, 1866-04-06
TEE FEVER NESTS OF nm To,-
@ne @alf the World Knn-
HOW 1he Osher HAlf Liyex-wet W.
InsPcctoF Newman Saws. Aat

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The report OF Inspector Newman nv
condition oftenenent houses Nus. ~ sae
Muloctry street, which was received ycsts.
Day, will te found Interesting, giving =. !.
docs IN insight into the construction and AZ ~
sangenent Of fever nests" lie says: "These
buildings consist Of two front and one res >
hSn,lapg. situated On lot seventy 1--we By ono
hundred and thirty -four feet, which IucIudes
t1e alleys on esch side Of these houses. Tha
TWO front buildings arc six stories hlrh. cacb
nom seven to nine feet in height, bnilt or
otleK- lhc Easements arc entirely undrr
ffs1Su;na, aEd dark only one Of these rero in-
uaoAeo, lhe dimensions OF this basement
measuring hgnres or the outlines OF tha sever.
- noles n this domieii. The othsr has,.
neots were hllcd with dirt and ashea- Thesr
M{' Tpot a eonses are sixty By thirtv-niebt irot
cere 4e .io1-s noor Is occupied by liquor md gru
70 the upper i've floors are two ,,t.,t,,+
entrances. separating the bQildor inta a'%oes t@a
1oasea. The stairs and halls. eark ~ T..
ts thirty inches wide. leading m stsi-, IL " s.a
mostly entirely dark, and admit neither 1;ght a1t
esch nos ~ H. a,naEe IN pipes are on tho haii Of
the ball Of the second floor On escb 40 70
are four domiciles, which diHer very much NJ, N
regard to internal Arrangements and aize -.
inc houses are built very isreeularly. Each
family has one room, with one or two heis
rooms, and some have NO bedrooms, only a
the bedrooms have mostly a smaii nneninc.
INTO inc dafk ball some have a rerular wfns
dow and others no opening at all. The vsn-
t1lation is therefore imperfect, and In ,nanv
Instances Impossible. '1
IN one side Of the second floor va f1nf, m.
.ami,y IAN occupying room la1145s5 feet, and
windows. and one bedroom only a small win
dow opening into the hall. The ceiling Is
here nine feet In height 4 bedroom NJ, fhe
1flh floor, OK feet, has no window. and there
'ore no ventilation, the foul and yitiated sir
never changing. This apartment contains 24
y to be OF six persous-which HUMBER. and
sven more, We often find in one famfly-then
sach person has only two hundred a113t .iItx-
,ue cubic feet OF air, Of which the larcrst
2aft Is poisonous The rear building Is iour
't9ttes 10 nigh and was used formerly Is Bap-
en inches to nine feet in height. On eash
tory are eight families. Each anartment
.onsist OF one room and bedroom. In sorne
eases the latter room Is sub-let. Tne bu;l1lInn-
s,1sy ng toFtytwo IN width There nelthef
iark Passage way, IS inches in wiltb. diyi1aa
ne aooss: The doors can only be found by tbs
else Of feeling. The bedrooms heva anI. ~
,ne smau widow opening to the han an3
mere tney are broken the inmates have then
.ostu nelnet1cally with wood Ventilation
entIe!y excluded from these pfcmfsaa-
ihe n Whole building la in dilapIdated conil-
aon, sa extremely filthy, full Of yermIn, and has
III ~ Aaown = lof years as fever nest.'
11e population of these houses consists or
utec nnadred aud iorty-one persons in
evenly 'seren families divided as foiIoWs.A
Wo front houses, five Goors, four fau1lIias nm
acn, make ioEty-iour families. In iour stn- r.
les e lons families, in basement one family, and
,an tht. - taf 9niiding are each eight families.
ne ground allowed to each person Is twenty.
ne ~ square feet, In Which calculation ti3o
leSs and yards are included. In coucIus]nn
1e Inspector says The proprietor NJ
ayloT, OILERS With your Inspector, and de-
~ aaes latu,gnantiy that bis premises were the
ess sen1nated tenant houses In this city.