The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-27
NEW YORK'S DEATH TRAPS.
BrDDFNsTCK IRRFSTED on COMPLAINT
or a SANITARY INSPECTOR.
Fever. Lurking In the uand-omcst New York
Dwellings The Dinfcuities that the Health
boards Omcers Encounter In their Efforts
TO Eradicate the Evii-Thc " ork Going On.

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owing To some mlsuh"ersu'nu'hs 'n, Von,-
phlh"h u'u nov hppe"r' "nu "' D"""0"''0"
was almiueu TO nah IN VOW.
SANITARY inspector N'ahs Nnu'N' says 'n"'
Buddeusick erected, or caused tpn rrecteu'ue
hnhdihES NJ lVo ana l"% HIS' ri''y-secohu
street. intcnhod TO h' o''upl'i' "nu now hVu-
ally used ana 'upi'u ~ n"D''n 'ohS' "hi'h
iuli'nss are li"'' '.'"' "n ",,r' ''',e !" re-
sp'" t' th' seW'r"-e '"'r'"'' III wa, lronu 'l'
A'i''iiN' i'ihlhE "' va r,'" Pp' "il ",' ""r,"-
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N.7 fI7. "''' ' 81 "'. -.
'Hr iron waste pip'' Jrailns from 'he Nl''h'n
s.rL. aud wash tul,. VA said luil lfns- foul and
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7sui nts oi such buildings ANA tim ny reason
-f-u.Il Elective construction. -aid buildings or
,,..,... ,r, i, . condition lnr.-ol.,is md
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frNniiNHl 10 ll' ana u .'H' "it "' N''yH
.,, all ,i,,,.a ,t,,re.f,.r in f,r.s iu s,fd
.''i ~, ''' ,,, IL, ,n,rayen,i,n ~, .",tinn
'f'. anu 'sp'e'"'p III ''h'I"''"'''" "' 9'N'''H
IL II -iiI sanitary code.
r,. r.asnn the health authorities did not ap.
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gear VS. rs eNpi"lh'd pS ln-p' l't N'NlS ''Sl
syau.us that they were no. informed OF the A.
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since the beginning ot the mohth the lhspe'-
'or- nf the Board OF Health have examined
CON llf .
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A. rule. the repairs ptonoun''d necessary by
.hom hnye been made PROMPTLY 10y house
,,-,.rs lint II Inns ha.n found necessary to
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Dunlrel caaes and i'm some nnv instances
,,,, r..,i,,i,n,. - s,,.l .,-l.rs hn,., L,,n
"".' .'' VI 9"." '''','S nav. ".,n
,i-tiuai" the preliminary proceedings for suits
t,,. h.su taken A ,,rent dsal Of trouble is.
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encount'rcd IN dealing with owners OF tene-
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upon receipt Of an order. to hasten TO tho office
oil the Board oi Heal'h ana win an air oi MIN
cled surprise and injured innocence insist up
IN n rninsnection. and upon r.fnspaction no
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ms tre 10 o.. pr.seht al H. an hls nuns
".i,,.in ,bnir % nssertinns nreyi1nsiy mcde'
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ih i l"w arnirs oii.n hoye - h." IN" nv,
H ,"M Nv v','' n, ,ir I,r' - ~ iso 'u- & w.
.,.. D.. 'rtn5 to othnr ! m Tlti.s in the way
VI IN H. sii,r e,'', rf MI ,r,ot M ~" wv, W,
H. U' 'Sasn sn W ', ~, 80, .n ~
,, -,..n e. r'fti,, "v.,,t ,,a., rr. i,rs
WIN w. ~, n,'',.,u-, ,, ,r,, S.''' ~, H.
ri 'ymtt' n."i r,s'',, TMn"rs .rmnUV w.
,, "i,u NM i, M ~ ~ & H. H. iii iia' - ~ ~
s'lSnt a. an ani h,,xn} ,in u' ',I igsny re- re-
hrS w ur w. ,i'i eis my if I,,ulu l
rvn or TX vnarsnnl not ,,,i,i a I'linr ~ I'M
g. IKE, - ','' -. 81, ' ''' way .
