New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-02
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES INSPECTION
FIRST DAYS WORK or THE FORTY NEW IN
sPECTORs.

FIRST DAYS WORK OF THE FORTY NEW IN
sPECTORs
The new tenement-house inspectors, recently
appointed by the Board OF Health to report the condl-
ton OF al the tenementhouses In the city, began their
tour Of Inspection yesterday These inspectors were ap
pointed under tne Tenemcnt-house Act as amended by
the Legislature June 16 1879 According TO this act
the Board OF Health given the privilege to make GER
tain alterations tine tenementhOuses aud compel the
owners TO conform with every sp cfcaiOn in the act
Whenever the Sanitary Superintendent shall report 70
the Board that any tenemenhOuse or room Is so over
that than COO cubic feet Of air Is afforded
each occupant the Board may issue an order requT
ing the number Of occupants reduced that the
inmates shall have the required air space An excess IN
the number of occupants shall De reduced 10 the
standard within days after the service OF an order
uLOu the owner lessee occupant agent Of such hui d
ing or room. II more Than ten families are found
to reside 10 any tenement-h0use in which the
owner does not live, the Board may compel
jauitor TO be appointed. The Board Of
Health must also that in every house each habtab"
room SHALL be less than eight feet IN height; hat
every such room shall have least window con
Meeting with the external air. or over the d0ora ven
tlator OF perfect construction communicating with
room which a connection vita the external ar, ana
so arranged as produce cr0sscurreut OF air Every
room ofn less area than 100 superficial feet II does
not communicate directly with the external ar shal be
provided with special Of ventilation by separate
alr-shat extending 10 the roof Each sleepingroon
shall have at least one window having opening OF at
least twelve square feet and admitting light and air
directly from the public street or yard Any persons
violating any provision OF the act VIII be name 10 pay
peua ~ Of $40 day, 10 be sued Tor by the board OF
Health The money when recovered VIII become part
OF the enemrnthOuse fund. In every proceeding tue
owner viii be the first person lianr to pay the geHu
against The owner lessee or occupant as either sha De
| The forty new inspectors appeared nj the Health
Office yesterday morning TO begin thelr WORK 1heS
were all new TO business Each was prov ded With
a badge. tape measure ayarG cane, anu OoOA 81, ~
which there were hiy printed questions, ue
answers 10 "u!cn hus9 DI ~ vcS,ordsv wa
! that portion of the Seventeenth Ward bounded ny
HOustOnSt FOuTte feminist, SccOuddVe. ana Ayrhue-b
Each Inspector was gwen seeuoh u nOuSOS io @
within four reefs. He required 10 make per
! sOual examination Of every house I'D the district; TO
write the answers OPP sire the qu,sliol,s 20 , MI H.
number each mouse visited, when II was punt thc
owners name, the agents name, low many stories Hig,
the number OF families upon tach noI' "a. nuI'J' ~
adults and children the number OF INSIDE ROOMS now
they were ventilated and lighted, the general sanitary
to the closets anG SINKS, the condition Of TIE son ana
similar information. All the facts thus obtained are 10
he aced large lcdgars kept by the Board OF Health
on when regular account with the mouse VIII De Kept
The Board proposes TO that every enement-houoe
change that made in the houses VIII De recorded In
the ledgers. Every VOCATION and punishment Will also
be recorded aud fun history 81 the mouse VIII be htlt
TRIBUNE reporters made tour with sewers TIE III
speciors The first inspector was assgned ~ sect On
| Ayenue-A. The details about each house are 80
! many that this inspector only hushA three
houses, working continuously from 10 " m q
4 u. ID. In the house No. lab East Fourth .,
mere were two families on .ch floor Wen lbc first
floor was reached the knock d.and ai's long
time was admitted lie asked ais lOug list % questions
and began measuring the rooms. THIS sds1e pan was
followed when each room visited. with some
OF the families it required long cxpanaOns 70 make tine
object OF MS VISIT understood Where some Of the iai-
] lies were washing about beginning meal they
showed IA determined opposition 10 tie inspector re-
naming in the room long enongA to 1nd al thc neces-
sarv information In No l43 E&s FOurth-si each moor
was divided into apartment, Tor two families In me
centre OF the floor four dark bedrooms Two occ
pied by each family. The only ventilation or hight Is
from the adj q ing The people themselves com
planned OF IT, and remarked IL Is like sleeping In
an oven to Sccupy one OF those rooms az
night" There were only fourteen children iii the
! house. half of whom claimed by one fam
! ly. In some OF the houses the number OF children
| was much larger. Several houses were visited at
! Fourth-st and Avenue-A which were found To have
dofro,i"e lila ton and IN some the odCr rom dc
sinks was uHbearabe. Dirty aud unaired bedcloting
piled high IN dark bedrooms and gave forth rank
SMELL DIZZY water filed the sinks. The closets IN the
yards were inspected the only ventilation from them
was by simple tube winch drove the smell TO the rooms
of the families living IN the OF the houses. As a
rule the inspectors found the houses good sanitary
condition Tire greatest of complaint lack OF
| ventilation III the middle bedrooms.