The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-20
T H E ON B S.
Report Of the City Sanitary Inspector Of tho
Condition Of the Building.
IMPORTANT SUGGESTIONS.

Prison, made by the officers OF the Board of Health
was sent into the Board yesterday by DR.. James
and placed on fle:-
On entering we were Immediately convinced OF an
as
smell indicative at once. without investigat
Sadns varies VsrS %ach b1s
siH ~s
or
s1Ss ' ns BY ws G shs s .nS 4
supposed to admit air when open but in Winter
INIT .a
opens to the external air which Kept
S s hsss e.sS az SS
On Se S. are shs stoves
used for heating the building
the orr all he @ Srcass
The sseendins heated a:vss
iotsks iSer place through the cells rendering me cells
and
e Srjs ne cells open The air Ssso%3s
air that constantly being DreatSsd over r and
sfs By IF s se and nd:
9s s aac
Gut tic IL fact that the yentators all kept closed
anf 50 ss 81
height the external wall Of the eneosare When Is not
more than twenty feet from the bulding as conse-
tiers tie air q the cells feels one entering like The
although hs ss a9s 50 Sn sa &
hey dIseeiored and Win maisSrs :"
sunlight Upon s cells ssss ana
The closet facilities are also defective Instead Of
T.g s a os
sfsd ao1e Ana e e1Sa @
times day and enptyies BY Using single dscSsrss
ss s ns %n s
gases into the prison, and If malicious person throw
adns oSrassisn s Sp cells se are
overnowed by the damming up Of the water used Tor
In the female prison the ventilation better there
arrangement Closets the male prison: '-''
~ o
in the centre q 1.-The the building , and srroanded hya
alone have facilities ior ventilation. These the cells
prisoners CROWD some them into the lower ter The
%soS e anT set by in and are
the srR Rs s
s,ey sn as IL %
only BY single ia9st feet above each which
possible sf pipe p asscenns so
%
building occupied by the Court OF Special Sessions, il
9s1 sn
fSs sass & 9Ss S
naaseous odor Underneath this basement is cellar
%s;s $S sis
NY s
Island Eh e. S 4 a without .
prison is kept in admirable condition 10 far as it lies in
z: power the Officers Win the DETECTIVE %sa.sa,
which they are constantly obliged to contend.
astonishiny when the unsalaSriSas Influences which
ey are constantly exp3ed = taken into
or catarrh that he has had only six rheumss
sSe pas. years YET i rsns%Ssrsa mat
part S f s e
disease is not likely to be known I must also &c re-
in the TOmSs yz impure air dampness and gloom are
CO
more or less pronounced from ,. Which me patient
Y never . estimated or even eonectured how many
sped
the seeds Of disease which may no. develop for months
tain that in lie Of the rO@Ss besides is
lated have endcavofcd to show, and il are I'M
able trace the evil consequences with absolute
cause we are finite in our knowledge
The following additional report was sent in by
the Engineer of the BOard:-
The cells being restrctedly designed for person,
have not sufficient Internal volume 70 be occupied by
on
inner side by high s and on their outer by venla.
free subsdence the air q the
in the external walls Of this building and In the absence
very damp from the conformation Of the moisture Of the
The heating Of the cells is effected BY stoves in tho
court or inner space enclosed by the cells on all SIDES
hcicnt that il can only be attained in cold weather at
that currents the requirements
connecting with and common TO slightly aelhsd s9n
dsc6arng their contents into two vertical pipes leading
to undersroand Train. which communicates win the
tons and my persistent Inquiries extended there
of pipes d4n
the initial cell in tier makes Of t as e nf
the vertical pipes I'M % with drain nat runs
charged into the Joining sewer The exhalaons there
and OF this also are free to perva az
rangement the accidental malicious obstruction OF
is pRs the
s to sa c m
Under the court room there is ground enclosure in
which certain class Of inmates are confined of the con.
resed q that ba to his
views Under this there is co lar the floor of which s
hoafin . ''' 'N~'A"' non "'''' no o"''
Referring, then to the elements submitted, am Of the
FirsThat all the wards should be warmed by radatcd
ne from steam pipes
seeoad-That an opening at the level Of the floors Of
the cells should be permanently maintained with the ex-
ternal air. -
Thd-That the ventator the top OF the cells should
be hung that it can readily be opened or closed By
their occupants
F1urt-That there should be trapped closet in escn
cell and a soil pipe 10 each vertical range OF them .
FVth-That there should be u branched drain IN the
cellar communicating with the street sewer ana tna me
entire between its surface and the ceng
overhead be denscly filled with clay: ,,
A. regards the existence OF the system OF warming hnd
closets and OF soil pipes Is due to the Commission
TO whose direction this building eonhded TO state tnat
these Objectionable inegrant 10 the Design
and construction Of It, -, -.. ...
The Inference TO be- from these reports and rom
previous nspections well as from an nspecuon SUD-
seauenty made by the Aide committee apPoineo
for the prpose be that not only Is the con-
struction OF the building as regards the sanitary m
terests of the occupants faulty in the extreme but the
nature of ground which 1t Is located Is sucn As
render totally unit for us present purpose snst
only ne rmanent TO be recommended Is 10
the building as prison. devote the property to