New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-03
henses people their manners habits food and SUI
TonEdngs are Of the utmost importance.

sewers houses people habits food And sur
yonEdings II OF the utmost importance.
TIE FATMELTiNG DlsTRICT.
Abbaoir.place al the foot Of Thry.rnih North
River II Is the center Of The fatmung nuisance n Che
Tncueih Ward II tie reader will examine the maps be
vii fod that cholera previous elilemics and daiIhea
during the present been particularly fatal his
vicinity The bills OF mortality in this section u the city have
shown alarming dsprOporon Of deaths those
sections which fatmetne establishments do not exist
The gas and odors Of the district 10 which
refer spread hem,eve, the entire upper portion Of
he city and sometimes peToepuos at distance OF mile
sgd halt
The district also contains uamber Of tenant houses and
veJ large population TIE bsdngs constructed
contain many families possible aud generally attempt
bss been made proper ventilation for the
many Of whom live cars Tie pTives stand in The yard
adjoining these houses ard although many OF them have
much larger number not thus connected
The offensive odOr nom these places muge with those from
tie fameng establishment and oonaminaie the atmosphere
extent oTese and foster all those diseases
which depend their existence mainly n not wholly npon
atmospheric putdtes There also kindred nuisbDces
the shape Of ssughterbouses in this vicinity but the ft
mentioned the obvious aud abonnnable An o6s
dock situated at the foot Of West Thirty eghhst that
eli the Duisances close proximity Is possible that
cholera seeking domice could find appropriate
better adapted lis deadly purpose than which
fatally ssied in and offers such magnificent induce
ments for harvest Of deatbt
TIE FOURTH WARD CHOLERA FIELD.
Ills very dark portion OF the map 1919 IT OF
the Of the tenaHtbOue population OF New.Yok The
Inhabitants the aborDg poor and the lower classes
rcioDs One year Dr. Pulling said Of these people
there 400 families this district whose homes
can only reached by wadng through disgusting deposit
Of fby refuse In respects their condition been
improved but the general characteristics
The house overcrowded and badly constructed Their
lav ageTe
atmosphere always loaded with somespeees poison The
only their residents inhse unless they find
IL away from their homes. The very worst Of these
mephuo gases generated by budding human beings
into -ventlaed houses. and made still deadly by the
foul euyia OF Gihy closets and overlooking pyies
exist here In concentrated form. Cholera seeking fair
aud open pathway the hearts blood Of those whom has
marked victims could scarcely be expected leave
ticed direct method that offered by the pesentia
atmosphere OF the crowded OF the Fourth Ward
Here is the building in which the disease made its FIRST
appearances IN 1919. The buildings Nos "a and 80
CherIys known ps Gotham Cont" furnished the first
victim to the epidemic Of that year II has justly been de-
seIbed a, human packing boHse' and pebnp. themo,t
inslubrou: building in the city. few days ago cholera
found victim In the very in which II years ago
mads is fret appearance IN the city Then removal Of the
inhabitants and thorough cleansing Of the building saved
fom a eth more fatal viiiiao1 and let hope that the
pIoup ard complete dsiDcilon piaeeed by the Board Of
Health has already ard for second time arrested the spread
Of the disease in this uosi hoesoDe district
THE sIXIB WARD CHOLERA FIELD.
We shall attempt 10 the hasty and desGtoy in
which compelled 10 cal attention to the localities 10
which CHOLERA Dsnies eli this city with the most deadly
usgn toeompeeJ describe tie places designated cholera
fields ON present purpose merely show the stronghods
ths disease to-day and 10 point out the important fact
hat 10 each previous epidemic they In
Of the desdest Oen;ers ~ cholera the Sixth
Ward In 1870 is same event occurred and the cursory
glance che map SHOWS that boundaries teen encIced
thai portion ~ The ~ wbcn death ourd the greatest nun
bef NJ victims bret description NJ this Ward however
nay IN revealing tie Of tee fearful
tsnir preceding epdemcs ard o this purpose quote
sucn facts Necessary from sanitary report recently
u .le by Dr. William r !nomas
The largest pond Manhattan Islaad fnme7lT 20.
cupisd that part Of The eiiy which IS now Included
between Baxter and Ems,s. sll between Daaae
and cAnd.u iu ,ae middle o. Which Cenro.,t Low
passes Tls Tom1s stand sa wls once &c
If bis pond The o; as great depth and
,sri,y brook carried 81 o., water no East Rire While
marsh covering large exteai o., land stretched on toward
ibs North Riy.r he year 800 le work Of dng
This lake oeeau and confined or 10 during Shie Nme
- bccam, public u.'.l.e Dead animals pGh snillgr
aud ever, tp..e . ro- aud ~. wers gscl ~ l' pgr.