The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-25
TIE CHOL ERA
Important Meeting .,of The Roars
Of Health v asterdav.
tfdcins 'h' r'U Jess Of the Dread Peaieuce
! Afa1gh the Country.
THE HEALTH OF THE CITY.
An Inspection ordered Of All Houses in Now
York and the Deaths in Each Block During
tie Year To Be Reported Un-
healthy Streets and What Must
BE Done with Them.


healthy Streets and What Must I
BE Done with Them.
Az a meeting OF the Board of Health held .yester.
day afternoon communication was reatl from
No. Charles Cidney, OF ISL East Ninety second
street, In which he stated that the dun ming OF
ashes. gar bage and fifth at Tooth street ana the
Vast River was offensive and dangeru Is to the
inhabitants Of the neighborhood. He also CON-
planned OF the sanitary condition of e low land
west OF Second avenue between ineuy-third
and Nfnetysixth streets. This properJ is covered
with stagnant water, which the complainant
requests may receive the attent hon of the
Board. petition was also received signed by a
NUMBER OF citizens, who complained OF the stencil
nris ne from the slaughter houses in Forty -nnth
street between Third avenue and . the river. The
offensive odors arising from the as works at the
foot OF Twenty-frst and Twenty second streets
North River, were also brought to the attention OF
the Board. The dumping OF stree 1t dirt, ashes and
garbage into McGowan's Greek and the adjacent
lots " as. protested against by large number of
citizens OF that district Who presented a
long petition asking the ,oard to relieve
them from the nuisance Loads of refuse, the pa
per stated, were taken throm IN Madison avenue
TO 106th street and then thru )wn into the creek.
Seveny-0ne dollars and eight y-six cents were ex-
pended las week 10y the dist injecting corps upon
the street CUTTERS The ouse No. $50 Mott
street va ordered to ot, vacated, as being
unit for uman habitaton by reason OF its filthy
condition. Sanitary Superb ntendent Day reported
That the streets in the Fourth ward-Madison,
street, etween Catharnc and Rutgers anu be-
tween G ouverneur and Grand; Monroe, between
Cathar.n and Rutgers and. between Gouverneur
and Corr ears; the whole eXte mt of Hamilton street;
Cherry, md Water streets, between Catharine and
Market and between Montgomery and Corlears;
Jackson rand Scannell streets, between Grand and
water; Carlisle, between West and Greenwich Rec
tor, Nc rris street in frontof 172 Lexington avenue
street IN front of No 52Tenth avenue intersec-
ton Scannen and Monroe, and Fifty fifth street,
Det~e en- Sixth and seventh avenues were in
hthy condition and laden with dirt and garbage.
Inc following report upon the course OF the
choe "a spreading through the country at the
pres nt thneWas received and adopted
Ac sonpanytng this report was map showing
the rcation of the disease where it had broken out
to yeXtent.
i danes received despatch from the author
lite in Indiana, while the Board was in session,
ing aa se % had IN the ~ t IN
rel mt are taken from the local press in the differ
en- sections OF the country.
SANITARY BUREAU, New YORK. June %. 1873
ss . submit the following report upon the progress
e. be & "T ssS III %
same as%a aass s'see
asstSs from
q T sea fns @ u the asf
ssSS5; ?5 M nSs s give cholera
snanf to tas
ha9rrhGal diseases Of which 10 were called cholera
Sported streets there have been four deaths from
,nG I tina, in
MEMPHIS, renn.-rhe whole number of ntcrments tor
rom 81 When from
asrlSs
ars we're ct Si Saa c ass o or III. ea
despatch Of June IS says;-rt is estimated that the
esnSe Pes az 1ss the 10Th 1000 The population
The M o have Of
sa HnS q h wnfh % Sa S
S aa Hs GTss1ye other
deaths snS ons Spp se
That day six new deaths-a colored-and several new
,n Lousva,n KyA dsspatch to the cy Press dated
snTeS reports Of cholera in this city are
wrt a arom
There are several other serious cases in our town. and
,.PApvcAn, Ky.on the 10th four deaths from
sad have Occurred on @ ana nVe
p 70 MAJ t ,s Of June q
deaths from diseases The bowels SIX slas.sd
oss Il
cholera m9rbus four from cholera nfantum and two
Ssa ssSn t. The s qR Rs
5 s'm a sSSIss
hh dG nss TO
ep T moav has em p p ef he
hicks 6esanse IN the Southwest they are subjected
il he disease reaches ci,y-whchis at presen. I'M
@ e ssnf
attack n the same elahose who live IN hh bad air
'ss "a 9 eeaSng ona paSsa Or
the st1eeIs Tar abe learns. The meSsrs,
inspectors and s duty rown S'
From rers1nal observation some Of the from,
sfSs "a ne p s nSa duT 9s @c
vince that the most thorough dntcction Is necessary
ms during Hp co%ins
iecnr corps be considerably increased have the
WALTER D. + DAY II. D. Sanitary superintendent
Airport upon the mortality OF tenement houses
in the city was received together with the list
The following If a record OF the work performed
IN The Sanitary Bureau Tor the week ending June
Il, 1873
end Assistant sanitary inspectors Loo as follows
dwellings, q other dwellings l2 manulaciores and
sss render TsnsT0g public
0asment waste piges drains: iGseosst street
2n sairways Il other nuissnces aud vs6 OF the SAM
.ar} inspectors % Of diseases The num-
per o. reports therein received was sG2 During
me week l15 complaints been received /
rom ci.izens referred TO the sanitary Inspectors |
or sestgauon and The dsinfecng corps vis-
ted premite whefe gious diseases found
and deintected and umigated 50 houses SO einks to-
geihcr win clothing, bedding OF smallpox
was removed u the hospital by the ambulance corps and
,ne dead body % the Mcgue. Permits granted
NJ vessel To discharge cagOes vouchers ire M the
ealth Crcer o. the port Three primary vaccinations
"A ere performed
pom melton OF Commissioner vAHpKRPogL the |
foil owing resolution was adopted:-
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