New-York tribune., 1885-02-18
MANY OLD PERSONS DYING.
pvr1MoNIA UNCoMMONLY FATAL.
.onr,r,ry INCREASED BY VARIABLE WEATHER

s,opr.IrrY INCREASED BY VARIABLE WEATHER
AND vIoLEST ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES.
The old proyerb that " green Yule makes iat
kirkyard" is being exempllhcd IN tns cl.y. nnJ
true that there was selgnlng AZ EnrI,eared IN n
Gav or two and was followed by moist t0eey Esys
weather which made the city parks eieeh, .arG orIo
then the atmospheric changes nave oten U@es of
ehie The thermometer has registered changes vi
Nearly 500 i'm twenty -four hou,s more thah once
Rain and snow have followed each otner ne ,oa VII
startling rapldity and the intensity OIL cOa waves
has been Increased by high WINDS OhueI sucn
circumstances. an increase OF mortality couiu @ noe
but be expected. During January Z,9i pe,Somo ''rn
died IN the city, while i'll January 1851 tIie iu Th1
%er If draths VAS 2.fl5-an increase of 3O2. lhls
il unusual. During the first hfteen DAYS .ad oi e0
present month 1923 deaths have peen lepoi " If
!ndicating that tho deaths for February VIZ sha
nnmher more than 5000. An eXanlnatiou VI . tiio
death records in the Bureau OF vital oIatisttVs ot
shows that the increase in mort ailty since JanuiS
I ia due to the increased prevalence OF ih1so
diseases which most readily aeeia' We riy ~
atmospheric changes From 'ah%afy Si1a from
fion PAT from bronchitis and 800 from pheumoi,!ao o
During the corresponding period OF this year 'oo
persons died from cCnsnnlptioh ~, ~ aths nlV fo
chitis and 849 from pneumonia. Inc ueaths itoin IRON
pneumonia have been noteworthy because oi ,noii
suddenness IN many cases. Sevefai Vlctns vi iou
monia have died within forty-eight hours after
being attacked, while deaths at the expiration OF
four iays after the first symptoms oil the disease
were noticed have been frequent. :, ,...
The mortality from pneumonia" ASSISTANT
Sanitary SUPERINTENDENT James saws rs chiety
among among persons well advanced in years old people
are more liable TO succumb to pneumonia OF
Iro,chitis hecansc they lack vitality. They are
mnch more liable to be atckead with either disease
also after being exposed to chill III 1
weather snch as has prevailed for some weeks,
great caution should be observed even by robust
persons in regard 10 clothing. 1t Is cXtlemey
dangerous to 20 without an overcoat III t1e warm n
spells which occur frequently because the ar is
ant TO become raw and chilly at short notee
Colds which may cause fatal bronchltls OF pneu- p
monia are moro easily contracted at such time
than during sharp. cold weather"
Dr. James B. Taylor said yesterday ," III IS next
to impossible to tell the ratio of mortality IN cases
of pneumonia. Single pneumonia where only one
lung is affected, causes one death IN apouo t~Mc.S ~
eases. perhaps while double pneumonia nearly
always proves fatal. The deaths IRON slhee
pnemnonin occur chiefly among children or very oid
reople Physicians differ IN their diagnoses OF
pneumonia and bronchitis. 1t IS not uncommon Tor
a mild case of tho former disease TO be cassed as
bronchitis ard in cases of bronchitis where the
congestion of the membranes is extensive some
physicians would say that the patients had pneu-
inonia Probably many deaths clsssed as haNInS
been due to bronchitis are caused by pneumonia