New-York tribune., 1867-07-31
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Let us look at these facts through change in the
ghTaseooy ,o ugon sSnG M men as WOMEN
and ITO children under "a years Oi age giving lota "a
snuare feet OF a little more than three square yards.
The dead seldom packed AT TINS rato IN any Meii
managed cemetery But there some other facts IN
connecon with these premises that deserve attention
In u OF the houses the sanitary condition. yentoh,
drainage and Of escape IN ease OF ire are nan IN
one tie sanitary condition Ii bad, with good drainage
aud ventilation and adequate means OF escape In csse OIL
and ventilation bad. aud the drainage and means OF
escape good Thus It would that they were not In
tended for homes, but merely as PACKING houses lnto
which persons could DO placed awe oniy 70 Dc
1ected 20 live without sunshine or air. and IN OF
an accident In which safety could be secured only by
ways three feet wide, which renders r, egres
a matter OF the greatest dihicuity. hre
life the event would be little less than miracle But we
have not yet completed our description Besides these
o., store grocery store brush store butcher shop
and lagerbeer saloon And AL these places lncndlng
on showing the cubic feet Of aspace 10 each occupant
This method of computation altogether unfair but II u
II well known that small room with quick ventilation
sfar preferable 10 large room with SLOW yentatloh.
their attention the subject OF ventilation In s relation
10 health But in these houses there Is no ventilation
rhateyer The windows look out into the narrow alleys
which form the entrances 70 the tenements or into
courtyard mainly occupied by pryes The air always
over again by the inhabitants I is foul etid and close
continually, 40 confined that nothing hurricane
Wif3htn Ave minutes walk of THE TRIBUNE Office
there is house which bears the unenvable notorlety
of having furnished tho first victims OF cholera IN
two succeeding epidemies As 1t cannot generate
tbeArst 90 welcome its advent and the surest to
fSfa Gee rd i o fame II attn Continues 10 bear the palm
This building has front OF "a feet by depth OF 23 feet
and is five stories high II contains twelve principal
divisions, each having common stairway communicating
with ten tenements--making l2o IN all Each tenement
consists OF two rooms which, together, contain 1855.
cubic feet OF air space Each room has small window.
SO situated however that It Is impossible for current OF
air 10 mass through the under any circumstances
The pryes are In the basement and 50 foul that at the
time inspection their the nrst story
exceedingly offensive, and could 90 dlstig as
distinct odOr high as the third noor The building
contains 200 families comprising nearly 100 persons,
with an average Of about 200 cubic feet OF air space 20
each occupant These people are continually Denighted
For hem while at home day does not exist ana the fact
prevent them from reaching the CONDITION OF the nses In
the Mammoh Cave kyes @ arr ~ sc Uy were There
wonder eye becomes bcared and the senses blunted
These are tney yn T0 py nyeSbbong dssry IN ali ipa
ner of vessels the liquid poison that sha stimulate their
Tyed ~ air and Rht seek through ARTIFICIAL means the
Vitality which provides and froIn the use OF which
,ey a9 T5s are thew for whose benefit the city paws
81 500 900 yearly caring for them during sickness and
srrch dweings although upon smaller SCALE may be
,o1nd in almost ali quarters 6 the city Flfth-ave and
snuore are free from these local nusances but
hey feel Re effects Of those that exist elsewhere These
oors do not reach the nostr but their effects plunge
dre 10 be seen daily in tho street tell the conditions u
der which they I've and the records In the Bureau Of
h,nh thev die The mere security Of life and health
which may be produced by the application Of sanitary
,hemseiyea provide them, would In short time mani
fest itself IN higher civilization wei,know writer
ate ~ Eew-York could be reduced TO that OF
Paris, 1000 hyes would be annually saved. Re
g. three times az great and 1900 lives will be saved every
YEAR Raise the standard OF health TO that proposed by
- %
iiyss ~ Sy be saved annually Therefore," he continues
basIng our calculations ON the practical and actual
oS yritbout fear OF tho charge OF exaggcratiOs es
thaf AZ least people die unnecessary pre-
antjhe deaths In this city every year, chiefly from
aI 6th internal crowdDg. and the want OF yentila
ton In their wretched babtations" In the presence Of
such testimony and such Iacts Win sanitary science TO
nsnployed this waste OF human life becomes criminal
and the depth OF social degradaton INTO which as we
nnS matter for which the other hall must be held
morally responsible