The evening world., 1893-07-19

1hSr" were l,UB deaths last week, and
although the population of New York is
greater than ii was IA year ago. health
authorities are apprehcnsive of the COM
Ing fortnight, lest there be repetition
Of last years unparalleled mortality.
For the two weeks ending in July,
1889, thrr" were 2,36S deaths. due chiefly
to intestinal troubles caused by exces-
siNc heat. While the weather Is very
nearly as hot as 1t was last July, the
water Is unit 10 drink. and the situa-
ton is therefore decidedly worse
Evennw World " doctors in their
rounds report Il prevalence of diar-
rhoael complaints, measles, and diph-
liberia among children. and discour-
asement and hardship among wage
earl'erS, Even the most Industrious
find difficulty in earning enough to
1vs hrsn on; Isn,oni LANDLORDS have not only
up with losses rather than increase
them 10y going to the expense of evict-
ihS the unfortunate tenants.
EVEN with this generous forbearance
on thc part OF capital, hundreds of cases
are weekly reported to Chief of Corps
Or. Foster for special relief "A little
ready money for the purchase of sun
benefit just now" Is the frequently re-
CURING entry in the column for re-
marks with the particulars in the case
signed by the visiting physician.
Thr cost Of the medical service alone
amounts to $1,000 for the Summer sea
son but it is to the practice of dis
lrl6utins material relief in the shape Of
| incnt for the feeble and famished, the
sick and ronralescing. clothing for the
needy, &c., that the success of the Sick
Babies Fund is mainly due.
A SICK child needs more than medi-
cine. First of all the Surroundings, usual
y unhealthy in the slum sections, must
i,, pc Improved, Wholesome food is abso-
ing Is Imperative, Next In value to san
ithry service is the distribution Of tick
rIs ,Is i9r s thf fresh,Air Fund excursions;
ufch. Wh!ch court tsies are Of very lit
ne use to a shOelpsa, hatleSS mother.
VINO iS without the means of making
her, half-nakcd little ones tidy. to say
nothing about getting them from re-
mot" part of town h the pier.
To Illustrate this. The other day an
tween Wooster street and South Fifth
avenue. with four children-Oue a skel-
! rton,liNc baby, and the others but re-
Gently recovered from diphthers and
baked back yard and 20 TO Battery
Park or down the bay to the .,anitarium.
| After long eQuiyocation she admit
ted that shc did not have the strength
t. carry the baby, and that II would take
at least % cents TO get ready, and then
they would have TO go without any sort
~ cents to buy n pair Of secondhand
shoes for herself, 25 cents for car-fare
and five cents for soap TO do little
The money actually spent on this case
WAS four. dollars. rh" baby had sore
eyes, and provision was made for al
mmhrel,Ia, LITTLE shoes and stockings
Inurh-nrvded feast OF meat, milk, breal
an! coffee. These small outlaya col.
lectivciy amount to considerable and II
y to- cover them that The Evcniul
World IS desirous of raising IA fund oi
1Aa, sum is sadly reeIel, and II
should be snbsGTioel Tor The reasor
their h"use-t 1-house visits cases of sick
ness suffering and distress that woul.
never he brought to notice but for tn,
, operation VI Ihis beautiful charity anC
the efficiency ana devotion of the wsdi
cal STAFF Many Of the people IN Lark
rst New York are 50 ignorant that they
hide heir babies fearing that they may
be taken iIom them and put away"
The arrival of the doctor Is passet
from room to room, and BY the tim,
be reaches, the second floor whether
there Is not child "a, be seen. 1t FIRE
quCnty happens while a woman Is
dcnNing her motherhood tnat smotherec
tho physician establishes confidence uN
MS riacloG" ald generous ln.nistratiou,
| h ,s pcslrAod by patients
| Tho halls are imra ssahlc. and tn,
aged, tn adult, .aAlren AMI infant,
"rc hruw ht before hin for relief Leuc
our su.p,rt ~ 'ha Sick pab!cs' Fund
and let the Free Physicians OF 'Th,
Evening world" stan have an the
money, provision and c.othirg they re
quIv.
.hu attention Of The Cha.itably inciin
81 ii directed - the notice ~ the neac
Of tho gGbneriution Ia.
send Ia your contribution ana haI
, kegp, the dsaih rnte down that tht