The New York herald., 1866-08-05
WIZ. lE THE CHOLERA IS GENERATED.
FAT BOILING AND TAlloW RENDERING.
THE SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
A Narration Of Disgusting Places to
Which the Attention Of the Boards
of Police and Health is Called.
&c. &c. &c.

politsn Sanitary District became law. the be-
lief that everything that proved to be detrimental
to pnoic health would be at removed that every
man, woman and child that living in sqnslor and
nth were TO have their faces washed at least day
and be provided with heathful lodgings and nourshing
food that the greater nusances Of slaughter houses
fat boiling establishments. &C., bs Immediately
banished from the city domains, and as a conse
Quence pure air and balmy brcezes to he the
order OF the day. But alas for the futty OF
human calculations Before the task imposed upon the
Board OF Health the fifth labor of Hercules appears nsg
ncant The breezes are not all balmy, and the great
'unvashcd st exist with without as best they
may, crowded together in nnventilacd apartments in
such squaor and misery almost defy description.
While there is vast ocean Of air around which
pressos itself into all places unless special pains taken
TO bar II out civilized alone OF ell the earth's in-
habtants disdans TO accept tho boundlcss bless.
ing IL is a well known fact that five per cent
o; carbonic acid difcsed throughout the atnos-
phero acts upon the system Of those inhapg
il as . narcotic poison yet thousands live in
overcrowded apartments that incapable OF ventla
ton, cxhapg from their lungs at every breath that poi
son which day by day slowly but surely robs the robust
of health, and predsposes the system receive any
form of epidemic disease which mny be prevalent
Additional to this the fact that the in front of
such tenomcnts often lihy with gnant and
decayng garbage, while the houses in a most
clennly condition. These are the cholera nests"
where zymo.c and febrile diseases abound TO an alarm
ing extent, and where If contagion does not come, it
will not remain away because unlimited Instances IN
support OF the foregoing statements wanting.
TIE "BAnEAcKs.n
Al Nos II and 80 James street near Madison street is
five story double tenant house. In police circles
az the Barracks which is occupied by tweny-hree
families, numbering sevcntytwo persons The arrange
ment Of apartments IN all tenemont houses about the
came, SO that description oil this viii suffice for ALL
hall extends through each building from front rear
upon eacn floor zach side OF the hail. are four rooms
consisting of two front rooms, with windows each,
and opening into these two very small back bedrooms
with windows other or Ventilation, excepting
the doorways. The apartment. are dirty and rc
quire cleansing and whievashing The roof leaks the
ceiling of the upper has fallen down, and the
condition OF the basement urder sidewalk very
filthy. from which at times an ovcrpowering cauyia
arises
A Y1LrsY CELLAR
Al No 10 Clarison street. variek, tle cellar
svery filthy the back lled with all kinds OF gar
bage The condition Of house No IL OF ihe street
"a equally bad, with the sdditicn Of the sewerage
being obs,rucod The adjoining building. Nes IL and
ls. are in no better condition Nos 6o7 and 900
WASHINGTON
Is narrow fr0nted three story brick building, situated
between Thompson and Spring streets, and is occupied
by negroes OF every imaginable shade, from the purest
ebony 70 the drtcst white One side Of the building
opens into yard, in which stand pools of stagnant
water tho drain FOR conducting the water into the
streets beng broken into deep holes The sidewalk,
gutter and covered with garbage and Glth,
poisoning tho air of tho adjoining neghborhcod nut
the occupants Of this building elysium a. com.
pared with those Of Nos. I6 and IS
MARION STREET,
near Spring street. who have only tvo hundred and
seventy four cable feet OF 10 zach pcrson, and
ventilation while the is closed Tho basement Is
very damp and the general condition Of the house Is
nthy that tho health Of is inmates must be very re
carious
nizssErH sfR1r,
between Prince and Houston streets, ia very 10
healthy condition the cutters being filled with stagnant
waller The garbage boxes remain unenptied and
most scsenng 'odor peryadcs the whole street. ~
eampie Of the sanitary condition Of many
Of the tenements Of that street, buildings al
No. 22a iuay bo described. They occupied
front and rear by fifteen families numbering sixty three
persons with three hundred and nnetysix cubic feet
Of air TO each person. The small and un.
whewasbcd, and ventilation has been entirely un-
thought Of in The construction of the eJicos Ibis de-
scrptou viii also FOR Nor lso l3s lss and i9s
srETEr,
with the exception that a, the lss mentioned place the
siops from the windows thrown into the yard In
consequence Of which many Of the tenants becoming
sirk. From the appearance Of
SoSAED sr1kT,
between Centre aud Baxter sircc would ude hli
| was seldom visited by tho scavenger Tho earlage
boxes here are aiso full and running over gut
tiers, which ovornowlng with sagnant water, the
whole together giving OF very offensive and disgusting
Upon the south side OF the street the centre
Of the block stand three houses each occupied by
families and each house containing the foul i'm.
purItes which are characteristic II tina, locality. n
addition the roofs dangerous The life of The
pau and the collar bott covered with stagnan'
\ water and Shiny soil The ctzcns Of the FifuA ward
| ought certainly 20 feel thankful that
/ THOMAS
is short thoroupharo; for - the Hl,hies 10 tha,
ward Between West broadway and Hudson streets the
eniuvs arising from the stasnsnt water and decaying
/ garbage 10 the cutters u oyorpowerng The building
at No 20 upon the south side of the street Is Of three
stories and kept lodging house. II Is occupied by
both whites and blacks Unfortunately Of the lowest
class with Gu, heads and battered noses who sleep upon
The bare floor, with an old for spillowrayng fo'
that privilege ten ceuts head. Tho three aoors &C
commOda,e no less than sevcntynve persons The
floors walls and ceilings black with dirt and grease
| Comment Is unnecessary.
The adjoining premises. No a. arc front and rear
double tenement house II ia In very had condition,
particularly the of the rear house, which is
very much ovcrcrowdcd while ,he walls are - nhy a.
| they well can DO No "a
wFsr rRoAnwsx
H. front and tencmcr, house, each house being
fonr stories high with spscc q by twelve feet be
tween thcm which V occupied by platform staircase.
There Is no yard I, impossible 20 secure proper ven
tihton; the ceilings only SIX and onehaif feet from
the floors, and the apartments greatly overcrowded.
Both houses are In very hlshy condition
Afew doors from the shove, Al No. - Of the same
street. 10 rickesy two story frame heusc occupied ey
tenants which b also IN q very uncieaniy state; the
4 usls noOrs, &c, could hardly b. described The win.
dows are broken out and the dangerous rope
Z i.lnr nseA Ios ha-lstsr m. nnnhlilnu nf the nra