The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-12

abouthve timesa s many persona, 6r2o,OO0;
although at that period the population
Of New York was about double that Of
Brooklyn. There are now in this city about
5000 persons resident In institutions Of
various kinds, a considerable number OF
them being persons from other places. On
the lat of April the Charity Commissioners
Of this town reported 6.544 persons under
their charge, and on the same day the Com
missioner Of Correction reported under his
Jurisdiction in penal institutions within
this county 3,7s4 persons, q total OF more
than 10000. In this years budget OF city
expenses allowance is made from public
funds to various asylums, reformatories.
and charitable institutions. based upon the
average number OF inmates In each In
year. Six of these institutions, the Ju.
venile Asylum. the Hebrew Orphan Asylum,
the Infant Asylum and the Founding
Asylum among them, have an average of
e.366, and, as there are thirty asylums Of
various kinds in New York. an estimate Of
10, 700 in these is probably not excessive.
There are seventy hospitals, large n
small, in the city Of New York, inclusive
Of those under the city's direction, and the
average hospital population in the city in
institutions which are not under city au-
thority is about $500. Il may very easily
be seen from this how IL is that the death
rate. so-called, is abnormally increased in
this city by conditions which have nothing
to do with the sanitary condition Of the
town and it's permanent residents; for q
considerable number of the inmates Of
public institutions situated In this city
come from other places.
BY the last report Of the Board Of Health
for the period ending on April /, the number
Of deaths reported in New York from all
causes was 1859 for the first three months
Of 1897. OF this number 2,84s were deaths
In institutions. leaving the number of
deaths not in institutions 1911. This
would represent in the entire year q total
number Of deaths outside of institutions
Of about 10000. For the last year covered
by h report of the Brooklyn Health De-
partment the total number Of deaths In
that city was 22,s17; and Of this number
the total in public institutions was 3,17S,
leaving the total number of deaths in
Brooklyn outside of institutions in u
year at about 10000. Comparing the fig
ures Of the two cities with the deduc-
bNoAS "hsSh W. heNS ha0I ~
that in New York. with a population Of
2,OOO,0 900 approximately, the number Of
deaths. exclusive of those In institutions,
is about $4,000 a year, whereas in the city
of Brooklyn, with a population Of !, 10000
approximately, the number Of deaths not
in institutions is about 10000 in a year.
The comparison shows, substantially, tho
same standard Of health In both cities,
though the ~compacted population of New
York is greater than is the case in Brook
Ign, and the transient population Of this
city at hotels, in lodging houses. and along
the water front is materially greater than
is the case in Brooklyn.
TIL conclusion to be drawn from the fore
going is reasonably this, that the death.rate
figures given in both cities. while correct
as accurate and authentic records, fail to
show any greater healthfulness in one city
than in the other. Both are healthy, and
the happiness and likewise the health Of
both towns will be promoted by the great
event Of Jan. l, 1893.