The New York herald., 1876-07-18
THE HEATED Term.
General Improvement in the City's
Temperature Yesterday.
What Has Been DCne at the Hospitals
During The Hot Weather.
NATURE OF NSTRO KE.

eontlnuation OF the healed term Inc thouSands VINO
Sunday left the city for the seaside and mountain
resorts and who had 10 return TO business tho next
day, found the city like the forenoon and
everybody swetering AS tho day the heat
somewhat abated, and little after four o'clock
a gentio breeze sprang up from the south
east which gradually grew in strength TIL
became absolutely pleasure to saunter along the
shady side OF tho street. meditatins the fact ~
shat the backbone the heated had at last been
broken That there at one time appeared to be good
reason for the supposon it only necessary TO state
that at six in the evening the thermometer indicated
only 81 degrees the shade, whereas 1t showed 92
degrees hours and half before and that at half
past IL only So degrees with
ine welcome breeze fresh as ever and
apparently growing cooler. Ia the tenement house
districts the breeze however had but little effect and
the heat in the closely packed quarters
cessve made all the iutolerabe by the stencil
from the cutters The docks last evening
crowded with mothers and their little ones the
tenements in the neghborhood, who were able
there to find relief from the heat their pcnt up
rooms.
II the backbone OF the heated really broken
there will be mourners this city, tor the record
shows that for fourteen days of the seventeen Of
this month the thermometer indicated every day At
some hour 90 degrees the shade and that the
curry has been among the nneues for twsnIy-two days
hnce the Isl OF June
HOSPITALS.
Tho hospitals of the city have been abu tly able
10 meet the increased number of casualties caused by
the excessive heat bellevue and the New York City
Hospital have taken in almost all the cases OF
stroke that failed to receive home attention. The at
sendant physcans at these hospitals unite declaring
Ihe number Of victims from solar heat to be unpre-
reden,cd. They satisfied, at the time, that
with the proper precautions sunstrokc should be
here is in the West Indies. Strong driuk
nj the bottom OF out of nine OF this NAL
Ady, and irregular and unwholesome eating may also
be held responsible Yesterday a fresh, bracng
from oil the made the atmosphere quite cndur-
able, and instances OF sunstroke limited. A
HERALD reporter made OF the hospitals with the
object Of ascertanlng their experience OF the last three
weeks.
MoRGuE
he also dropped in the Morguc, and was informed
by the keeper that his has been pretty well flied
In with the past part OF she month There
are three classes bodes said he ''that have the
most dislike to handle-drowns, burns and sunstrokes
sunstroke corpse won't keep longer than eight hours
md then II should be buried. 1t swels fast and big
rs balloon. These sunstroke .he worst OF
my. They turn purple about the face and neck and
powerful gas be generated inside That puts up
Ihe body right along you look at it, In the OF
Dir. -, put his corpse IN the colhn IN the evening
tnd next morning mad burst up I'D, aud there II
was heaving up and down enough any average
man, but knew wnat IT was ani didn't feel alarmed
Four put OF sunstroke Ia pretty big
man; coffin there in the corner, and put
Eour other collins Oh top, and IN the middle
OF the night, us was sitting smoking my pipe inside
here, there was devil o nose and all four collins
iumbling down. The sunstrokc had burst things
up and made ali The racket"
CASES Ar ngLLEvuE
With the assistance OF Warden OIourke and his
assistant, Mr. Mcnamara, the reporter FOUND tue fol-
owing record of the that reached Bellevue Hos
pal and we're treated there since the beginning o the
heated spcll:--
July 4 Charles Mason affected with suns,rokc or as
The doctors call lusoatlOn, brought
day. July from he effects of the heat
Emma Foster who subsequ atty came to all right and
Peter KiinS, died. July s. Bernard Mooy OF in
ISOLATION, and Charles Wilson, OF cholera morbus both
caused by excessive heat Both survived
July 10 trying day, and Anna =. Steele, John
Kuhi, James Murphy and an unknown man re-
:e'ved IN the early par, OF the day and AL died except
Anna steele. Later 1.-THE heat grew intense and
Enocn T. Smith. Michael Ganney, Davia Morrison
Dan sullivan and John Boyd were received and re-
stored Walter Scott died, and two unknown men,
Henry Dorney, Charles scles and John Burns re-
covered.
received, ana, by careful treatment, saved and sent
home.
