The sun., 1893-07-02
,n,Icr Do1vos OF THE PAST ran.
,,,.re.t,ne Statistics OF New Yora's Biue-
coated Guardians oil the Peace.


,.,,re.t,ne Statistics OF New Yora's Biue-
coated Guardians oil the Peace.
o,ou the city departments the Police De-
,or,mcnt is the most costly. the best known.
,rd the ono which comes into personal con-
,oc, with the most people It's annual report
" osmnll-sized volume. The clerks OF the de-
,,rtmcnt have put into II oil kinds OF informa-
zion about the police. people arrested. crimes
committed tho elections. which are under tho
conlrol OF the Police Department. and other
miscellaneous information.
Tbc force has increased at the rate OF about
eyc per cent. year. In tho past twelve years
The total number OF mon In the force. not in
cIuJipg tho clerks,.but only the uniformed
men, has increased from 2.51a to 373l. Dur
inr the past year PA pntrolmon and 8 door
mon wcro appointed: 81 members OF the forco
d;ed lOT retired. 13 were dismissed. l was
dtopped from the roll. and 81 resigned. These
dsures show that the total increase during
tbe last year was much less than the aver
AGE. Many OF the patrolmen are taking ad-
vantage OF the Pension Fund, which en-
abIes thom to retro after twenty years.
services. As tho average age OF tho police
mon whom appointed 10 between twenty flve
anil thirty. 1t is possible for an officer to retire
on pension in tho prime OF life and go into
some more congenal business with the assur-
ance OF a fixed income from the city OF New
YORK 10 help out his other resources The re-
tremcnts for age are mainly OF the officers.
while tho retirements by choice are mainly
from the patrolmcn. Among the officers re-
fired during the year were a Superintendent,
Chief Inspector. four Captains. and six Ser
eeants. There were promotions all along the
line One to Superintendent, two to Chief In
spectorship four to Inspector. eight to Cap
tain. twenty nine to Sergeant. two to Detective
70, Ty,o
only change in the list Of surgeons was that
one died during the year; there were no ap-
poiptments or designations Tho mortality
was greatest among the patrolmen. One do
tective Sergeant and two roundsmen died: tho
other forty seven deaths were Of patrolmen.
The precinct which has the largest number
Of men in 1t is the Nineteenth. although it has
not SO many roundsmen as the Twenty eighth.
which has six. The number OF mon to the pre-
cinct vary from 139 to 80. The large precincts
are on the upper east and west sides in the
narrow tenement-house quarters The time
lost fO5 sickness and ID
time. The month when there was the most
ks ent The
made 33, is visits to sick policemen,
was GveH aaas the
gear sseants. 50 and md eiskteen petrolmen The two
serCeants and fourteen Of the patrolmen were
Quarantine during the cholera scare. The de-
tective Sergeapts saved o woman from a burn
spectively ins tN arrested murderer. saved boy,
and saved % woman from ,tS Sr9Tnng 4Slna os.a and
sSsS 59s IN % ,n az the ms
Bronqhits is the most e. E prevalent disease in
Last year there were 82s cases. The various
kinds oi stomach complaints account for most
a "a TSs cass
ism fsii of from eight the % year before to Ave. Ave
sPes sn ssse, oi
twenty Of boils no cases Of bunions; epd and
might Of 15ss sa ssd tae
phthisis and five from heart. disease. two from
suicide. and six from sunst5oAke;; * One police
man was murdered dN and one died from pleurisy
Th When Of sa5 s.s' Ssla sern aes ss sn
iS.o7$ were females. There was decrease
over the p;essda1s year fS7sa males and az
other. @ The Fourth precinet e Comes next. The
Thrty;sixth precinct. Or the Har6or police.
ed the number Of arrests Of men. Intoxi-
9aGn psns oases
1895 Of drunken and disorderly." Disorderly
G1dp the iE cbs1ss
crimes f theSe arrests Of men Scs for
arrests OF women for, the same offence. More
women were arreste as disorderly persons or
Thsfs s an sP
ce1y about the same number as for assault
:. OF the persons arrested 3e.2se were born in
the United States ireland comes next with
1852; Germany third with 1924, and Italy
Ths The poss eS
every country, in the world. Almost as many
women OF Irish nativity women born IN the
United States are found in the total arrests.
Gne,thjrd sct 5 Of the arrests were of people be-
The occupation Of the Persons arrested in
slddes snHL elergymen. 104 actors l2l Lawyers. 4
eet - d9g che 3 editors
birds. The number Of arrests for grand lar
esny is steadily increasing There we're twice
fewer arrests for robbery than in 1852. OF ali
principal crimes grand larceny is the only one
%nich when SHOWS an increase prop9rtionately
crimes OF violence there is an absolute falling
tf Gfi the more significant as the population Of
toG9sio men "a and e7.524 women. On The Nine.
teenth and Fourth precincts furnished the
eesS @ pes o. ssth RSss fsSns
lings, 5V cases OF smnll-pQx: they shot 176
nna ,Gund Il o I tme fwens
paa ss hs.
1S 'sS s9 a. 'hs s9ssa aO0''' and prop
SsenEers arriving on foreign steamers at New
sopI and reported or oa The year 3ss aS5 steer,
and an Increase OF l5 600 in the cabin passen-
Serss; The report gives the Indignation that .t,
S73isdc%ers % during the Year. Rt The total cost 81
s m baFng Gag the Past yesse sss nsn %8s