''I w." ~ ~ y, ,i i,a la, b,,,
lrai tn H., lis,rii i,s,,o,rs 3a', i,tr Nv,
been s"nt to the ofi %" ~ th, hn1rd his month
gn s.t To- 70 , wa .No iu,s "'oTrim,
snkihg Ior eSSannatioeS S ,a OF 9i Iwrngst lhe i.e
II W. IT, ~, , r
., .an,. n,i III 'tn,rmuiih to h mn'.In uu,
~ rsoncc of "i,, ,t H Mo hi
n,,,, sts , III ,,,'l t ,,iueS siiv@ulV @
80, as ~ ,Ro ~ on - ,rh ~ s'' ,r riii
rlrip'd ~ ,uo foo, h,i, .' o,I "i,b ,,y ry
nv.r "r c"ver.d win nr "nnmhreIl," can n
s,len trarautions f"r vnntilati"n 81 tina nin.s
tav ~ Leen rIl 4, nj M l tc' ~, ~
.ienir trenn ~ ,ya,ar rnnir ir,o w.,
ran a. a suldcn rush of water throurh M
uml,,,' ated nine 1s likrlv to sVuhnn ON, ,li thn
,r1..r 90, ~ ira"e -, Il a IN. nnt ieava sr ~
vent t,r The sewer Gas mntii The trnps again
aaVin. wash lasins half III ed win water in 20
liz gas II the trap beneath Is cmpticd will
rsl.h ma thrnuph mo overflow holos in tho side
OF the basin
Tbie ~ nre-sun,oaing nf course tha, thar.
pra trons pWhiIa fhe Hcnes,v snJ disir,er'st
edue-s of plumbers canno, II course be- aues-
unn,-l il NAV be- hinted that il will he iy no
means safe to rely upon a plumber, Inspection
called to examine his own work his discovery
OF any defects in il is at least inprObable II he
is required to 60 over the work Of some other
tlumber, he may nnd nothing but defects
Reeentiy widow owning a house uu town
received notification from The health inspee-
tor 0f th' district that repairs would hav. to be
q plumber 10 500 what was necessary and his
- sinata of the repairing and repa ing abso-
lutaly required " was $500. Then she asked
ir ~ the snnitary engineer a precise statement
etwhat was demanded and. to her great rcicf
en'lr. inh. As a rule the repairs and changes
re,luirrd are slight.
Dr. Roberts, sanitary inspector OF the district
bounded hy Fourteenth and TOrticth stra,ts
sixth avenue and the East RIVER. made l19 in
sprrtionS of dwellings last week In about one
half Of them he found unyentated pipes but
owners N noarly all Instances profess willing
ness 20 comply with the regulations of the
fparl. There are a great many t"nemepts in
this district. particularly in the Eighteenth
Ward Last summer vigorous effort was
madr o. compel their owners 10 ventilate prop
ery the waste pipes in their buildings. and as
they then svinced an unwillingness TO comply
ptseen ng to understand the necessity for the
measure. over six hundred pcremptory orders
pat :. BE- sent out among them and In n num-
bs7 oi Gases enforced by law. Now. the new
e.SSs S l.hi are pu' up are gen 'rally made rlSht
o, o, nj AZ ~, thls ro@pr anl " gTratlr numner
imn7 1,, arr III s'eoh"-cl'ss hat houses ana
lINW.'. W uWr.ihes' -, ..-.,.
4, l, !. nsl nor nr uhd"istnon thal tne inyestlGa-
in.pe''er- i,i ere confined 70 the ycntIla'lon q
hpt VIZ rohl,o .'.'h9 lI' ,,"n-luf htlnla pl
,,.lS ,ie nn7t lmporlhner, ana u Wpuhl possibly
bf'"rn b,d. Mnny nous"hn.drrs u tncy ,wele toil
arr in i.'nay neg ouiner1 . iteIqsmty
s,nyr ..'9 Sot ~ trna. WIZ" ns" II VIZ
nr,h -ii ~ H. " ,i,,b n, 49,, ivco, W. W. W.
ing,.,n avenue. ,, 'rii,rd nv,r,eHtwo ~ tLsH,
fat h.'.l .r. i,,t d,y.ii ,,.,r,,
All o,fi' tl iy w " i,i,i ~ s,.,,r ,yi,i :, "a ,,
ea,y.r In No str'.t T., az. ~ 49, i 80 ~
tlr.. eii ,irr ~ ~ ,y.ii II ,, ,t,. ,i,,, w.
sinut,n"+,v ,~cH ~ '"s s,",l,
f-,-r wii,L 1ni,,tiy aH.r,, " di,h,i.r'in,
flrri ma t,. l., - 49,. - .i'[''..',.i