Dyer and Maggie King brought in Tor treatment
md more less restored TO health
july IL, RUFUS ii. Clark came and died of nsola
tion. George SILVER Eliza Harvey, Francis Myer Ed
ward koboe and Bridget McCuc, the latter suffering
Rom cholera morbus, we're treated and saved from
death.
July IA was extremely hot day, and fell fast
" the waysidc. James Gentleman was brought TO
Bellevue "a litter and soon died; also John Veit
hichael Menscr aud two unknown men, Peter Madden
W. ro!nlin and James Smith recovered July 10
hrcc recorded Mary ONeiIl, John Scuael
ma William Chasty the latter of cholera morbus, and
al are IN iair way.
sunday, July l6, Patrick Boyle, David schulzc and
Tim Cronin were received, and Cronin has died
Yesterday were record
THE MoRGUk DEAD.
Mr. White the keeper oi the horgue, furnished the
following list oi all those who ded outside OF the hos
ptais and who were buried from the Morgue:-
July B, Herman Bodcnski aud Camille Geney, both of
No. G9 Chryslie street
july 5. sophia Bgicy, No 40 West Twelfth street;
Houston
July ., j. W. Barry and Dennis okceie, address
not known and James Parrott No l4g West street
Juiy TO- Robert Buttle brought iiom Thirty third
precinct; Emile x. Marks No loi Hester street
July Is John Berger, No 3.7 spring street. Charles
Sherman. NJ SO Washington street; John SalIson
No 25l woSt Twentieth street.
July Il, an unknown woman No. Franklin street;
NARY Battle, No s53 Second avenue; Sarah Coyc. ST.
Joseph's Home; sarah Cumming, No. 25 Essex street
July TO- Patrick McEnroy Marcus Mcnde and Henry
Niccsen
The branch reception hospitarol Bellevue on Ninety
ninth street, near Nintn avenue received only
ono case OF suns.ros- ,ha, proved fatal il
thought on account o. the number OF
laborers at work the neghboihood o! this
hospital that sunsiroses would be nL.scrous during
the late seorching weather but the contrary is the
The that most OF the instances OF iusola
Ton have been confined TO the parts OF New
York, where fresh imprisoned among masses
OF high built warehouses aud IN streets. No
fatal occurred al the Roosevelt Presbyterian
hospital, both Of which treated Only one two
OF genuine sunsiroSe.
rms CHAMBERS STREET HOSPITAL
on the side OF town, has had very large number
of thrown us hands Oy reason OF The cxces-
pvey warm weather In respect ana oi removal
OF the temporary branch oi Bellevue Hospital. which
formerly the east SIDE of the Ilty Hall PARK
Notwithstanding the CON fara,vcy limited
spmnloca,.ons OF the Chambers street Hospital
tue gentlemen in charge have managed
provide fully Tor very sluslc brought there
whether arising rom pros,rauon by heat other
causes OF a casual and unforeseen character IL a
subject regret that tins branch OF the od New YORK
Guy Hospai not more centrally situated. lis oca-
ton H. remote from Broadway and II is con
rvupded with the commercial buildings above an. be.
l.sx AZ hat = Z a f.I
TIE medical sssn OF the establishment consists OF Dr.
Thomas K Savage, house scrEcon; ir. Waller A.
jayne. assistant; Dr. Henry y. savage aud j. II.
Swaspy second assistants These gentlemen have bad
their hands full tor the past three wecs yet never