The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-08
Sycamore street. between. Seventh and
Eighth streets, takes the lead. -

Sycamore street. between. Seventh and
Eighth streets, takes the lead. ~
There is an increasing number Of other
ltenement honses in the city to which the
sanitary officers have been almost daily
called during the past winter, yet they are
smaller In size, and contain q fewer naal-
Der of occupants. A few OF the cases where
assistance was furnished are the following,
which are looked after by Officer Webb:
In small back room on the third floor
| of house oil dsopge street can be found an
fold woman ninety.eght years ut age, who
is confined 10 her he'd, and is unahie 10 do
anything towards supporting or even wait
ling upon herself. Her daughter, eighty
| years OF age, also an invalid, occupies
dirty couch in the same room, and is almost
as helpless as her mother, A granddaugb-
ter forty-eight years OF age, is the other oc-
cupant of the room, and besides waiting
upon her mother and grandmother does a
little washing, which is the only support
the family has besides what is received
frog, the city.
IN dark and damp room, many feet be-
low the ground, in tenement house On
Second street. sits an old woman tailpe-
rarily cripple, and an old man wha goes
about the streets as best I've can, lookins flr
a chance to earn ten or fifteen cents by MT
| ting load of coal into cellar With The
few cents occasionally earned in this way,
land with what the city furnishes them, the
aged pair continue TO live.
Near by is man who is out Of work and
is unable to find any; yet wife and Six
children are depending upon him for sup
port. Cases of this kind are among the mOst
painful there are, for the, reason That aid is
generally refused where there is an able
hn1 saI ahf ha Af .,u 10,
that the various charitable agencjesare sup
porting widows who are only SUCH in name
When the officer makes his call, the Bus-
band keeps out of sight, and the wife, by
gathering her children about her and soi),a-
times some OF the neighbors children,
makes out good case for herself and sire
Ills reported as good subject fop charity.
Near the river on Broadway, after ascending
several fights OF rickety stairs, there can be
found an invalid woman who once belonged
TO rich family in Kentucky, bat is now
supported by the city. Her fathers home
was destroyed during the war, and she came
to this city and opened a fashionable board
ing-house on Fourth streeh Soon, how
ever, she was taken sick. her hoaraers left
Der and the landlord sold the last article Of
her furniture to pay the rent. .
A small dilapidated dwelling on Sixth
street Hill, lDcallty nOteu lof dWeIHnSS
of this sort, is the home of a widow and her
four small children. During the day the
woman gathers rags from tile dumps, and
at night with her few cents buys bread for
the supper of her family, and is dependent
upon the city for the rest of her support.
THE CITY INFIRMARY.
As a general rule the poor people have.
dread of the City Infrnary, and 1t is only
occasionally that one of them can be per-
suaded to 20 ont to that institution. II is
only in extreme cases that they are COM
peeled to go, and since the rules for admis.
sion are strict, the number OF inmates Is
not large. During the year 1876 there were
only 9S admitted. During the year 1877
there were 173 and about the same last
year. AT the close of the year 1873 there
we're in all SIC inmates in the Intirmary.