New-York tribune., 1879-11-26
BANKERS MYsTIFiED.
TIE HEALTH or NEW- YORK.
LECTURE BY PROFESS JR CHANDLER-DEFECTIvE
sEwERAGE--HOw THE STREETS SHOULD BE


LECTURE BY PROFESSOR HANDLER-DEFEcTIvE
sEwERAGE-now THE STREETS SHOULD BE
CLEANED.
Professor Charles F. Chandler, President Of
the Ncw-York Bosid of Health, delivered lecture In
the hall Of The Young Mems Christian Association upon
Public Health last evening. In the course OF MS re-
marks Professor Chandler said:
When all the general conditions OF healthy living are
fluff ed, the death rate should not exceed II IN looo
In NewYork to-day the rate is "a in LOCO For every
case OF death wcntye gt eases Of severe SEX
ness. There are cighyseyen persons connected win
the Board of Iealth Oi TINS cl;y, Dut OILY
onrfcep of thIs number are assigned To the work Of
Inspection. This city divided into fourteen districts
some of which ncude several wards wnicn these four
teen members of the Board Health have To look AFTER
The SIZE these districts Is much larger than II should
be- The number of complaints Is Increasing yeary. In
one year 5000 complaints were made Oy clt.-
zcns. each OF which required 10 be investigated d.
The number of inspections III shee year has pern
10000 OAC of the chief negects OF The 'Iens O MS
city that OF house drainage a large numb r r. OF pr,
vaie houses will be found IN the city Today III worse
condition than the tenrmentaoases one quarter o.
time. thS IN pus's CONDITION dctrn nsi to health The
OF this j. That the plumbing Is not ln iroper cOuOl-
tiOn, and scwcrgas ~ constantly invading me pest as
well as The poorest Of our houses Bad WORKMANSHIP Is
of this trouble. There are many pINatc
dwellings the city In which the sewers never carry on
all that thrown INTO them, hut because OF
poorly cemented pipes, deposits rom Tue sewers
remain in tine ground bencatn the houses. ana the
sewergas. scarcely detected by Its odoi enters cellars
and the hotair pipes ~ tutnaces ana Is nus scne
crouni and in the cellar where IL be examined nc
any time Especially should each joint OF the PIPE be
auge s the delay in the removal Ot the gar
base and dirt AMI refuse. This has never been
satisfactorily performed. The difficulty has been tue
want OF proper organization. No matter now much DIS
cissed the work suot satisfactory. Al present we nave
only ar irregular skirmshng fOrc0 Of strcetsweepers
only remedy Is To do away with the present sys'en
and have n well organized system Of disciplined meu,
like Fire and Police Departments The present up.
preparation nple for cleaning the city II We only iad
a proper system, There should be general Street
Cleaning Inspector, no should appoint 1000 street.
sweepers according to Ciy seryice rules These ,ncn
should uniformed and he Obliged to furnish iheir
own tools. The city should be DIVIDED INTO LOCO
districts, each to contain several blocks, ana each
sweeper sOud be held ponsbe for the cleanliness OF
the district under his care In regard to the removal of
the dirt and reus". there ought TO be similar System
There should be iifty seyentyve districts and as
many and drivers appointed To remove the dirt
day. Instead OF carrying this dirt and ieuse out
the bay IL could be- used much better advantage
by being deposited upon the neighbOrng low lands now
covered the tide The money spent in the present y
ten all thrown There improvements now MAX.
ing the Harlem River which would take all the dlrt
and ashes fgO the city for the next ten years.
improvements In regard To slaughtcrhOuscs were also
suggested by the ana the various plans for i'm
proved lately submitted 10 the Board
were shown oy the aid OF magic lantern. Ii was stated
that there at present $4,000 tenementhouses III the
city.