New-York tribune., 1872-06-18

greatest reduction has been In the tenements which
IN S"s Sn woTs e %oat thconS The &
provements in the yehulaton. cleanliness etc., put
eeetSss eSadcats IL Reconstruction Of tho old and
imperfect enenents is what Is needed as Is shown ny
numerous Illustrations house in East Seventeenth
st. having capacity for ten families, had fallen into
condition OF extreme diapidation and hth IL was 90
addition to other diseases yphus began prevail
among the inmates, and In the space Oh SIX months
ordered TO be vacated and thoroughly repaired
the prIyies and drains placed In good order the
renewed; thorough ventilation OF every room was
secured, and the whole was newly painted During the
Ave succeeding years of Hiekness occurred
in the house. The Old Brewery, In the sixth War6, MAS
formerly occupied by the lowest class OF people LIVING
dapdaiion and saturated with fti OF every descrp-
tion. Every form OF contagious disease here found
causes prevailed throughout the year. The death rate
was about IS per 1000 and the sickness rate was heat
possession of by the Methodist Society, and converted
into mission house The Interior was enurey tsnoaa
ted, additions were made ana TWO stories III te vr @
building were converted into living rooms rooms NJ IUr M
cnpyns apartments there These are compelled to
fopn the strict sanitary rules or the establishment
ana Keep tner persons oie anu @ .nn osu oS these "a
families and that from chronic diseases not traceaDe 70
vacated last Fall by the Board OF heal'n, anu @
entirely reconstructed internally by the owner at an ek
pense OF about The increase In the rents since
then has amply repaid the Interest on the cost no no sn @
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mense double building in the rear OF NOS ~ ana 81
Cherrvst occupied by $50 families, was the nursery
OF diseases OF all kinds. IL one OF the most re-
pulsiye sights of the Fourth Ward This also was va
Gated by order Of the Board OF Health deconstruoteu
Internally at cost $4,000 IL has recently been reoc
pied aud Dr. smith of the opinion that the sickness
rate will be decreased IS per cent.
Much of the Overcrowding I'm the tenement districts
might be relieved by changing tho un0coupled ware
hoses and stores those districts in the lower part OF
6e eity whore commerce has left and gone further M
own into model tenement houses for which they are
admirably adapted having lofty ceilings, wide frontage
and plenty of light and ventilation. Dr. Smith believes
il would pay from 80 80 per cent on the outlay anu
would 10 a considerable extent solve q problem that
eae, year becomes pressing and must shortly DC
met with decisive IL the health OF the city Is
to be preserved Were the stores OF the second Ward
alone 10 be thus transformed into enenents they would
accommodate on average 20 families, or 100 persons
giving total additional population OF 1922 or tOta
when added to the present population. OF 1452 ana
even then the surface for each person would DC
nearly twice as great In the Eleventh ware AT tne
present tme by thinning out in this manner he pop
latOn OF the tenement wards could be reduced 70 Whae
it was 10 or 20 years ago.. - 49,, =, 80. -, -.
suoe TO Induce this class to move away They prefer
10 remain in the city, crowded together The only tbng
that can be done compel the erection OF better
class of tenemens, constructed on approved santay
prncpes and alter such as are at present m existence
SO MS 10 make them conform TO the new ana improved
standard DID