New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-09

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80, Nv. M.rsb.p. in a low, dark Basement, No.
a6 Hester street, has two chltIeoi should Jaose o.
tn ard TIE ether fifteen montAs olJ They were o'en
,ee foor Mr. NJ being out oos .. Q, .se both IN
aIy filthy condition. and the carpet on the oor one
mats OF dirt and flth-the atmosphere OF the room
savoipg more of the pg-sty than place wnere hu-
msnty CHARTERED. G..
s,r,,t has 81 Alns.Hou.e chilj nine mouths old, aad
two Of her own. All have core faces The htte pau
Der cot his by crawling sgsnst the stove lae only
rsou, occrpisd by this ismily We do not think Is
eou,vaent to l0xl2 feet; yet IL contsias large oox,
cradle bed stove old cupbosri some stoos, Mrs. n,
the tLree children two dogs a est, and some fowls.
IN. p4r,ops appearance of mother sof children wss
in perfect keeping with s' this, of which you Gens-
men can more easily conceive thaa we describe.
TLfrd, Tbe third point, MessIs Governors, which
ne make s that the character of the tenenents, TO-
eetter with their location, IN which large Prnpor'iln
sf these children are exceedingly uoproptious tor
he prou otion Of their health. Large nunOers are
% "a in had ba.enents; more sti in the worst Dor
,ons of mary of the worst streets IN the ciy-oo o's
cros ded full Of tenant houses, ana tbese houses cou
pstely slowed vito families, from sixteen % tnrty,
i've forty on each lot. In some iDst,nces we Ioana
ibs front ard rear covered with teosttivelling and
another erected in the centre With an arch 10 serve rs
passage-way 10 tie resr. We are sure dentiemen;
we could conduct yen, in few mirutes 70 macy II
the abodes Of your pentlorer' ~,ich you WouFi si-
y
Is ciicut for us now to recall Eve instances where
these dwellings and ocaOrs are favorable Tor eads
which we deem absolutely Indispensable.
Fourth Again. Thsse children, scattered as tney
now are and in q majority of cages IN the oands oi
ier oran. nurses must suffer for the want f medcsi
atferdsrce ard proper regimen wh'n sick.
Mrs Hannovay, rear No. 3g2 Cherry street, slad,
energ,tic.lookipg Irish woman, has an Alms- House
child years old. Has an infant OF heroEn months
old. Says the psuper child hss never been wen SUI,
fcrre nee sanity either from relaxed or constipa'eu
state of the bowels. Has bad no medical tire Nmsnt
e,cept when she has carried the child 10 the Dispeu-
ssry and this has been unsvaipg in efecilng cure
Previous to the birth Of ber child, and when ne
weather very warm, tod the Dispesaary Pnysclan
she could not caIIy the child am ssnel lneui 70 en
. al see H. but was answered, They woald not cah
tbey dd not care vteth, the child lived or dle).
