The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-20
SPURIOUS MILK.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC
The City Inspectors Communioa ton to
the Common Council.
Milk Manufactures i'm the City.
Disc ASED MEATS,
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EXTENT OF THE FOUL TRAFFIC.
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HIGHLY IAIPoRTAyTTo THE PUBLIC
CRY INSPECTORS OFFICE,

MISUNDERSTANDING upon several former occa.
soDs directed the a.teas m Of the CITY Corporation
milk" and diseased meat" soliciting their carly
efforts in the removal of these long-continued evils
have anxiously awaited for the adoption Of some
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perhaps OF more presumed immediate interest, and
more vigorously urged by your constituents, has,
doubtless, prevented the consideration that other
wise would have long since been given towards sup
pressing traffic, and an undoubted nuisance, that
has fofo gears been hideous blemishes upon the
sanitary character of our eity and signal evidences
Of the growth and extent Of noxious pursuits, vr.
tualy sustained BY authority, because suffering no
executed laws.
During Tire present season numersns complaints
have been lodged in this Office Of the unwhoiesome
condition 4 VA part q the si8tesp.A wa;a. %
stables. The inhabitants of the vicinity, and in.
deed for many blocks distant, describe the nature
Of the eovia arising from these noisome establish
ments az 90 Offensive and deleterious that they no
longer can endure its disastrous eests; many have
been OF hged to remove away emit ely and bnndre de
temporarily vscate their premises until more con.
genial season partially mtigates the poisonous con
tanfna*iops that must needs mingle with the sur
rounding atmosphere, and vate every breath Of air
and disgusting LOCALITY.
Complaints against its condition, however often
made this department never permits to pass nm.
heeded and is but justice TO say that, so FAR q
teen UNIV Hing to obey my directions in occasional ~
enfeavofing 70 alleviate, in egrse, the evils
i'm ident to their obL0xious cos- ,aa. Bat how il
II possible to pursue bus iDts,tt ts sind, in the
midst Of dense population, :,s.7Na- carefully Il
may be conducted, Without TIE Lei ,ttorhood being
eereiouely affected in its several ralA 1ns Of health,
property valuation, occupa.iCbs fer residence, or
prospective Improvement Itre any occasional
neglect their part Of ayaiisiic means to render
their business as little Objectionable Is possible,
comes within the authority Of this Office and Is duly
exercised. Beyond this, however, the Common Coun.
Gil will perceive that tie laws do not sanction any
urnei sdvsnces; the Necessary Pc Tcr T. arrest the
" deferred to the legislative capacity of the City
CcrporationEor the r ! OF Health.
And that this purpose should meet with no fur.
Their dei'y will be readily apparent when present
Importance Of the matter has induced me to gather
for the express object of instituting immediate
efforts to silence the just and unjust complaints Of
suffering suffering community by the mandatory process of
The knowledge possess Of these establishments
both from the representation of the complaining
Deighbors and the reports Of the Health Warden as
wen % from my own personal yisitations, admon-
ished me that 1t constituted evil Of the ,s for
midable character Its very existence seemed prolific
Of the worst effects upon the health Of that portion
Of the city, and that its longer continuance could
not be otherwise than seriously detrimental to the
80 perncious pursuit appearing, in my estimation,
to rob the unfortunate citizens Il that presidential
vicinity Of their homes, their happiness and their
natural rights and vested privileges, the truth of
which is too obvious to deny.
Viewing the subject in this serious but truthful
hight, was not long In arriving at the conclusion
Shat there was but one Course to pursue 1t was
evlcent that simply to guard their daily pra tces
and prosecute them for few false steps Ia violation
OF the laws Of ordinary nuisanccs, would effect no
permanent benefit, and hence would avail nothing
towards the restitution of heat,ful condition. /
therefore directed the SUPERB utendent Of Sanitary
Wardexs, to make an ofii i'll survey Of the whole
premises, and TO furnish this department with a
written statement Of all that was essential for q
faithful representation of the Messts. johnson
distilleTy and stables, and also to procure for
chemical examination samples Of the milk the
product Of the cows confined in their enclosures.
The report Of that official visitation the Sanitary
Inspector has transmitted 10 me, aud accompanies
this communication, to which the Common Council
are respectfully referred for much valuable informa
toD-it will be sufficient to remark thereon, that if
ever any doubt existed os 70 the necessity of abat
ing the nuisance created BY the existence or these
twin avo atiors, TO observation-disclosures poisonous
milk, and raising diseased beef-the pcruss Of this
report must for ever bapish every dubious inclna-
ton, and fasten the inevitable proof. No chemical
analysis was needed to teach those officers the true
character OF the so called milk toat such animals
could produce; but rs all the public could not be
permitted 70 examine for themselves the internal
machinery Of this mammoth mandatory, the aid
OF science is engaged to exhibit its Characteristic
utility in revealing the component materials of the
fluid under the name Of "pure milk" which these
benetactors OF the human permitted to far
nish TO the citizens Of enlightened New York. "for
and IN conside ration" Of the profits of gigantic
but unholy enterprise.
This, however, is but one establishment of the
nno, others OF much smaller dimensions and of less
nosoflety, nour1sh among rs, and although we have
no cognlzance hey nd the limits Of this county we
ere ~ some respects, Done the less sufferers from
T seyerai similar concerns on Long Island and in
New Jersey. Ire vile co1taminations Of their OF
iepse presence y Is true, do disturb MS at this
distance. Our unfortunate sister cities are thus in
vowed with ourselves, but that their lava offer no
obstacles to their existence is no argument N b.
bslf Of the heathdestroying dungeons of the metro
polls; by TIE ioeiciency Of her governments We are
the victims OF capidity, az reprehensibe "a that
Of Messrs Jobnsons' rnd others within our own bor.
ders. large portion Of sos city receives It's diiIy
supply of milk from similar places of manufacture
in our vicinity, The character OF which is nearly
identical with that OF our own.
While thus reinarEng UPON the ST. beet OF milk
furnished for our by those lying within and near
the cyeS L l. somewhat pertinent e. the question