New-York tribune., 1872-02-15
INCONSISTENT HEALTH OFFICERS.
4 NOTORIOUS TENEMENT SUFFERED TO BE RE-
OCCUPIED-A FAIAL SEWER-PIPE.

4 NOTORIOUS TENEMENT SUFFERED TO BE RE-
OCCUPIED-A FAIAL sEWER-PiPE'
The Board Of Health received, Yesterday,
from the City Sanitary Insp cccr report relative 10 the
rear wooden nemont Nos. 5, r. and 9Muberry-st when
was ordered to be vacated some time ago unfit for hui
man habitaon, and which Lot to be occupied again
until permission should be given by the Board. Peter
Doaa the owner without having obtained such perms-
slon allowed several families to move In as soon as the
house had boen placed In partial repair
Ordinarily. tho offender would have been
prosecuted by the Attorney Of the Board Tor
so wiltful yioati OF its mandates. but in this case
the cpr was merely cited ito appear and make expa-
nation Of his action and the City Sanitary Inspector was
directed to inspection OF lthe premises to he
made to report 10 the Board the condition OF the ten
emeut Ia Ls last report that official set forth that the
building had been repaired and wLitewashed. and was
t Tor balltaon although it was only IA feet from the
front building while the law calls for space Of at least
20 feet Tho owner also presented petition setting
forth that the fire insurance companies which held
risks on tho building had placed -, IL IN proper ed
Is ii II agaip @ip The Board with scarcely dissenting
vclce granted his request and neglected TO- aude to his
@ o5 OF m % GeT c VERY R Worst Of the kind in the cty
the report Of the BS.rd Of Health for Ell sC9 ga deseP 9"IhS
plan. The following Is tire language OF the report;
This OF tencments comprises the rear haif or an
old wooden church, In which are 40 families with
population varying from l5s to 2ot and fronting on
tan,ng families and 2C2 persons. In this average
p0l3fion Of 800 persons the front and rear tene-
nens together there occurred during the past II months
n deaths at homc beside several others that were
buried from hospital wards to which this place IL one or
tho LARGEST contributors in the city. Counting only the
dead that were bu-ed from this pile OF teneHents,
which covers an less than 1000 square feet the
OF deaths To population, iYDS therein NJ inc time,
Is 10 per 1909"
Thr tccuent on several occasions has been declared
y competent officers he unit for human haDltatlon.
When fire occurred there, some time ago tne DulnS
Assistant Health Inspectors reported that the building
could not placed In such condition as to render 1t tt
for human habtaon and that 1t should be torn down;
and TINS report ndOrset by City Sanitary Inspector
Morris Nevertheless, a r2inSpcc0n or the premises
and without ordering interior alterations, these same
officers certify that 1t is now mt for haDita0n ana ask
tie Board 10 grant permit for 20 families 10 occupy IT,
Proceedings taken however to prevent 40 fam
lilies from crOwding into 1t.
CITY SANITARY Inspector Morris madc report relative
death OF five children in the family OF Mr. Brown
in the tor No 40 E!cyeHhave. After describing
the symptoms In each case and nscrDg The disease to
inhalation poisonous sewerSas escaping from
defective earhcn pipe the Inspector concludes as fol
lows
To defective house drainage and sewerage be at
trDted by far the larger proportion or cases or typhoid
and other feyers OF sthenic and asheuc character aud
that conta ous diseases here find their most active ac
House drainage outed pipes, efficient traps in
and sewer pipes vita free outlet for gases by
continuous OpcnnOutbed sewer pipe, beyond ana above
and other buildings where human life Is exposed would
unluestonably prevent much sickness, suffering and
doath, now often attributed to mysterious causes
For the week ending Feb. 10, the vaccinating corps
visited ll,O93 families, and performed 1856 vaccina-
tiOns Of which 66i were primary and 1872 secondary.
Ihe following comparative statement OF contagious
diseases:
WeeL ----FSyert--@ Diph Small
sniing Typhu. Typhoid. Scarlet Measles. ,hsIi,- psI
FsS. To-. lo..... -. . a " 10 -