New-York tribune., 1874-11-03
CIGAR.MAKLNG IN TENEMENTS.

THE SYSTEM PRONOUNCED BY TIE SANITARY IN
pKcToRs NOT TO BE UNHEALTHY-THE FAC
TORIES oUTDONE IN CLEANLINESS AND IN
VENTILATION.
The regular weekly meeting OF the Board
Of Health WAS held yesterday as the election comes
upon their usaal day OF meeting. DR.. W. DE r. Day
received the report OF Nathaniel b. Emerson NJ d., and
Roger g. Tracy NJ D., Sanitary Inspectors, upon the
nanufac cure of cigars In tenements The inspections
were made separately and there no comparison OF
results uet after each Inspector had committed MS rc
port to writing. or all the complicated ques-
tIons that have arisen lately In regard 10
workers in tobacco the only one that has
been submitted to the inspectors is the comparative
state OF health Of those who work in their own homes
and those who work shops and the comparative sani-
ary conditions under which they respectively labor
The principal points observed IN the inquiries we're air.
light ventilation food, cleanliness. and material emana-
TONS Air. that is the space for each individual In
the work-room In the workroom Of Lichenstein Bros
at No 2es Bowery measuring 9oK33xio feet there are
employed 100 persons, giving each fraction over 81
cubic feet OF space. In the factory Of D. Levy Co..
at No. 90 Bowery the work measures 9ox23I4 feet
occupied by IS persons, which gives fraction
under sos cubic feet Of air space WanRler Hahns
factory Nos. 400 and 292 Bowery. measures eaxs612
feet gives feet for each person. These are fair
samples OF the size OF the average tobacco workrooms,
and the number OF occupants. In the tenemens. the
number Of persons engaged IN cigarmakng In each
room are few. One inspector visited 66 families taken
ut randeyn and other 148 The group Of Go families
consisted Of 2ls persons, including children giving an
average of about 81 persons to O room. or suite OF
rooms The workroom which is generally the sitting
room kitchen and dningroom OF the family. measures
usually 15x16xs feet, giving air space OF 5o cubic
feet to each person. OF 90 cent than
the largest factory The group Of 14s families In
cluded b77 persops average VI 80 100 persons to
room The dimensions Of these workrooms were about
lsx4xs feet giving 4s9 cubic feet Of air space to each
person. an average OF 81 cent than that OF the
spacious factory Tnese figures do not rep
the full advantages regards air space OF the
tene the factories for In the estimates not
only workers have included in the tenemens but
also the children. all making up the family.
In regard to light both the workers In tenements and
factories have an abundance. Ventilation be &C.
cured In both classes OF shops by doors and WIN
dows When these closed, in cold weather the air
becomes more rapidly vitated the factories than in
the Z t,nements The tenement workers havs some ad
yantages in regard to food especially In their facilities
ments we're far IN of the factories. There is
less odOr less litter upon the Oor, ana FAR greater ev
dence OF care ana pride In the condition Of the apart
mens in the tenemeus. Thus IN these cardinal points
nothing be urged against tho manufacture OF to-
The shopworkers labor from a. until p. m, with
short recess for meals; but IN the enemelts eelg as
they choose The compensation OF the factory WORKER
but Sy employing every member OF the famils old
enough work. many earn money who would otDerwlse
be idle and the aggregate Is greatly Increased
enabling the purchase Of many comforts not wthn
reach OF the factory worker Children TOO young 10 DC
trusted from home and the disabled rheumatic Old per-
sons inste d OF Depicting add 20 the family income
Tue Inspectors state positively tnat 10 ther OPINION,
tho honie labor under quite as good sanitary
conditions the factory workers.
The question is asked what are the enecm upon the
nonworkers the children and infants, OF exposure 10
the emaDatOns of tObaccOf Ia answer TO this the In
spectors say their inquiries have shown that the
children aud infants In tenements where tobacco
Is being manufactured are quite as healthy ana as te
prODe TO disease AS the children reared ia other tene-
ments where is not manufactured The odor OF
tobacco much less pungent III the teuemens than
factories.