We have no doubt of this wo mans k'ndness and cup
pose her even dulgent but think IL is not AZ Al l
probable that its diseased coudton is attributable IN
s, DEGREE TO her isnorar ce OF What is best for the
child Sc says the child has voraccus appe.ue
and hat fhe gives il whatever II wants, and while we
were .eot it had large piece OF tat PORK uncer
consumption. ,r.,
avenue, had a paup-r chli very sick With m'ssels
Ard had been for several days, has bsi no physieian
Phete Powell, No. 253 West Forty sl1th sn~et has
eight children of her own, mostly grown aph on oosru
six of the pauper children Of sbou, the toioSog sges
10 months I8 months aud year, two OF two years
one two and half years. We do not kH0D t1at We
sre correct bat impression Is that these cnhdfen
had nearly ell OF them been taken from oGer hurss
on account Of improper treatment ana pl'ceu WIN
Mrs Powell. Take them al together they were sor-
ry specimen of the species. The eldest cld was very
much enaca' ed VIII le its hands, lover lubs ana feet
were sadly boated lis neck looking A. If there could
scarcely be sire myth enough IN It 10 sustain rs neto
and alttough 50 much diseased, n had had no physi-
ciap. Being too large 10 cary to the D4pensafy sn1
the phy ysCiSn hsvrg fused to call to see these chi
rep s,yug "The poor rotten things they ain WORTH
a. al, laftt 70
helped Both Mrs. Powell and her eldest daughter
aver that the ply sicsns at the Dspensary TAX ana
act so about these codrrn and Their medicine affects
them so when il is administered that hey caonot Dear
to 90 there at ALL Says tho. Summer before last when
she resorted constantly to the D,speosary when the
children SICK and gave their medciGe, SIX o' tue
Children died, aud that lat summer when sue gtVe al
most no medicine but one died. drs L. has taken
children for pumber of years; scme ~ or 81 nave
died. has had in all at least % or 3D. we saS nothing
that could impress Us uniavoraby In regard 10 tue
man sgement Of the children in her possesslon; she
app. ared possessed of intelligence and energy Ssys
she has been employed by the authorities to visit these
cL idren once year. receiving "a compensation ia
cents for each place visited. Represents the condition
Of many Of them as being very bad indeed.
Alice Burke rear No. 62 Grove street, has two
Children one apparently about twelve months DID, she
has had about SIX weeks that 1t was hthy and core
waen brought to her, and acted as if IL had been
starved its hair completely worn OF from back par.
of is heal. This child is most pitul picture OF
emacistion. Has had no physician, but has herself
given il oil, sirup sqlills, &c.
Margaret Edwards Dornand, attic dark aud dirty,
No 81 Hamersey street, has diseased psuper infant;
took il dspensary eys sloce and was told ny
ply sicen toey would do nothing for IT, as 1t was not
her child; but sbe must take 1t where she got 1t
If he wanted it helped.
Mrs. Kernan basement No. 2l7 Sullivan street,
in low, damp dark, dirty room, badly ventllsted;
atmosphere yillenous. Has several chiliren OF her
OVID and two from Aims House; of them a sickiy
chRd seated on he fo0r eRdearor'ag 10 dsrour a
l.. =. Il. laA 10
seemed to us hard place 10 which TO rear humanity.
Fifth: We mention, as an objection to the present
systen, the utter mposabiity OF kno vlng definitely,
at any given time, the whereabouts t al these
children. In the msin, those who seek Tor these
children as boarders, among that class OF popula
on who frequently chsngiDg their places OF abote
and consequently they cannot always be found. No
less than whom We designed visiting Ia our calls
ore day. We could not find. In some instances, We
could not learn that they had ever Inhabited the tene-
t hts to which our list directed u.s. aud 10 some other
cases several months had elapsed since tner removal
and We were not able to trace them.
We will not longer, gentlemen, weary your patience
il iaisng objections to the present system, desming
thus much sufficient to convince that some change, to
ssy the least, is dtstrdble.
And in suggesting change we do not, gentlemen,
ke the position that there not mutudes OF chill
dren in the hands of their own parents, whose cond
ton is rot quite bad any OF these poor untoTtu
nbtes whose physical and moral surroundings are not
in the sst degree deplorabe but the ground We take
is this that to take t and provide for them in the
best manner need not cost than is expended for
them uncer the preseLt radically defective system
ard that wholly aside from considerations Of duty
humanity philanthropy it is matter OF ly of sinple
economy of wise policy Of seEdefense, 90 the best
for tbese children that can be done to favor
able development Of their physical and moral naures
Il certainly should be regarded question Of great
importance to the ci'zens Of this metropolis Whistler
MS large and srer flowing accession to its population
shs 10 take their places among US in active life
> h vIt:aed, damaged constitutions, with deprsved
and rotten moral propensities or whether With health
full vigorous physical natures, and moral bases that
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