New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-15
OUR SANITARY CONDITION.
MANY STREETS IN A FILTHY STATE.


sTAGNANT WATER IN THE GUTTERs-GARBAGE
SCATTERED IN MANY LOCALITIES-THE PO-
LICE FAIL TO ENFORCE SANITARY ORDI-
NANCEs-THR ELEVENTH PRECINCT INVITING
AN EPIDEMIC.
The Police and Sanitary reports on the con-
don Of the streets sent TO the Board OF Health
yesterday and are not encouraging The streets gen.
orally with the exception Of the main thoroughfares arc
In filthy condition, with much stagnant water In tho
CUTTERS and garbage and refuse OF all kinds scattered
along many blocks.
THE POLICE REPORT. 49,,
The First Precinct reports stagnant water IN walt
South william and Pearlsts carriage IN reaa White
and Marketfed-sts., and that Pearis, Det"ceh "n'o
hall and state-ss.. is in filthy condition. .,., ,,o
The Second Precinct Second Ward, reports tat tne
with the exception Of Fulton Market and Its surround
iDgs, and Pcarlst. from Peek to Burnngss, T unit,
stands that line the walks admit Of large accumulatons
OF stagnant water and refuse from inc slanus, %
in good condition. hut hydrant s used 70 wash OUT .o
market each afternoon and the water Is ai1weu 20
out on southst filling up tae The remaining
streets list Of which ia given, are In GOOD conitoh
Of the streets i'm good condition Those around Wash
ngton Market very filthy, In consequence Oh a,o S
late there There is also great deal Of stagnant water
around the Market and along West,st. - A.. ,.,,o
Cliff, Dover, Duane, Frankfort, Front, Ferry, Cold
Hague James, Jacob. Madison North William OAK Oh
Roosevelt, Rose, SOuln, anu III p"u
ton and needing repavng. In some Of Them stagnant
water remains in the broken cutters until it becomes
The Fifth Precinct Fifth Ward reports stagnant
water In the following streets: West broadway, HUI
SSn Thomsa We walker York. St.
hnsane, Colister, and Caroinests Ihey are also III
The SIKH Precinct Sixth wart reports Donovans
lane, Newworhs and IeonaTdsls as having grsass
and tagnant water in them and hs 0ow a
New-Worth, and Elm-sts., and portions OF Leonard,
The seventh Precinct Seventh Ward reports standing
water In Division Madison, Monroe, Water Sonth and
Chntonsts. Divsionst is generally in very nitn ny
Catharine-sts., Henry Pike. Catharine. Brnneham'
Madison from Rutgers to Catharne MSnrS ond
slips The streets bordering on the East kSer are gen
The Eighth Precinct eastern half OF the Eighth Ward
reports that portions of Blocker. Grand Greene West
Houston Prince Spring s sn Ftsaye are Sery
filthy, with garbage and ashes In front OF many 'ene-
msnts and the cutters ehoked up in many places
ter in West FOurthst Greenwich, Seventh and Tenth
aves Hudson. Perry, West West Tenth ana washing
also In filthy condition. .
The Tenth Precinct Uenth Ward reports the Bowery
on the side from Division to Delaney out OF re-
pair and stagnant water and garbage collected Chrys
TEST Dvsion-st. to Houston Is in bad condition,
found in various places Eldridge-st. from Division to
Broome Allen from Division to vington. Orchard from
Division to Rvington; Norfolk, from Division
to Broome, Bayard, from No, 6 to No 81 Canal.
49,; Broome, from orchard TO the Bowery Delaney
portion of Rvingt9n stanton Houston, sn 1s K ana
pavements garbage, stagrant water and refuse In the
street cutters broken etc.
ing water and the cutters generally dirty In Clinton,
Houston, Rivingon, Ridge Pitt willet Sheriff Cannon,
Stanton East Houston Second Third. Fourth, Firth,
Sixth, seventh, and the streets running parallel with
the East River Those streets near the he. yer are gem
In such "a condition as to invite an epidemic. .,,
water at One-hundreda twent -ninthst and Third
ave-, tenthst. and Third-sve, Second
Observation-Disclosures Fourth-ave and One-hun-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Fourth-aye and One-huil-
ffteenth-st The general condition OF the precinct Is
good. -. l..
the East River as In very bad condition..
