New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-13
The prhffc Health.

We are TO have the Cholera again next sesson,
City Fathers We enTes, you not 70 forge. that,
even though yo1 persist in forgetting to abolish the
Tes-Room scandal and yote yourselves and sue
cessors modest, decent compensation from the
Treasury Your Constituents DO rot want your
valuable services for nothing and they ere oppos c
10 the track system Of paying t0r labor and pre-
fer 70 band owe, your earnings 10 California urii;-
drops rather than broiled oysters and boned tur-
Ees Why hesitate 70 obhse them in tins pertic1-
lar and take your tea thereafter with Jour anxious
wives and little ones, jest ike common people
Bat however you pay yo0rseive. don't forget 10
DO yoUT work, AID especially init part Of i which
affects the Public Health. We must reasonably
calculate on having TIE Cholera back again tins
year, and probably earlier IN the season than last
year II is among the destitute immigrants Oh
Ward Island, even COW. 1t is not day too soon
10 devise and execute measures for its efficient
confederation
There is ga Executive department OF the Gov
eminent under your supervision termed "the City
Inspectors Deps rtment2 which, the Amended
Charter says shall have cognizance Of al mt
ters relative TO the Public Health Of said CITY -
rather a comprehensive definition. lts duties, we
presume are faithfully discharged bat Las the e1
perience Of the past season indicated no necess'.
pr a better organization Of its force y clearer
definition Of It's powers The City Inspector das
Deputy and Clerk in his Office, which We suppose
is enough; bot IN place Of the Old Health WaTdens
we have now the Ward Captains Of Police
which is, in fact, nobody. The Captains have quite
enough TO do without spying out and reporting vlo
'latons Of the laws affecting the health Of the city
which are lef, entirely to accident or private inor
nation. This must not 60 on yet we are utterly
opposed 70 creating lot ofnew officers 70 be called
Health Wsrdens Instead Of il, we would sug
gest that the City Inspector he allowed 70 select
from the Police force Of each Ward that Policeman
whom lie shall deem most suitable n act as Heaih
Warden, relieving him from general police duty bat
continuing his pay while serving IL his new sphere
Of duty If the night man should not at first be
selected in any Ward, let the City Inspector sub
stitute another for him And Il a policeman 50 EN-
ployed ought TO have additional compensation, let
him have It But we think a 1T man would be found
among the police Of each Yard who would gladly
make the change from police duty 70 this At tie
same price.
The City Inspector is paid $1,000 per annnm
we believe the other Heads Of Departments have
generally $4,000 Is not this disparity too great
We would rather hear Of salaries being cat down
than but 1t seems that not 10 be 50
great an inequality. Cannot $500 be pared % II
-ome other salary and added to that Of the City
Inspector His IS most responsible post AMI
81 900 is low salary for it, compared with the sal
aries paid to others.
change in the ordinances respecting the aba'c
ment Of Nlisances is imminently needed. A per
soua service Of notice the Owner OF the property
is now required to hold him responsible FOR the &
pense which the necessary publication Of his pre-.
misses creates But usually the owners Of premises
so abosed are nowhere-they are in Europe or tie
Far West, or the South or in parts unkno WAND
cannot Ice served rs the law requires so the need.
ul cleansing deferred the City has TO foot the
bill This ought not TO stand another day. Let tie
absent owner of every tenement be required t.
leave las address with the City Inspector or hold Ls
premises responsible for any publication thereof
that the public health may require.
These are bat few hints on prolific theme
Fathers OF the City in view OF the lessons OF the
Past and the perils OF the Future, the Public
Health is n subject Of primary concern. BE en-
treated To act ON it promptly, wisely thoroughly