The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-18
S T r EFT CARS.
A Sweeping Reformation To
Be Enforced.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Meeting of the Board of
Health.

At the meeting of the Board OF Health held yes.
terday afternoon the following resolution was
handed in from the Sanitary Committee, In answer
to the motion made by Commissioner Barr on the
subject OF street cars some weeks since-
The Sanitary Committee in presenting the report
of the City Sanitary Inspector referred to them in
respect to the city railroad street passenger cars,
respectfully submit for adoption the following resO
lution:-
running street ear lines Of railroads this city
hereby directed to cause the removal forthwith OF
ALL CUSHION SEATS AND RACKS
from their and further that no straw Or hay DC
daily iH All ah ad dirt heen a and such add
III sS
mitcd and nrher that no person be hereafter allowed
to convey in or upon said cars any soied or dirty articles
Resolved That The secretary be and hereby directed
senser city Of foregoing resolu
In compliance with an order Of the Board the
architect made an investigation of the street cars
and the following paper was read to the Board
yesterday the result OF his labor. The entire
matter was then referred to the Sanitary Commit
tee who are to prepare ordinance, In conjunc-
ton with the counsel OF the Board:-
The provisions now made for yentla,ion have been
e In fair STe o
aperture is firmly closed as to prevent severe offensive
lie yiatcd nir entirely prevented atmosphere
ao g saas spen e @ OF s S SS IN
crowded arrive at home depressed spirits with
headache and loss OF appetite, and are prevented rom
taking the proper amount Of noarshent required BY the
wants OF 1u y s.' T ny Wy lima o rhid
ear ossa ay Han are trdss
twenty minutes Soon after starting they usually
densey crowded with passengers, majority OF whom
are at least
oNE-uALr THE CAR
The vehicles the latest manufacture have an interior
OF fifteen feet iii length an average wldh 81 seven
and six feet height aording $50 cubic feet OF breath
Ing space have ascertaned that during the morning
evening eighty passengers is not an unusual
number though than this number are car
ried OF the lines; In taking sixty as the average
lowing for each of the front and rear Platforms there
remain forty passengers within the ear i'll "A space
of less than sixteen cubic feet of air to each
passenger As it Is generally assumed that twenty-five
cubic inches OF carbonic acid minnie is discharged
in expiration by every person. and this in space where
means OF its escape Is provided aud its diution de-
pending upon the fresh air which finds ingress only by the
crcvices and Joints OF the doors and windows the quality
OF the atmosphere be readily Judged OF than can
ordinary department not overcrowded and not subject to
any
PECULIAR on NoxIous CARNATIONS,
each individual should he provided with ten cubic feet OF
fresh air minute. Another authority states that IN
closed the expired should be replaced by
its of fresh air. Instead OF this the pas
anohers BREATH which il often highly seasoned by
disease tobacco ardent spirits nodorous yctna and the
DoXious emanations damp ana soied clothing, ana o.
ten Of an unccan car.
Attached to this paper were n number OF means
for ventatng street cars, some OF which have
been adopted in other cities and of which are
new. The action OF the Board will no doubt COM
pei the companies to put some of these methods OF
ventilation into practice.
The following comparative statement Of conta-
gious diseases sent in by the city Sanitary In
Spector:--