New-York daily tribune., 1865-06-13

ground, the Nu'ds of which are in soma
instances allowed to run into the courts, stones
and Boards being provided TO keep the feet ont
of the filth. Onc-half of the terant houses
have no sewers connected with them"
We refrain FINN multiplying further these re.
voting extracts. Such pictures. painted by tho
conscientious sun, as Gotham Court, and d
" tenant house cul-de-sae," are sufficiently bad;
but the most frigh''al illustration in the volume
is diagram. whioh we regret our inability a
reproduce with types, representing wha, is witt
great moderation called crowded areas and
an nsalubrious quarter" 1t lies between Cliff
Vandewater, and Frankfort-sts., including The
eui-de-sae at the termination of the former, and
anybody may verify the truth of the diagram
by actual obseryatici. Studied by the explana
ton which accompanies it (pages 56 and 57) II
is almost unuttarably frightful. Through
tenement-house on Vandewatcr-st is narrow
alley (four feet wide) which forms the only
communication with FIVE other houses standing
first three. then two behind them, a small court
il which is their common privy being between.
Those lurthest back from Vandewater-st. abut
against four Others. which in turn touch three
more which front on CLf-st., while stables and
tan-vats conveniently occupy the angles, and
soap factory faces them all from the further side
Of Clifl-st. The diagram must be examined To
be realized and yet it is not the worst example
Of oyer-crOwding in the city. Upon the sani-
tary map of this district (thc Fourth Ward) We
count, out Of no houses, 90 where typhus or
typhoid fever occurred during last year;
Is where smallpox occurred, and 45
privies marked as "in an extremely offensive
condition" OF a. cases OF erysipeas in this
Ward during the year. 81 were within twenty
FIVE feet Of stables. III one house adjoining
a stable, cases occurred; in another. 3.
The rear Of No. ~ Cherry-st. which contains
sixteen families, is separated from large stable
by vacant lot into which runs much OF tLo
fluid part Of the manure" In this house
cases of erysipelas were reported during tha
wear. This being all downtown" occupants
of uptown dwellings are requested to examine
the chart representing the encroachment Oh
nuisanccs upon pOpulous uptown localities,
facing page 94 Of the first part. fat-boil'
ing, pork packing. vGrnish-naking, saugh'
tering, swll-milk and dstilleries, gas.manufac-
turing, are among the nuisances which line tho
rivers and extend across the island The fol-
lowing are some of the localities thus occupied:
Eleventh. ave-, Thirty-eighth to Forty-seeoDd'
sts.; Tenth and ElevaHth-ayes, Thirty eighth
to Fortieth-sts.; Thirty-seventh, Thirty eighth.
Thirty ninth and Fortieth-sts., between Eighth
and Ninth-aves.; Forty-fourth, Forty-hilh and
Forty .sixth-sts., between Eighth and Tenth.
aves.; Forty.fourth, Forty-ffth and Forty'
sxth-sts, between Fourth and FJta-aves. New.
Workers who do not care to go to tenement
houses and such disgusting places should be
taking care Of their own homes, for tenement
houses and nuisances are going after fksm, and
fever is no respectcr of brown-stone.
Without much method, in sheer perplexity
how to present III a small space the terrible factt
OF this volume, We have grouped together some
of them above; but the subject GROWS upon
our hands, and we must reserve for another ar.
tcle what we design to say upon the topics OF
sewerage and the spread of communicable dis