The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-10
SANITARY AFFAIRS.
IxPoRr4Ar MEETING or THE BOARD on
HEALTH YxsrERDAr-nEMovz THE sLAuoH-


IxPoRrAT MEETING OF THE BOARD or
HEALTH REMOVE THE sLAUoH-
TER HOUSES.
At tho Board OF Hcalih's weekly meeting yesterday
hearing was given TO committee representing the
| owners OF stables in New York. who laid before IL
their views 10 tho bost method OF removing stable
mannro from the city According % their investiga-
tions Il appears that there no. 900 horses in New
York and yield OF 500 Of stable manure dly.
To remove the 200 horses and carts and a capital
or $500 900 required The topography OF the city
makes It's transportation a fertilizer almos, entirely
by water the only exception being the county West
chester The present system Of removal, which has
been in operation for years. is that OF cartng direct
from the stables TO the vessels which carry away
when prevented by storms or Ice to deposit IL from
some dumping ground until IL could be removed nom
the city. The principal objection TO this system Is the
dumping for storage within the city limits during
portion Of the year, which is unavoidable Another
plan highly recommended is that known ''baling,"
which Is the COMPRISING OF manure II reduces the
Cost of transportation and divcsts II OF many OF its
disagrecable features The committee urged the Board
to give both plans years trial. and to apart
place at tho foot OF Ninety street. East River,
dumping ground. Tho committee Charles
johnson. T. X. Butler, President Sixth Avenue Rail
road Jesse A. Marshall Madison Avenue Line; :. /.
Phillips President Third Avenue Railroad VIM Ebbctt
and Robert wets. Tho entire matter was referred to
the standing committee for report ut future meeting
Tho Sanitary Inspector submitted a report the
sanitary condition Mill Brook, between l3sth and
l0ath Streets which shows that is the receptacle be-
tween those points OF two and OF the refuse or
several browercs He recommended that the brew
cries be compelled TO havo tight cesspoos and
also that the brook be dsinfccted.
A communication received from tho Department
OF Buildings, IN answer recent resolution OF tho
Board stating that arrangements had been made with
the Tammany Society TO construct outside iron
stairway nom the auditorium Of tho crmania Theatre
| TO tho ground on the north side Of the building.
| A communication from the Board Of Charities and
Correction, also In resolution, stated
| that arrangements in progress to build gate
\ IN the Tombs, leading into Leonard street
/ ~ SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
y Tho following report from the Sanitary Supsrlntcnd-
tho subjects OF slaughter houses and the proper
to DO taken abatc the nuisanccs incidental
4 to them. was received and referred to the Sanitary
4 Committee. He said -
1 In giving briel summary OF the nature and sani-
tary requirements Of this necessary and very impor
been repeatedly said previous occasions, there being
connected with the business, no matter how well u
may 90 conducted certain unpleasant features which
render II necessary that these establishments be
Gated as remote as possible from human dwellings and
important
Fortiesh and Forty-scventh streets in the vicinity OF
4 Tenth avenue where most Of tho slaughter houses
tho wost side OF the city are located, however well
adapted TO the business Il may have been
twenty years ago. has now become The scat
i OF large population whose health and nappi-
ness largely depend the breathing pure atmos-
pncre. Within tho area including the north side OF
Fortieth street. near renth avenue, the side OF
Tenth avenue between Forticth Forty streets
and the south side OF Forty rst street. for short dis
lance OF said avenue, there eleven slaughter
houses many OF them contiguous one 10 the other
n lpsQ mr. I'D
with animal iucf and animal hth and notwithstand
ing tho constant Efforts Of the propretors to cleanse
by flushing, and liberal use OF whitewash, II Is i'm
possible 10 disguise tho rocking 0dor OF prtrid nnma
matter constantly arising from these sodden premises.
1 struct,on, have wood floors, and or less
standing wood work. which nrc daily absorbing
animal matter, aud n,c permanently mpregnatcd
! with bloody water anu fluids draining from animal
ofal and liquid manure. Tho yards, though daily CT
oi the time nhy with manure, ola and blood Tho
pavcments become after short time uneven, the de-
pressed portions sording odgment for pieces OF ofa
and manure, and tho surface drainage being inter
ruptcd by the uneven condition OF tho pavemen mt
bloody water and the drainage from manure and DIAL
collect pools tho surface OF the yards in tho
narrow spaces between the paving stones In addition
10 this the fences manure boxes and rear walls OF the
tered with blood and semi liquid manure, which. dry
ing, leave these structures covered with adherent
masses Of this alshy mixture, rendering them
both unsiyhty aud offensive. These esab-
iishmcnts all front on p~blic streets, and
many Of them directly opposite tenement
daily exposed 10 tho many annoynnces inseparably
connected with this business 10 say nothing Of the de-
moralzing effect the Strengthening OF animals has upon
tho rising generation, many OF whom daily and
witnesses TO these operations II seems that the
De taken by the Beard toward regulating aud bringing
! under more immediate control this business Of
Code provides .ha. after july /, 1915 the business
shall DO conducted in aDators nj or near tho waters
edge, and SEQ no reason Why the slaughter houses
above mentioned should be exempted II ON this pro-
vision; and In accordance with tncso views | have
made my Recommendation. The principal slaughter
houses on the east side OF the city arc located In
the district extending from Forty-lhird street
~ Forty-seventh street. east, Of First avenue
/ Some Of these well constructed and with
some alterations and improvements may be made TO
meet ali necessary requirements; others, though well
constructed are badly located being in close proximity
to tenement houses, whilo Others both location
and construction wholly unit for the purposes to
which they are devoted Taken as whole, VIC find
AMONG them the same objections which characterized
| those the west SIDE We lind here the inuy
4 paycments aud fences covered with nth; the same
tat, and the neglect IN caring promptly Tor the
ofai and IL may bc added, that facilities
for catching the blood In many OF these places
adequate have recon all VI the slaughter
houses the side OF the city Objectionable either
from construction ., location be closed and that Tho
others DO SO altered aud improved as TO
meet tho requirements Of the ordinance about
/, 10 take effect In order 20 meet the
sanitary requirements necessary 10 the interests OF
public hygionc and to the avoidance az pubic annoy
ancc, the business Of Strengthening shouli DO conoen
tratcd as much as possible conducted within build
ings constructed for tho purpose ANA the most a
proved plans. They should be remote from human
dwelIngr and exposed 10 Wow from the public
streets Tue necessity these restrictions Is obvious
that Tho public be spared the annoyance arising
from tho oncnxIve odors connected with the business,
the noise confined there tho disgust.
ing sights Intending the capture and slaughter Of the
animals They should he AZ near the waters edge,
that tho public sewers may not be dchcd with nhy
washines and refuse and that the dangerous practice Of
driving cattle through the public may be avoided
! tho ANIMALS beng landed from boats near the
places OF Strengthening Tho yards should be perfectly
graded and paved with Belgian pavement, the spaces
between tho stones being nlcd with asphaltum,
| as The ordinary mortar cement soon
washed away by the frequent nushirgs of the yard.
Tho floors OF tho building should be OF alb
sorbing material to afford relief from the offensive
oors peculiar slaughter houses and prevent
urat,on OF tho underneath, which often occurs
/ from wooden, leaky floors. Good facilities should 1 Q
afforded for saving and Utilizing tho blood order that