The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-01-24
LOCAL NEWS.
SBw YORK AND the VICINITY.

SANITARY CoSDrTIoN or TuE CRY TESE-
HrST HorEs-THE hoaT Amy AA'sd CnILpgES-
esAIL-Pox.-Th chief danger 20 lie arpre hendei
from SINAI po1 at the present time is that tho CON
tAsion may break out 10 tho overcrowded tenement
houses, which are 40 well calculated to receive a.
Inc accumulation Of hlsh n the streets during the
suspension Of work by the street sborcrs has also
bo.n vol calculated to breed restilenee Tho
vast numbor Of persons who are huddlod together
IN tanomsn. houses, tho shsence n ventilation IN
,hoir apartments, the ioulne,s Of the atmosphere
that surrounds them, arc all conducive T. the
sfroad of contAgon. In some Of the most thokly
populated dls,rctS these houses 80 impreguatod
With impurities Ihai tho people living in them arc
In nearly every case moee or less diseased. The
mortality among children, as the result
Of this confinement IN unhealthy rooms is truly
appalling. The ipcr. ntendent Of sanitary H.
poeton, In bis annual report to the City Inspector
presents some facts upon this su clt that deserve
public attention. lie states, Us an instance that In
. certain part Of Cherry street lere are two tone
ment houses esch eighteen feet front by ono hun.
dred and eighty feet in depth, which contain no
lees than one hundred aud iorty-dve families
Comprising these families are four hundred aud
my adults and four hurlre and sixty chi lrcn,
making total 81 nine hundred persons living in
TIC two houses THIS Is only an illustration
There art hundreds o., other cases in which human
beings arc mddlod together IN the same rg,urst,
and II the number under single root is les u .,
bccause the buildings are smaller. With such
sysssTm or Che sccommo lstiou Of lsr.e rt'ou ..
our population, nothiug hut sickness c1ntap o,
aud death can lie eNpcctcd when human bel p4
are excluded from pure r, which is an c.sou,,.I
OF lf'N and compelled to i've IA an sphere ne ,
vegetation wlthers and dies, it no wonder a. so
result is seen Ia tho weekly bills Of mortality
The enormously large proportion Of mortal Is
AnonS chiIar IN this city - clearly traocable to
this cause. The rcu'rt Of deaths during the las,
week shows that four hundred and forty igh,
persons died, Of whom two hundred and twenty
four-cIacily one halt-wcro children under Eve
yeArs OF age Thib Is a fearful exhibit and show,
the effect OF the death dealing atnosphere int,
which 50 many Of them are born. Children. Tx,
tender plants require puro Gr much more than
Grown PERSONS and tho foul atmosphere of m,
tenement houses makes short work With their deli
cate organizations. Tho liberation VI a svsen Tx,
Oh n which literally sRughIers the children whom
misfortune brings into the w1r 4 where il exists II
ut short remove from actual crime II IN,
tmal poN is excluded from these favorable local.
tee Tor Il, the city VIII be lucky and # i, break
"w among them, the conditions for 1t are s. favor
A'e that Il viii noI be surprising II II becou c
cP"'"e 3 far the authorizes have by area
"a'hiHI"'''' succeeded IN keeping it from the,
lS' onnal ahodeN and il they are slill succeSsfu
mo d""""' may he prevented from spreading fur
hor' Tue pr"cnut"n u being ysocinAted shoAI
10 hq'oo'od' Mayor Glnther has issued nc
''" urF'nS upon all tho Necessity OF Immediatc
A''Ad'ns 30 ms matter and all who are unat
pay therefor are directed 70 apply al the dispeu
r"i7's az stated In yesterdays srS-
LIGHrINo THE Crr.-Comp'Toller Brennan
having still declined 70 be prese II a, the openin,
tic hids fo~ lighting tho city, The opening wa
ros'Ordsy indefinitely postponed.