, 1879-08-03
SANITARY.
Another Batch OF Reports Of Vol
unteer inspectors.
The Condition Of Things Said to Be Steadily
Improving.

Health Department yesterday from the roluu
teer Inspectors of tenement-houses- The plar
has worked very we'll, and these places, in
which so many people are congrcgated. are now,
as rule, in very good sanitary condition. The
publicity given to the nests OF tiltb has had an
excellent effect, the owners or occupants taxing
Immediate steps in many instances to abate the
nuisances. The daily reports of the inspectors,
calling attention to Sewers privies, drains, etc,
| which needed immediate attention, have kept
/ the sanitary policemen On the jump, and they
| have done more in the last three weeks than IN
any other tvo previous months. Appended are
the reports:
/ THIRD WARD.
Says DR.. Emma CASTOR: - herewith sub
nit MY third weekly report OF the following
! sections of the Third Ward: State street, be-
| tween Twenty second and Thirty-sixth streets !;
| Dearborn street, between Sixteenth and Twen-
ty-secoud; Butterdeld, between Seventeenth
and Twenty-second. The general health Of
those In the tenemcnt-houses is very good.
cat No. SIT Dearborn street, se"er-gas col
! 1ects during the night in the lrainage-pipes OF
the siuks. Two children aud two adults in one
! family have been sick during the past week.
alld fear that .ilc CAUSE OF sickness was this gas.
| The landlord willingly consented to use disin-
| fcetauts freely during the coming week.
| ''Ihe garbage has been removed more fre-
] quent1y than usual from some houses. j.
II still find rubbish not offensive to health
In cutters, alleys und streets. I atm aware that
you have not direct supervision OF the depart
ncut tl,at should remove such nusances imme-
diately, but report to you in the hope that
such things, through your Influence, may be re-
moved"
After giving a list Of artc1es-o1d boots, thu
cans, etc.-she has seen, she dsks, 1s 1t strauge
that the current in the cutters is interruptedH'
while nlanY OF these things may not be
tuT l. III .nL-
s:agnant water or strewu promiscuousfy in
streets and alleys, they arc very unsightly.
should be very glad to find the recent ordinance
prohibiting the deposit Of such things in our
streets rigidiy in(orced."
SEVENTH WARD.
Says Dr. e.. Ross: " In my dstrict-Barber
street, from Hat5te1 to the river-there is an
Improvement IN the yards and ou1houscs, but
the street is not as clean as last week. The
bitches are in poor condition; the water viii not
run Off There arc but tWo sewers On the north
side Of the street from Jefferson to Cana1.''
Dr.. T. T. Shunaian SAYS: 81 nave completed
the inspection of the district assigned to me
some two weeks ago.
'On Polk street visited 90 tcuement-houses,
with 135 families; Forqucr street l9, With S.
families: Ewing street ~, with 139 families;
unu Gold street Ii, with 4G families.
"Ail are in good condition, with the exccp-
ton OF IL Forquer street, which is horrible.
Two families live on the first and second flats.
and there arc no doors. The people down
stairs arc filthy, and, the nejghbors 5ay, very
noisy. The yard is dirtr. The place is the
most aboninable in my district, and I would
recommend that it nc torn Town, as il Is a dis
grace to the community.
Il visited total number OF eighty eight
tenemcut-houses, With 355 families, and must
say that found them in better sanitary condi-
second time, anu found them Improved"
IL have visited" says Dr.. OdeIia Binn f'ten !
houses on MatNcr street containing forty fam- |
lies OF 1s5 persons. This street is neglected by
rurnins east half q block from Jefferson, in |
Guiding Nos 1O7 to 49, filled with miscellaneous !
rubbish, swiil, dead animals, and manure. On !
the Same side OF The street, further east, back |
OF the houses fronting on Clinton street, ia Il |
row OF priVes, which are poisonous and oifen-
sive Most OF them are connected with
the sewer. but the families living In the rear
rooms arc unsoeakably annoyed By The odor.
''Sos Ill and lib arc out of order generally.
The building is double, and has two priv.os..T .The
floor of tile QUO in the gard IS loose aud positive
ly unsafe, while the arrangements OF the one
upstairs are old, and tile atmosphere of the
rear rooms is nauseattnG from tue smell. Be-
sdts+ the privy ia too near the door and too ex-
posed for decency, there being forty-stx persons
III the two houses The entrances and base
Meuts arc full OF dirt and need cleaning. The |
OF No. Ill is filled up Tho walls OF
both need galciminm4.
1.-The sinks in the lower and upper halls Of
No. VI emit an intolerabie smell, especially at
night, tincturinE the whole house with It. 4
woman in tue upper front room is seriously i'll
with Inflammation OF the bowels. She is alone
with Two little children. 4 baby in No. 80 is
threatened with cholera-jafcntum. Not tour !
yards from the rear uuor Is IN odorous privy
though the yar1 Is clean.
AT LOT walked iuto the jaws OF lion ia
the shape OF Policeman. He refused to admit t
me or say word uatl l exhibited to him ]
evidence that had right to enter
man's house and ask questions"
FOURTEENTH WARD:
DR.. William 4. Cronilcr reports: tAt the
corner OF Marion place and Division street there
5 large pool Of water which ought to be filled
IL. could not find the owner OF the ground. !
''Ou Paulna street the people throw all the
garbage into tile street, but something must eat |
t up, for very little is left. The people claim
.lat no one comes to take it away. I requested |
them to save 1t.
s'No. 40t Paulinn street has small lake un-
Ter it. directed the owner to puL ia sewer
1t No. GS2 4 ditch has been dug for the water
70 run oil from a hydraut in the backward; but |
he water stands in the ditch, aud would b.
7cry dangerous had not all occupant Of the |
louse been keeping lime in the ditch most OF |
he time. directed that it be cleaned.
"Ihefe is very little sickness in my district at
he present tme.o
DR.. L. Cohen reports: i have found in my
district, where complaints have been made and
that in almost every Instance the
premises have been put in as good condition US
would allow. also found, after
eIlilly the occupants Of buildings not in g,lol