The New York herald., 1872-11-30

had aii gone, and the teachers were In the act OF
preparing to follow their example, Bonnets, shawls
the cares and tolls oi the working day were FOR the
moment forgotten. After scrutintzing the principal
rooms, and finding everything satisfactory the class
rooms on the moor above were looked at. These
run Off from both sides of hallway and are very
veniently situated for their purpose. Some OF them
are small but they are Wen % arranged comfortable,
direct the infant intellect In this fountain OF
learning were all crowded in bunch In the
rooms, and wondering what was going on. They
made picturesque and pretty group, each one
being representatiye OF separate type Of beauty;
Ninth street and First avenue. The house has
been used for its present purpose for nearly forty
plaster has fallen Off the walls in many places The
walls themselves do not appear to be very safe,
A GENERAL AIR OF DrLAprpArroN
abont the place that is most painful. The nags in
the yards are many OF them sunken on one side,
makes terrible mud and slush for the children.
The floors OF the class rooms are in n bad con-
dition, 80 are the walls and ceiling and II is in
deed, quite time the Board Of Health stepped in to
do something for this house. Paint, plaster and
whitewash are very much wanted there, and now
that the authorities are aware OF the fact
u Is TO ne hoped they viii not be sparng OF pains
TO pat the building into q proper sanitary and
comfortable condition. The closets are clean well
kept and as safe as can be expected In so old "A
house, but they are not free from the almost uni
versal OdOr. No vaults entirely free from
offensive smells, but It must not be understood
the schoOlhouse closets are simply Objectionable
to the extent OF the ordinary house vault. They
are much more telling. II they merely gave forth
the stencil one expects there wonld scarcely be
cause Of complaint, but they give out unhealthy
miasmas, and OF q most striking strength, too.
There is no mistaKing 1t or where IL comes from.
Grammar School No. 80 happening to come in
the way between two primaries 1t was looked at.
The difference distinctly discernible was astound-
ing. To be sure there was not much light on the
ground moor, but there were half dozen canarics
singing away Immediately opposite the closets,
where In the other places human life unused to
the atmosphere would be unwilling to remain for
any length OF time. The vaults were in good order.
well arranged, and in as good condition as places
OF this kind could be. The house Is ropmy, bright
way OF improvements The children OF the neigh
borhood must experience wonderful change OF
constitution when their studies and years bring
new primary is inst about being finished in East
Nineteenth street. and 1t is about time. The old
one, NO. 20, is q tumbledown,
FILTHY CONCERN,
that should never have been used for such pur-
pose. Immediately in the rear Is a stable. and the
under the wing OF the house. The average attend
ance at this school Is 627 children, male and ie
male, and the whole number taught is 1,496 Pri-
mary School No. Is situated ut 429 East Sixteenth
street. Two hundred and fourteen children make
Der taught there. This house has all the worst
features OF the very worst schools, and
badly needs the correcting hand Of the
and dirt seems to have made It's headquarters
there 1t is probable there will be general clean
ing up before the Sanitary Inspectors arrive. but
last evening the place was far from clean. There
are altogether forty-two primary schools in the
city. In these 1895 children make the average
attendance, and A. 724 Is the whole number taught
In them. There are 1ftv-seven ward schools,
where the average attendance is 67,5s7, and the
whole number taught $50, 1872 Besides these there
are six col0red schools, in which the average
attendance Is 1856 children and the whole num-
ber taught 2,0Ss; evening schools, at which
the average attendance male and female, is 9247,
and the whole number taught 2l9i2; Is cor
porate schools, In which the average attendance
Is ,139 and the whole number taught 1893. These
figures show grand total OF ,s22 average at
tendance and 2S9,764 the whole number taught.
Taking into consideration, then, the number Of
lives, young ones at that, that are exposed to
danger and disease in schools throughout the
city, it is not TO be wondered at that the public
would feel grateful that the Board OF Health now
and then looked after the health Of its children.
Commissioner Barr's motion was a most timely
one, and though 1t may not exactly suit the ideas
OF the Board OF Education the people will be glad
to see that an interest 10 taken IN the children Of
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