The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-04
CHANDELIERS DEFENCE.
What the Board Of Health
Did Not DO.
CAUSE OF THEIR FAILURE.
The Presidents Address to the County
Medical Society.

last evening addressed special moetns oil the Aedi-
CO. Society Of the County OF Now York. called
for tho purpose Of listening 20 mis- vcvs
on the "Saniiary Affairs Of The City" Tho
meeting was held in tho College Of Physicians
ana Surgeons, corner or Fourth avenue and
Twenty-lhird street. ana the attendance was quito
largo the hall being from two-thirds 70 quarters
6cd. One lady only was present. The object Of Dr..
ChAndlors lecture was TO show exactly what good
has been done BY tho Board OF Health OF
this city from The year IN which its career
began, and to do this the thoroughly he Gave
history in condensed form from the t'mo Il in
corporated in the year 1866. Tho audience owl
DENLY sympathetic, for all Of tho Speakers points
mot with warm reception, and his argument In de-
ience OF himself and the Board loudly aud longy
applauiod. His address occupied Two hours and
quarter In its delivery.
TUE ApDREss.
When it was suggested by my friends, DR.. Chandler
began, that should como here ana explain tho
dongs Of tho Board Of Heal thu fslt considerable
dslicacy under the peculiar circumstances OF tho
case, aud even nov that Am addressing yoa on
the subject l fol somo misgivings; tor. us
you know, l am about TO DO tried by a
Jury Of my fellow cti CONS. and Jon wore probn-
ably before cctured to by m indicted person,
will not say criminal, ana don't know how
ought to speak about matters which shall soou be
called upon present 10 conrt In legal form. As 1t
is, have prepared no elaborate speech, and
will have 70 give you merely IN. ny hastily
first OF ALL tho organization Of tho Board OF Health,
you must know that the city s indebted Tor that de-
partment to the iabors of number OF prominent Cit.
zcns, who IN 1885 formed committee and called to
their ara committee OF hygione. Tho latter iu turn
invoked tho OF about thrtyd physicians
who to act as sanitary inspectors Ike
q thorough Investigation Of tho sanitary condition OF
the CITY From their report puDi'shea thirteen years
haVA fnun ne n M hal
y condition as u could possibly be. metropolitan
health law was drawn up by Dorman B. Eaton aud
sont TO ban where almost mnediaeiy passed
BY tho Legislature The Metropolitan Health Board WAS
then noorf Grated with Jackson schultz at It's head,
WHICH was pronounced by Inc Law OF 1855 4 misdc-
meanoE The present system, which went into effect
10 May, 1873 founded upon That code The Board Of
city Of New York, and that accounts as much az
anything else for the opposition It has always ro-
cciysd. Tho officers mutually pledged themselves
never 10 create vacancy order to provide Tor
applicants and tho list Of applicants
for appointment tho names Of $50 ph scians. some Of
which have becn there for two three years.
rHE BOARD OF HEAArH cRIPPLED.
An outline was here gwen o. INC WORK wnicn Inc
tho most important branch Is the Bureau Of inspec-
ton, which has been greatly crippled ~ the
successive reductions Of tho .fuhds provided tor
sanitary work and no CONVERSION Of The sanitary
company OF police, Wondering Sky minor inspectors
Chandler said. were not worth 6iteen ocular 10.
spectors, and, though they gnlened the laoors OF
inc Sssps Tsas Year.
The Board Tor all purposes receives but $l0o, O0o
50 that the usefulness Of tho sanitary
uOlicc SQUAD was sufficient to warrant Its NAM
ienancc. The muitiiarious duties of The Board OF
Health described in detail and facts ana figures
without NUMBER cited confirmation OF the speakers
opinions The work OF the Board growing less ana
loss OF q compulsory character every year and beeom-
ing sradaaly q IN sass.sy ho.se rSns
ressn,ing capital OF S2oo0Oo,00o and having
representation IN the LEGISLATURE In 1870.
