New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-10

sveItering New Workers sought informa-
,,o, from tho Department of Health yes
,erdav regarding hot weather preeantion'
arv measures. In answer to the requests
for hot weather rules of health, Ernst y.
edsr,s Health Commissioner, advised all
residents OF this city 10 follow MS Ten
reaItb commandments, six OF which arc
nrinted above. during the enerVatns hot
spell:
Avoid rich foods. fats and sweets. Meat
not more than once day. Tao,
Wash and battle in cool water al ledSt
W. TsLa No medicine except on the advice
Of physician. -. nuc. for n
physician.
rbis e. most auspicious time 70 Keep
an tho water wagon" according 10 the
Health Commissioner. who Is a large con-
sinner Of buttermilk during the not
weather. Sunstroke, he said, Is caus'u
primarily by excessive heat constant
LrinkIpg Of alcoholic beverages Is an
other cause.
rbo commissioner advised the immediate
summonIng Of a physician when person
showed signs Of becoming Frustrated
When q is impossible To get phS sIc'a"
this treatment Is 10 be followed remove
the victim to n shady place and place MN
an his back. Loosen all tight ciothing' run
the hands and feet until circulation Is re-
s,ored Battle the face and body with
warm water and apply warm clothes. Give
hot drinks-tea coffee. milk or water.
In case Of sunstroke. instead OF hot ap-
nlications and hot drinks tho use OF cold
apnlIcatlons and cold drinks is advised.
park Commissioner Slower stated em-
phatically last night that ne would PEI mi'
no sleeping IN the parks this summer no
matter how hot IT got
"If YOU want to know my views on the
matter" the Commissioner said, Il will tell
Won first OF all that | am absolutely OPP
posed 10 giving over the parks as sleeping
,racos DO the people who live In the tene-
ments on the West Side have any chance
20 sIeep on the lawns? Do those who I'VE
in tenements around the Chelsea Park sec
ton ever ask TO sleep on the lawns! lheS
certainly do not.
BECAUSE there are number OF persons
I'm this city who have been permitted IN
the past to sleep on the lawns in the parks
because OF the hot weather they take II FOR
granted that they should be permitted tc
do so now. Wen. ] am not going TO en-
courage that practice. There Is no neces
sitv for any one sleeping in the parks
Unless the whole city decides to do so nc
certain population should be granted such
favor. II It were necessary everybody
would think so anyway"
When the Park Commissioner was told
that number Of persons had been sleep
ing In the parks uptown, especially or
Riverside Drive. during the last two nights
he said that was possible.
But there are a good many unlawful
things certain people do when they car
safely do them" said the Commissioner
There will be no sleeping In Central Park
| reiterate again or any other part In th'
city with my permission"
During last week and up to last might
thousands Of persons were on the grassy
slopes Of Riverside Park trying to get cool
Practically the whole summer school Of
Columbia University has taken to the park
In the evenings TO get cooled OF.
The extreme heat yesterday caused the
city horses in several departments 10 ap.
pear In headgear OF the latest French
styles.