The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-02
FOR THE HEALTH OFGOTHAM
work OF THE HEiLTH DEPARTMENT.
IN THE PAST QUdRTER.


Hundreds fTon. OF Improprr Food Material
Seized nnd De-troycd-Dcnths mud the
pr,ncipu Causes That Led TO Their
! MI,
I Nv amount OF WORK aohe IN three months
- 49,, Dep"' .",o"s a're'rs rom Hs
..,,' MY ,els luroi. WHY" ms iust oeeh
49,, ~ w.; wv" VIZ 'o,.''f insIec,ions naae
sno.,".. y, "'.e""e, W NY ',o in'
1870. 80 20 o'i"sH' wv" '"iS '""' 'he IN.
49,, ',s va, 'vi to'irt'"'s' out .''"s
a,i o,,,o. ,'',,,,.' '"ein ,s
"...s - . ."''"'.-' y, ''o ~ 'o' -'Voo
n,, n, n,,, 800 W. "v.r'''no p'u''o'nR
War, ro,,,r,',,, r., n,'''i NV" Wv puopis
,,nrv non,i,ia ,, ~ Nv, y" . ~" nan ,,
'ney kept 'owis' ihe departments work Inc
fruits. milk. candies. wines, meats, man, and
evary,bi,, o,to,l, ,,ii., -. -
t ','"'"t e".n"'e ""'cn might get In IN
was MOI. con,I,r,rJ -, ,ha so ~, .,.1, ~
VS 'o'''','r s " 'ho season u, thc year
vegetables and meat arc most likcly 10 snoii.
Dyri,,, no ,,i - ~ ", 49,
general is 50 cod that article. which I S c"uIS NOT
be well kept in summer can be kept then for
seized This includes over 60 tons Of oron m
and 90 tons of bananas. over 20 tons OF wine
were condemned and over 105 tons of beef.
rI", t sn.ep' anu noss vi inns meat about
h'iie,teh'hs was veal ana pork. Among the
ment as mnst tor n "' o su~," y. .ne uepa,.-
public health were peprers nnmnt;ns ~ o. .re
farina, cocoanuts, cheese beans, cranberries
and candy. About 500 tons n,torether ~
God n,a.,.,,ia wv ,on' "i.'Se.her Oh
ioou hhateIiais Were taken by tho de-
partmcnt from people who intended tn
sell them. This mnss Of inn ron.r ,ocd
would have been sufficient OF itself to cause
great amount OF sickness and many deaths.
1. was 10 DC sold CHIEFLY In the poorer quarters
among the tenement houses and In tho
Fssex strata IN an.o"nt ~ .ha ,a ,se, ",u
which II wes hold a. wonia bava e , low price az
p9Tshasers. N ''' 'eAo ''"'
800 dead horses md nror3 5o Saas over
Besides aend s6se ana over o dead calves
sapd dea Il cats anS oume' ano seNerai thou-
Durine the n nn" uoss fho-o ,voro .oo.s
4S5 cases Of contaVaons e diso we're repofte1
OF them scarlet fever. mensIes. or dinhthar Ia
eeved ABOUT on Se@ were
part Of the popuatIon OF Nav ~Gh vs large
T 6s ir0m the dsy figures Of this report
ing houses Of course there are NOT s %, msnv
large nj her NJ Io1gera NJ tbosa ,os ~, 'ho
ast1ntaa ron ps rn at these places can DC
officers who found 8o3 h07 Iodnera ~ thnn
ed durnr th osr re times they were inspect
since the CITY hospitals for tbe coro y, nm.
competed the numhsr 81 ne cnnt 9nen
discusses has decreased The pronortian az
DEATHS. to, the number Of eases has also do.
M was less than II per cent. and from dinh-
theria less than 10 per cent. The higher death
rnte from dinhtherin was caus cd Nv fho danth.
and cases so O.
ton and Treatment. SO the death 'p pat ts'h "a
higher there than throushout tt tic city u but
typhus fever only reuched "a ior,m.. sr9 81
a 81 scarlet fever per cent There is ons cas-:
roher ysand II ia nottceS sha tbo on hSGsth
tfths Of the cases Of typhus fever arc OF foreign
born persons; and that the death rate is higher
born Patients. About one.iomrth Of fha rnaaa
Of typhns fever cans from one house ~ msy.
eompiete list is nrneeI Of Savnbn
tner e. md
OF single men. ''' " '"' 'a'es wors
oWer thHm for rc na Of t fS, dearn rte @
brbs TSrr, Were wnrn sf3 r @ ana
born than temas children but thu nrennnder.
ance is much more than Offset by by the s' greater
males than Of n'q Eess mnf "ns atnd Of
tive uarrnts az Tho man U WIZ uosn ~, ~ III na
wdowers and NJ tho wn.mnn y. n ,rar 9 , wuuo
Tho Ia,,hs ~ n,m o r mG,iom h WIZ Mdo t
deaths of mnmarrinI fnm,in hy nN 49, tins INC
sand. Over five hmnIrnt moro uur IL noan
dind tbnu m,rriod rnmnom a n,'o t men
tired more w;dn"s thn u;d aun nscr ioor NUM-
The cause of the sreatest numher of aeatbs
was pneumonia. .. $50: next to that phthisis.
caed thomsand Jug Tharn aua az % urm.n ex.
ecoho Iism TN fr,n o VIZ ~ 10 tro tom
dant 4 frn,n , Ia ou aGTi - rom nceI-
Ther. wore 3Ip deaths an IN dvoI I bnmao
streets rivers and hoats n III, nj har da,ths