The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-09
OIL e r A.
The Disease in Europe on Its
March Westward.
Sanitary Condition of New York How the City
is Prepared for an unwelcome Visitor
Cholera in the Past-The English Parlia-
ment Alive to the Spread Of the Dis
ease-British Inquiries-The Con-
tagion in Russia-Statistics.

Since the FIRST murmurings about the spread or the
cholera from Asia to Europe. New York has been
silently Following the path OF the great scourge,
fearful even to speak openly OF its coming. The
month OF July was so filed with terrors to the city
that an, how but little time was afforded to foster
fears or create forebodings about an epidemic In
disease. There were two occurrences OF such vast
moment, involving the spilling of so much blood
and so great a loss OF life, that death and all the
terrors OF a sudden taking of became almost IA
miliar TO the citizens OF the metropolis. The ex-
cessive heat OF the past few days, however has
vlved, TO large extent the first fears OF visitation
ofchoera TO these shores TINS summer, and HERALD
reporter was yesterday employed IN investigating
the grounds whereon such diagreeable surmises
might rest and in following the peoples thoughts
upon matter OF such great moment. IL is consoa-
tory be able TO state, after careful scrutiny and
inquiry that there is not probable reason 20 expect
that the cholera shall be among us tins year. In
the former years, when 1t made such havoc here 1t
had by this time OF the season fed half its graves
and established its reign
BEYoND ALL HUMAN POWER
TO suppress It, AS will be remembered, It's first at-
tacks always came at the close OF spring and that
its epidemical course did not until the first
cool ana frosty days OF the fall.
There Is not, as has been said, probability that
the city shall suffer this year. all things considered;
but it must at the same time be remembered that
there Is such thing as
INVITING DISEASE
TO come when it might have stayed away. The
cholera travels sometimes at enormously fast
pace and this is one chief reason why, long it
Is spreading in Europe, New York should at leas,
not forget that it is possible for 1t yet to Ply
Clans here, who have been anxlously watching
IT'S far this year. are now feeling less
trouble about 1t, but they base their man calcutta
tons on the presumed fact that 1t would be well
nigh Impossible torlt to travel over here and do
much fatal work before the fall AT all events, they
counsel the use OF the best
PREvENTATIvEs AGAINST IT'S PRES ENCE
especially at the START and these are cleanliness
cleanliness In dwellings In person and III the public
streets and wholesome food
HERALD reporter yesterday visited number OF
streets IN those parts OF the city wherein generally
tenement houses prevail. He found the streets
generally IN good condition, but az the same time
there were evidences OF neglect in many places
Pools OF stagnant water may occasionally be seen
with boys amusing themselves by wading through
them; garbage ana filth, in front of houses though
IN small quantities, may also be seen frequently.
There were but very few places In the Eleventh Sew.
enteenth ana Eighteenth wards in which any ofYen-
sive Odor emanated. Baxter Mulberry Roosevelt and
Cherry streets seemed to be Clearly West and South
streets along the river so far could be SEEN did
not present any unsightly Objects In Baxter and
Mulberry streets, 1t was said, The atmosphere early
every morning Is stinlng, OWING TO the numbers OF
persons who are crowded into small rooms and
here any
The reporter called at the office OF the Street
Cleaning Commission, In Mulberry street, to ascer
tam some particulars on the subject. In the course
Of conversation with one OF the attaches OF the
place 1t appears that the garbage. &C, is removed
occupants in the tenement houses have not thrown
the garbage into the barrels time Tor the carts
they throw II In the barrel any where in the
street, and there must remain unit next morning.
A to the stagnant water tile Streets II was eX-
Planned thaa the existence OF stagnant water IN
the paving or cutters, and over TINS the Street
Cleaning 6 commission mas no power i coming
must be notified. Then, again, in the OF dead
dogs. cats or other animals the policeman on duty
obliged TO notify his precinct as TO sucn nuisance:
the precinct then notifies the Commissioner OF Dead
Animals (or some such title) who then causes the
removal TINS way OF doing things Is little Cir
cumlocutory, and might be improved; but 1t Is
admitted on all sides that in those wards in which
there are "a large number of tenement houses il Is
almost impossible TO keep the streets thoroughly
clean and 10 prevent offensive odors for the occu-
panls OF the houses act reCklessly.
The following Will show
HOW THE STREET CLEANING is DONE:
Street swept every night--broadway, from Bat
terry 10 Twenty-sxth Street.
Streets swept three times a week-Broadway
from Twenty-sxtn FIfiy-nlnlh street: Fiith ave.
nue. TO fiy-nintn street, PARK row, Chatham street
Streets swept twice week-Fourth avenue to
Thirty second street. Sixth avenue TO Forty-second
street, Eighth avenue to Forty second street;
Grand street, east OF Broadway Canal street, west
OF Broadway; Chambers street, west OF Broadway;
Maiden lane, whitehall, State Fulton, Waii ana
Cortlandt streets.
Street Cleaning commissioners there extra
sweeping and by this Baxter, Oliver, Roosevelt,
Bayard Mulberry, Mott and Elizabeth streets
were swept every day; nearly the entire Eleventh
ward was swept i've times week. the Eighth and
Seventeenth wards, for the greater part, were
swept Tour times "A week; South street was swept
twice week, and West street, up far as Liberty
street three times "a Week; shence to Chambers
street Tour tncs thence 10 Canal street i've times;
thence 10 Twelfth street six times week. so far,
Then, as the cleaning OF the streets l. concerned,
If THE WORK Is REGULARLY DONE
the city ought to be clean. Ia wardlng OF disease,
however, the people have to be called In for il Is
upon them depends the necessary cleanliness In
view OF even the possibility OF the cnoera breaking
much care cannot now be taken 10 use prevention.
Eiith IN house Is a certain invitation 10 the
scOurge. Physicians say that IL IS impossible
tell at the first stage OF the disease wnether not
II Il Aslatc cnOiera. Remedies should be used
Immediately alter pau sets In, ard great
care taken IN selecting lO0d. IN a conversation yes
teTday with the HERALD reporter about the disease
Dr. CDaries l.. kussei, Register OF Records, stated
That 50 widely and quickly does the disease spread
that On the 18th OF Juy looG, The year Oh the hast
epldenic OF The nrst tWenty-one cases seventeen
were In different Streets resided IN nineteen differ
ent houses, which were Ocaeu IN eighteen different
blocks. lhe nrst cases in 1856 occurred at 1913
Broome street and at IL Mulberry street.
The following table shows the
NUMBER OF DEATHS
In each waru during the last epldemc;-
ward No. ~ I..-hs. Wdrd. No. ~ Deaths
l................... l2l 12.................. "a
2................... I3.................... 10
S.....-.............. l4.................... rs
f..............-.... u l5....................
5.................... IL 10. ...................
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