New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-04
WORK OF THE HEALTH BOARD.
PRESIDENT CHANDLER's REVIEW OF ITS METHODS
AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS To THE CHARGES


IN THE INDICTMENT.
A special meeting of the Medical Society of
the County of New.York held last evening to hear
Professor Chandler President of the Board of Health,
explain the sanitary affairs OF the city" Professor
Chandler said. by way Of preface find myself
IN unusual position. / am indicted and am about TO
he tried by jury of y fellow citizens. felt. when
suggested TO by friends that should appear
before the society that it would difficult for TO
decide just what it would he proper to say"
After skelchiug briefly the organization Of the Health
Board, he continued:
"CiYl Service Reform has been always practised In
this board. No man is ever removed merely TO make
roOm6or some favOre. This is reason, presume,
why so many people stand ready to criticize us The
condition of the tenement houses is good the style
Of construction viii allow Bad plumbing all over the
city the great evil after the crowdng in the
lower part OF the city. The board, however has per
feet remedy for is, and citizen need suffer from
sewer gas. The system Of plumbing approved by the
board is exhibited at the department scayenging Is
now almost perfect
81 hcsitaeJ continued the lecturer to sneak about
offensive trades for the reasons that have mentioned
Yet may spfey be stated that they almost
tial 70 a ctys welfare. but must be care
fully watched lest they become nnlsnnSSes.
and those that very unpleasant Those which are
only disagrceable TO well persons, might kl GONZALES
cents. The first bad OdOr remember was from gas
our suggestions To the manufacturers were readily
Ecarlv 10000 cattle and over Ole million sheep were
slaughtered in NewYoik last year II IS necessary that
this meat should come TO US hesb. u the slaughter
houses are driven cut OF the city greater IN
conviences than those we now experience wh re
Jackson s. Schultz and ms associates fought
them down. Finally the owners were told u
would be unmOlestod. They did There are
now about hity saughter.houses IN the city.
three large wellapapOihted establishments. The
butchers acquiesced. Manhattan Market was con-
hot fHl uNN4 IN IA
world Another was begun at Fifty-ninth--t.,
the North River. Butchers on the East side had not
vet taken any steps but would have done Suddenly
aospiia united With Tie Panst Fathers with AN Epls
associa on and defeated the scheme. AT length, the
Legislature voted 70 leave the matter in the hands
public opinion and capital and the butchers finally
would not sustain The scheme had 10 be given up.
'Thc next best thing 90 remedy the evil best
we might A dozen SO houses on each side
erected in improved plans The fifty now
in the city are carefully watched and are
IN good condition. Closely connected with this - the
utilizing OF blood and DIAL such material Is now dried
before the animal Is cold At fret imroriect appar-
proycmcnts and secured them. All nusances. there
fore. arising from such places have been done away
TIE CHARGES N THE INDICTMENT.
Notwithstanding all this" President Chandler
tnued. " the Board Of Health has been indicted for
allowing two nusances which had stopped just rs
they became nusances Il has been objected that what
shall say will uncover the which we must argue be-
fore Jury But do not care about that These are
the facts. A number Of years ago We had a hard
fight with the owners OF tho Algonquin. They refused
10 use the apparatus suggested, and dehed us.
The boat would come TO the dock. take on
the material push out into the stream and do It's work
there Finally. We hitched on 70 the boat tug and
Length we were Victorious and the managers accepted
the suaion-andithe machinery OF which we approved
i'm maj tho blood Il dried in vacuum 70 fac powder.
There can DO Odor because the moment the leak &C
cess No OdOr escape, therefore, while
tho blood Is drying. aud ancr u dried
eIano IL would not be noticed hfy feet away. No
man goiug into the noighborhood OF the boat would
he annoyed unless be went there with the
Assurance that no would smell smell, hold
iDg his nose In readiness. IGen ne might no
M of the fat IL does not cause half The nuisance that
wou be- occasioned by carrying the bones and oal out
u "i1 lsz8 there was tho American Rendering Com
pany which boiled into soapgrease dead AMI
iook away their contract and gave II 10
others They numbered the now contractors IN
every way and only got nd OF thcm unay by drag
eng thcif establishment 20 the Jersey nata
"0n the East side Is another establishment. that Of
Rafferty, a Williams, for which we are also indicted.
In 1876 they put IN new machinery aud since then
we have had no evidence that a nuisance existed
there Nor has any such evidence been presented In TIE
case the Algonquin We have had an Inspector elo-e
by It for over a month, under orders, ne
noticed a smell, day or night, 70 trace "
out He has found nothing. Another man was stationed
on the side, with similar results Every atreider
iug establishment now has the new machinery. IL u
better that the material should be disposed OF IN this
way i'm the city than that 10 should be carted away.
II causes less Odor The only smell nom which New
York suffers comes from across the river rom Long
Islapd II il sludge acid, and nothing else"
Professor Chandler then narrated tue efforts OF the
Commissioners % suppress the Hunters Point
nuisance and told OF their attempts to get leg
isIatlye assistance. All bills defeated,
ohiey by the Brooklyn officials and the Brooklyn Board
OF Health In speaking Of the work AT Albany during
The past Winter, the speaker said:
When recently we thought we could 10 something
al Albany phletwas issued ~ this city saying that
Tie nusanges which NewiOrk suffered we're within
her own limits. That killed our bill"
Professor Chandler concluded by giving many stalls
tics going 10 prove beyond doubt he said, that the
beaih OF New-YOrk City continually Improving.
even with a wicked Board Of Health.