The Fourteenth Precinct Fourteenth Ward reports
Bleecker-st.. near the Bowery; Canal-st, from the
Bowery to Broadway Crosby, East Houston Elizabeth.
In nearly all of these streets there garbage in front
of the houses The general condition OF the precinct Is
The Fifteenth Fifteenth ward) is reported as
in very good condition s w1 e aed SaIeSv OF
The sixteenth Precinct sixteenth ward) reports that
IN lthy condtion While West Eighteenth twentieth
Twenty first, and Twenty-sevenhsts are In passaDle
There is but little garbage or stagnant water to
The seventeenth Precinct seventeenth Ward reports
the following streets as in filthy c9npiton Fifth
Eleventh and Thrteenthsts from Secondaye TO Avenue
3, Firstave and Avenue 4 from HOus'0 Gaa;o TO
First. Second. Third, Fourth Fifth, and sixth
sts from secondave TO Avenue b. Sxthst from First
ave Avenue Il, and FouIteenth-st from Flrstaye TO
Avenue b.
Frstave. and Avenues A. b. {, and a. very bad with
stagnan water and the cross streets from Fourteenth
Fourth Lexington Second, and Third-ayes, Broadway
alley anS Granercypa are the only streets reported
The Nineteenth Precinct Nineteenth Ward reports
portions OF Second, Third, Fifth, and Xngtonaves as
in bad condition. There is also considerable standing
The Twentieth Precinct twentieth WARD reports
carriage ana standing wer IN
second, Thrtythrd, Thirty-ffth, and Forty-frssts.
with great deal of garbage and standing water.
The Twentysecond Precinct tTwenty-second Ward re-
ports Fortyhrd Fifty-second, Fiy-third, Fiy-hfth.
nearly all the streets aud avenues adjoining the
North River. as in bad condition.
The TweRy-first Precinct (Twentyfrst Ward reports
that the cutters oulin Frstave, from Thirtysxth
to FortyseeOndss., and portions OF Twenty
Twenty Inreh Thtyyst
iftss. in tilthy condition There are also many
houses having garbage In front.
The Twenty third Precinct reports the most Of ts
streets in good condition. but there was garbage In
Nnetiehst between Fourth and Ffthayes Ninety first
st. between Fourth and Madsonayes, Ninety condst..
and Flrst-aye, One Hundred and Fourth-st, between
Second and Thirday One Hundred and sixthst be-
tween Second and Thirdaves one Hundred and Tenth
ST., between second and Thrdayes.
The Twenyeghth Precinct western half OF the Eighth
Ward reports standing water in West, Downing Clark,
Sullivan, and Bedfordsts garbage In Varck and King
s's Sprngst from West to Washington, and from Hud-
son TO Varck; Cark-st, from BroOme TO Spring, and
Hudson-st Portions of Charlton, GARRISON and Houston
SITS, are unclean The cutters In Greenwich, Canal,
Sullivan and Clark-sts are in poor condition..
The Tentynnth Precinct comprising that portion Of
the city bounded by Fourteenth and Forysecond
Fourth and Seventhaves reports that seventeenth
from Sixth sevenhaves; Broadway from Eighteenth
sixthave.; Nineteenth. Twentyfourth, Twenty
fifth, Twenty-sxth, Twenty seventh, Twenty eighth,
Twenty Thirty first Thirty third Thlryhfth, and
Forty rssts., between sixth and Seyenhaves are IN
filthy condition Portions Of Fourth sixth and Seventh
aves from Fourteenth to Forty are also bad.
In many places throughout the precinct there is garbage
III front OF the hOusesn
The Thrtieh Thirty first and Thriy-secOnd Precincts.
comprising the western portion Of the city above sixty
sec0ndst report the streets and CUTTERS in very many
In bad condition, and standing water large