New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-03

drained on canal which extended through Ca to The
North River For years ditch r,n thfous en're'i
tut this was also filed Up and a Of The - we're OBJ
liberated
Many Of the tenant houses The sixth Wsrde located
over what vas once pond tvohrd' Of theme yer, old
yo3en s-r,ures The district he's he mos, elsively for
eirn porulaon of any portion % tie city the African pop
ul,on being estimated # than Eve yer cum ~ mo
whole Its the home q junk dealers pofernd organ
grinder filed with all manner OF ienihr gneie'
rum holes and broihcs thanks 20 the nigncton,ua Which
has recently been epidemic IN Courts Ihds'as"' We
opine Is now on the wa1e 30 has gsea mse 10 cbo
era 20 the ds,fc, which chlorsiol lime nlpha" iron snd
picnic acid have not yet been ahle entirely 10 arr
It's in This district hist ihe Board Of Healtins recently
operated With most rigor We gave accounti Tuesday
Of the opening operations OF TIE Sanitary Ceang Corps IN
Mulberry ST. and that they are BET coutnued
lie closets cellars stables tenant houesoiles and
holes all nrisanc's each class IN iheEu peculiar
way aud 20 certain extent oil nid promoiihhe cholera
and endangerng the public health The whole disniec
ton and parlcaioD practiced IN The Sixth Wsdaring the
past week have niiigsted The ravaees q co somewhat
during The present season. II they should soy uogress en-
irely u will be splendid triumph Of hygeneid sanitary
science over disease and 1lth.
TIE sLAuGHrRR. CHoLrRAFB.
The last district TO which We shall call specialization in
this article bsyc named the auIher housooora field
II comprises several smaller districts and boied on the
north by East Fourtoenihi south by Grandstas by the
East River aud west by the Bowefy The pOron IA eI
tremey crowded particularly in that portion dhe district
which lies east Of Second.ave aud Chryste, aud com
prses . mixture Of all natonees The tcnfbouses are
and present great variety both aegsrd class
and condition. tho best and the worst mngDa the cloes
proximity O.dashoped houses bad Tcparay be found
nearly oil the many OF them IN wrable state
with the privy foundation falling away snd hiound satur
aied with fecal mslter
The district contains about " saughteIhtes many OF
which are Of good class ana kept In clcy condition
while few perpetual will be the present
injunction concerning them against The BoN OF Health IL
made perpetual. There sre also number iai-meiine
establishments in the district which ming their odors
with those which enanate from some 'bellbnfnns
lime kas which operate 10 close proximity The worst
class Of saugherpeus located in the buildings OF
the densey packed tenant houses but Nten descrp
ton II lad space which TO print iDonld convey
very inadequate idea Of shameless AMI br scenes that
are daily witnessed by the and childi who reside
these butcheres The map OF the darh districts OF
last week shows the extent OF disease among population
which just offer the epidemic equfacie' FOR
destruction with the fatmeting district OF thewensth or
the rhisty district, Of the Fourth and Sixth wd'
.~-Ssfr, r--af>.- CONCLUSION
We have thus placed on record the cholegieds Of New
York and given general description Of The rSt OF them
The fact that the epidemic upon each return s the greatest
number Of victims in these localities shows hneces'y for
sanitary measures; and II We shall have the slightest
degree stimulated the public desire for bygien AID in'y
improvement wo shah have therein found oar "