The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-30
Every Preparation for a Dreadful
Summer Epidemic.
WHITEWASH NOT A BlSIYFECTANT.
The Police Surgeons on the Salu-
brity or Stinks.

There Is no perceptible abatement OF the
nuisance on the Harlem hats, which SHOWS the
wonderful efficiency 81 the police and tue health
oncers. the evil grows worse win each warm
day and all the chloride Or lime ana dead OH IN
Cnristsndom viii not correct the harm done.
There Is some satisfaction IN knowing, however,
that tie Health ara Police departments have been
compelled 10 take onlcial cognlzance q this out
rage perpetr2ted hy a set OF unscrupulous con-
tractors upon large portion Of this citys IN
haoItants AS Kind OF peace Offering TO the In
dignant pubic Il Is true the Police Board have
met ana resolved to dlslnlect the garbage which
they stiu permit be used for nIing IN these
marshes In order 10 accomplish this the Board
or Police Commissioners have transferred the sum
or IS, 900 rom their uneXDendcd balance or appro-
priation to the Health Department, and the latter
intend TO furnish BARRE q lime and ten barrels
or dead OIL for each scow load q garbage. WITH
tnis wholly inadequate supply 81 disintcctants II IS
Impossible for the Board Of Health TO accomplish
anything. Indeed IL Is very plain that success is
not the object or the Board; for r Il was the Com
missioners ana their suoordInaies would make an
intelligent Effort bring It about
JUST r. TIME TO BE TOO LATE.
1t is very well to lock the stable door, but the
horse Is stolen, aud mad tenth or the trouble
been taken to prevent the mischief that Is now
proposed in the attempted remedy all would have
Deem well. Ihe action Of Qlslnlectanl on decay
ing or contagion- charged matter is 70 arrest the
process or fermentation IN the ana TO Kill the
germs Of disease the otter. Unless the body
can be acted on directly BY the dlsiniectans the
process or putrelacson Is not checked, are the
disease sporul.s destroyed. How, then, can the
Board or Health hope to remedy the evils arising
from their neglect II tue past BY disiniectiug
(even II they succeed IN doing sol future supplies
0fgarnage
CABBAGE FILLING ALWAYS DASGERoUa
II Is dlncult 10 understand how a Board or
Commissioners charges win the important trust
or the health or tie CITY or New Y0rE, siutify
themselves int position that 4 50 clearly IN
bage or nlhns these hats was gross violation
or the sanitary laws Or New YORK. and that Dogn
The Police COMMISSIONERS, whO sold tue stun and
the contracssfs, VINO boukht ana used u, ate
liable ~ severe ehalties. let they cOmpiacentlY
tell the puonc tnat tney VIII Tor the fuiure see
mat thls ion mlxrure = dslnfectes before being
used. DlstnfccaOn may remove TIE DANGER o.
contagon non an Ola mattress, bit tt cannot
preyenl the generatiOR o. poisonous Gas BY the
putrei8ction OF tae material Itself. lake new
mown nay, TeSa rom the meadows o. DutcLes3
county, and dump n tainted into these n4ts and
IN due course Or zine me nay viii become -
fruitful 4 source ~ sease As the dirty Dut d4sin
fecte1 straw Sedclng rom Baxter street
ORGANIC MATTER ~ Any ErND
must be cestroted Or Chemically chan Eed before u
ceases 70 he a scarce 81 danger. Ire suggestion
O. Uurn the Earaage Is good one, but tie cost Or
erecting .crematilg Iurn4cesn Will probably pre-
vent It's adoption. & IS lar better SEND tbis
garbage out 70 sea and dump Ii where Il can do
hundred fatnoms ~ sea water are unquesti0nable
aud superior 70 al otners WHEN the reach " ne
Police an1 Heslta boards.
pIsrSPRCrANrs UsELsss RI WIT GROUND.
The ime and sther oislniecting substances pro
pOset 10 Bs used are Intended 70 act on the garb-
age unth ever putrd particle y wholly DESTROYED,
and IN order 70 % tLls u Is necessary That time
and liberal u-e . the dsInfsctant should be COM
bined. Carriage sinpiy covered VITA disinlcc-
vii not be pur ned, ana stlt less will II re 50
n tie garbage II aumped into wet ground or
water, wnere me lime qalckly loses - dislnfcct-
M property Or u washed out n the nling.