The New York herald., 1877-03-07
DANGERS OF MALARIA.

SOME STATISTICS OF THE DEATH RATE OF chill
pREN--DECREAsE IN DIPHTHERIA
For the past week or two there have been frequent
complaints OF the prevalence OF dangerous diseases
among little children Any announcement Of this sort
generally brings with 1t no little sympathy for the
helpless sufferers, unable TO make known the
Of their malades, like larger people, otener be
ptied than helped twas said that much of tho sick
complained OF was the result OF maaral poisons,
and to inquire into tho statistics Of deaths from
supcrnduccd or aggravated by malaria
In its broad sense HERALD reporter
called at the Health Department yesterday Here it
asccrancd that the goacraaucaiy Of tlsc city has
been better the past six months than any
responding period for several years past AS for
manria one, they say, has of latc called special
uttcuon to It's renewed assaults upon the health OF
the little ones The most prevalent trouble recently
with chiidrcn has be scaratina, which is now slightly
the decrease Other iniantlc troubles have IN
any general been reported as notably prevalent
Indeed, diphthera Is considerably on tho decrease.
THE DIPHTHERIA MAP.
The diphthcria map Tor 1875 show, record or 329
of death from this Terrible disease Last year
there was considerable reduction on these igures,
the number OF deaths from the same Cause beng only
l. 750 and thus lar this year the death rate rs much
lower The cases wcro mostly distributed IN the neigh
borhoods where malaria prevails. Tho Localities
where maIaria poison has resulted fatally heretofore
aud wholly from local causes Lave been rs ollows:-
Pike and Henry streets, Marion street. University
place. near Waverley place. East Broadway, near Pike
street; West Fifteenth street, near Eighth avenue;
Twenty-ninth street, near Eighth avenue; Thirty
seventh street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues;
Thirynfth and Thrty sixth streets, between Ninth
anc Tenth avenues; Forty-oIrth and ForIy-iith
Streets between Eighth and Ninth avenues: First
nue. between Fiity-seventh and Flty-ePhth
streets; Seventy-thlrd street, between Mad
son ana Fourth avenues; Scventy-fourth
street and A. Sevcntvsixth Seventy ninth and
Eghtieih streets, between Second and Third avenues;
THIRD avenue, between Eghty-iourth md Egnty-liIth
Streets Ninctyirst street, between Firth and Madi
avenues. here were also scverni fatal
along the east side up town, IN the entire ncighbor
hood bordering tho Harlem flats. To the presence
foul gases tho dwellings wore attributed most OF
the cases originating New York In the same
adjacent localities some deaths resulted IRON maaral
diseases contracted in the country. ana there
deaths from the same cause wherein the origin
of the trouble could not BE- traced 1t would that
most The trouble has arisen low lying portions OF
the CITY where the sewers poorly constructed
Dr. james. OF .he Health Depa.i ment says that maa-
rial troubles most likely 10 prevail IN winter
houses into which noxious gases are liable 10 enter
through bad sewers imperfect plumbing. In
that season the houses are tigntly closed and kept
at n temperature hish enough TO attract the ga-cs.
Some Improvement, DR. James INKS has resulted
from the oi waste pipe leading to the roof, aud
through which tho gases upward instead OF pass
ing INTO the premises through leaks and overflow
apcrturcs.
INPASTLE MORTALITY.
The following 1isures are instructive as showing for
ten years the of mortality OF children hvo
al .t.t..