New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-25

,a .vsrt Is per month An the d hTes hsuses
oTs o hy oa neglect Of shisssng aEd 'S2 amin = any
ssoS ts Tse are about 20 tenants 10 s houses all Of the
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POWERS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
70 DC Editor Of The NJ y Tribune
sm: Either the powers Of the Board Of Health neeo
10 be greatly enlarged IN directions or eise o
Bosrd have thus far, IN very important q,
tsred or neglected to exercise the authority In'e''
them, I would be Tar from depreciauns INC 49,. a..
oomplshed by the Board during the DIlei leii0
organization Nor at al reiuO'"H' ,-,1aa,
that the task they undertook was HOi0',ie' 1i
a, ,,s,ov and rover. very mUch
ao,ht - either of its members had any such
ouce,ins OF It at the beginning as their nine nohths
aynerieuce and observation has given them' ana as
much doubt II there be not g6ts ana aepIhs o. ne %94
before them yet unmeasuIed WIN Juose PSlI Tgi
sonscentousy believe that the work done by the Health
9oard through the months from April TO september,
Woro chiefly Instrumental IA uenVGrlg Is ION .d 9
cholera as epidemic SO far as the Board nave acted
they have done we'll But what we need and what our
condition demands ls preVehuES nels iS r. ~ @
were essential absolutely sO but they should Dy no means
sst aside postpone immediate vital reforms, when
ben aocomp he'd would obvate to very great extent
be necessity OF these remedial measures The necessity
ties as important TO be avoided as cholera. When cool
weather sets in, the utter want OF ventilation IA Inc
sbOdos Of the poor constitutes them the meSs1 tst :
nests An entire EeyOlutOn is needed IN mueh tn"s ~
connected with the dwellings Of the poor 20 0DVlde '
y
IN them 10 is mOurnful TO the raVages ol q
among the poor, very much OF u so pIlny .I
10 the atmosphere in which they I'VE "a, az t nlen
miserable homes. II fevcrs DO NOT XII ule eIh
consumption TO have mortgage upon them, Win
certain early foreclosure Tie tenement houses OF tne
poor with some rare exceptions, have been erected WIN
A. little regard 10 ventilation as ~ there WAS no such
IN h as air end life The Board Of Health should nave
Ic EOwers conferred upon them lunless they already
possss it as would enable them TO compel proper ar
Tapgepes for the admission Of light ana ar IN every
dyvclIngh house erected, and 70 compel such al
teretIons I'm buildings already constructed as
ara necessary 10 make them safe TO live IN.
Tere are houses and not few, that should be abaI
oed al once rs unfit human abOdes and there Is not
= member OF the Board who would place their horse OF
COY I'm the Has the Board power to do what should be
done ia such easesl they have, then they have sadly
failed have not known single case where the Board
have made or caused 10 be made amy radical
40 any DWELLING mean so far as alterations IN the
structure cOnceIned-nor have known single
building closed by them, because OF its absolute uniless
as residence Even the cellar aDOdes continue. ~ TINS
neglect is from the want of power, beg youto urge te
Legislature, without delay 10 confer II ana make the
Board responsible for the existing state Of things what
aver they may be, when they may have had time TO
change them. Thousands Of tenements arc in no way
connected with the sgeet sewers thousands aud thou
SDs of families have no proper supply OF wafer ION
PEELED 20 into rOg shops for what they 90 nave 1e
things ought not 70 be- and the remedies ought 70 ne
with the Board Of Health. D d uALLlDAA'
I'VE Points House Industry jan 10