I'm sgI0 han IN
tho House OF Representa- but the Board out
victorious. The removal OF tho booths surrounding
ercnoe madc 10 q 100000 suit Tor damages against
the Board tho result of that action. The vital nsccs-
win great earnestness aud il was asserted that The
citizens oil Now York could afford 10 pay dozen
milk inspectors instead Of one. the present num-
Der. The consumers formerly were cheated OF
$40, 600 a day BY sdutorated milk, aud out OF
two days savings ihoy could easily pay Tor the SER
vices OF such . corps Of inspectors az would render
aduiterason or any other form OF swindline impos-
siblc. Time devoted TO discussion Of the sub
jects OF house drainage, sewerage and scavenger
WORK.
The means OF dsposug Of street sweepingx gar
bsRo and ashes next considered. 81 has bcou
founa,n SAID Dr. Chandler, stnat street sweepings
and ashes may be used for nug IN vacant lots within
bagc or accomplishing matter OF any sort All garbage
should be clrtod away and would oe gladly utilized
BY farmers rhs ashes and swespings might oe used
In the upper part OF the city known as the Harlem
fats There tho ground Ia SO low between the
avenues (which generally causeways. some times
rising Us much forty nity loot abovo the level
Of the lots that the wafer In many places stands for
eight ieei This soaking into the ashes and garbage
OF the causeways. decemposes the latter ana
makes the terrible stencil when = sucn
Of the city. Every possible method has boon re-
sorted to get these low grounds IN proper condi
ton: but owing 10 the limited supplies Of money the
Board unable 10 accomplish the work itself, which
II assumed voluntarily by condemning tho territory
MS liable TO breed a pcsticnce. Efforts are now
beng made TO induce tho land owners TO I'LL
IN their own grouDdan Passing 10 the subject
o. scsyergsr work ana me removai o. msns so,
tractor whosc duty Is 10 discharge the latter func
tions he believed 10 be- inspired BY rival contractors
anxious to secure hts overthrow pr Or 10 pressing
their own claims Three tour times similar charges
against him had proved utterly grounuicss, aud
there was doubtless no foundation VI Tuth In tho
THE WAR ON EvrL DOORS
In the courso OF his remarks, witch covered the
wnolo ground OF city sanitary work, DR.. Chandler
mad naturally much to say the subject OF bad odors
which has led to hrs own indictment He spoke nrst
Of the Efforts OF The Board Of Health 10 abate the
nuisance Of gas manufacturing within tho city
limits. II not long before success crowned
out Of seven offering serious resistance. IL argued
that the manufacture OF gas did not produce a bad
smell aud that u was Impossible Ior y NOT 20 produce
manufacture gas allowed them TO make as pad smoll
a. was known TO result IRON such manufacture. Tho
was given Of The war upon the siaush.
tor houses begun by jackson Schultz nj .
time when thcrc were noariy 200 slaughter houses,
great and small In the hoart OF the city, IRON whicn
The blood flowed ia streams down the CUTTERS 20 the
Now there are ouiy nity, and would have been
only lhroe had not besn tor body Of selfconsti
tuted sanitarians, many OF whom wore physicians
connected wish the Roosevelt Hospital, who raised
such opposition 20 the OF an immense
sbAtlor AZ tho loot OF Ninety ninth street, that tho
Legislature passed bill cnacting that no slaughter
house should be Ia any why nterfcred with and that
no sau shter house should ba allowed ~ the city OF
New York. II passed vote Of confidence In the
Board Health loft II TO carry outtbe provisions
OF its somewhat contradictory law.
The Board Of Health IL indicted, said DR.. Chandler
for permitting Two alleged nuisauccs 10 exist ncnr
this cityths Algonquin, vcssel where fresh blood
and fat are dried reduced TO powder at She loot
OF wost ThIrty-nintn street, and . similar fac
tory on tho cast side, near uno rivers cdge,
the iprmer, tue most serious war tho Board
Of Health ever had with any manufacturers was had
with the proprietors OF that vessel IN 1873 After
proraced struggle the proprieors were compelled Ia
Yield and made the alterations demanded Ny the
Board. rhs only odor now coming from tho vessel
10 one similar TO that Of guano. when does