904 to 1888, inclusive, there were So, SOB
deaths reported. of whom Isl ,53i were I'M
der tige years OF age which is J0.i9 per
cent.
For the three years 1866 -'69. the
whole number OF deaths reported was
G3,Sl6. Of whom, p, 80! were Under five
years of age, which i. Jo.59 per cent Of the
whole mortality.
l have not within my reach complete files
Of the reports of the boards of health of
our different cities. or nigh. give a synop-
sis OF them bearing on this point, but The
results would be simply cumulative OF those
given. and what has been stated.
Fortunately for our race and the country
this .lecinating rule OF mortality among
the young is not equally great among the
smaller towns and IN the rural districts of
the United States. Indeed, the healthful-
ness of the country 4. compared with the
city is in such marked contrast in this re
spect thar instead of the per centage of all
deaths being greatest under tive years OF
age. as in cities. the per centage is largely
reversed. and even when the whole annual
mortality OF the United States is considered
in the aggregate, the small! mortality among
children in the rura! districts is sufficient 70
overcome The unfavorabIe report. of cities.
and presents the following proportion, as
shown by ;he United States census: .