The sun., 1878-02-19
sCtkLEr FETER .tND BiD SEW4GE.
= sugge-,i.n from Firm OF Architects for
the su,h"ritcs OF sSrookiyn.

Scarlet fever killed four children in the
luxurious home ~ a resident ~ Brooklyn. last
week the same scoura," carried ufl the beautiful
Toy ~ q lituuklyn saNau' last week within n
rudius of half "A mile of Brooklyn heights arl #
fever and diphfhrria ARE raging. an when the
,hici OF On" Board oi HATH = urged tceNamine
hou-"-. trap clo~-ts ana drains. he cAchs,ns
with SPAR In his voice. am doing NO best.
Ny men arr ovrrwcrkcd. Your case shall bc
attended to very soon"
Brooklyn Heights are known throughout the
lnnl ~ the choice part- Of choice eity. l. the
drainage. sewage. and plumbing Of that section
h. def tent. dangerous and deadly " iat must
~" the cuuu ulilun 81 tn" l'-s favored part oi thr
cityY Ia sumr of the best bdilt houses of Brook
lvn the entire Sch"mo ~ puumh NJ L. drtrl-
mental g. the health ot the r,sid 'nls. In one
instance, from the cellar To- the top npor the
INSPECT pronounced n "A disease breeder OF Ia"
ioul'-i degree. and "Npr'--ri no surprise That
rv"ry Inmate complained of hrHdarnr. Hor"
throat. and dy-pepsla. On" great trouble. aside
from N" outrageous ~ ludling on "a" part Oi
IN" plumbers in years now gone. appears to bo
the prgnni de composition thnt ttk,- rln'e in
thr drains and pil,c-. OF course. in the present
Every conduit Will become moro or loss cont.d
l,y nGh"sion- Of u drcomposablr naturr. In
thu waste plpeS OF wash drains fpul smells arc
gen"rnird. la the pipes from kitchen sinks
and ciOsrs IN" posSibilit ties OF odOr and disease
ar" startling. In all of these organic 'ronpO-
siton takes pln'' 10 n greater or less extent and
very olt"n serious and fatal results attend It's
prrgft
Every few days the streets of BROOKLYN are
cursed with odors. and many OF the finest r"--
den" IN the city are rendered uncomfortable
b'cuus" ~ night a sck-nlng smell p"rNhdrs tho
entire house. According To- the hesi Authoritics.
thls Is chargcable to the general sewers into
which naturally How all t.. itn and refuse OF
the hom-. tn" stable. the IA tory and IN" store.
Their Is rarely anything tu prevent the gas -.
necessarily formed 10y the decomposition of tho
material from forcing their WAY into the dwell
ms ON either side Of the street Street traps
nrr very luir"gu"nt and house traps nrr oi no
\ avail The utmost care an 4 caution Ol the indi-
Nldual nous" holder arc Ut slight avail. ami "a"
! death roll IN r.. as mere ami elsewhere. tells the
| story ot municipal neglect
In this dir"tiou con-lierable int"r"st hhs
/ been excited 10y letter written To Mr.. W ingatr
| hy a SD nj firm oi architects. IN whlrh thry
tax" the ground TINT the city should take on anu
| To riirt TINS they suggest iron srntilatn ~
tuhrs supplied with burning gas Jets, the siiuliS
! e. BE- located at the head or on the line Of th'
main sewers IN different parts oi tue city. They
| iurtnrr say that:
IT, estimated cost for csch SHAFT would he about s7r
! a.. ipurtren thrm sinsn
! Tns :, ,lrm rouh cr,a. do~nward current m th'
house nj aii un"s and uuicr All circumstance
atmospheric caugc- wuu atct Nh" per rct work
ns ui the -uA or ia O.hcr words, wuhd create cur
Or burn up the mos, offensive or Organic ingredient
| m thr
tho plumbing nu" IN ue IN the many h"s", ~ ~. tty
ani save lNiuil rNpeu> "ra rnhlic need Snolld an
-ysi.m thc- would be- uu pos iuht the csc t'
o. sewcreH- IN lhr d"riiiix. b"c"u," u',rc w"uh b
in, urirnt i'm ~ the con>ii, ration OF tms que ,uui
vii MANY are como. rurd. aud whore rrcidrnt-
Nhinu. KIND, Ia ever 1lr- 80 "irh nr'ur II w'i AL.
thereby .naiauweIns %. grcabr >nc,cs. The ghun
Ani eaf the Jc- 'ou be- racrd ~ ,aaIse Of the r. q
lar !Amf-l Il. =, WI" ~ "hN uulN ""ud DC 10 see wa
tnyy krlt Cui-itntN burning