New-York tribune., 1879-08-30
INSPECTION OF TENEMENTS.
THE WORK ADVANCING UPTOWN.

THE WORK ADVANCING UPTOWN.
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THUS FAR-"HAI
III Is EXPECTED TO DO.
The assistant sanitary inspectors engaged
In work among the enementhouses made Their regular
weekly report to the Board Of Health yesterday The
nupbe- Of houses inspected during the week was s64
which was an average of nearly nfty for each man.
One or two inspected eighty in this time.
Tho total OF houses visited since the inspection
began weeks Is between ve and six thousand
As the inspectors accustomed tue work. they do
il much more raOidy; bus In the hgherclass blOcks,
where the tenemeAts few in number and scattered
the distance be covered and the necessity of
tanning by actual visitation which houses tenemeus,
delay the work When the upper part OF tie city Is
reached. where the tenements similar in pan much
time will be saved that is consumed in measuring
yards and drawing plans Most OF the downtown
houses have been converted from private dwellings,
and there is great diversity of size and shape. The
Board Health therefore anticipate larger results from
the second months work, beginning. and conf
dent Of finishing the entire 25,OC0 houses within the
three months which the funds at their disposal will
They have at work thirynine assistant sanitary
inspectors who visit the ten emcnts two detailed
for Office work wcntyeght policemen and fifteen regu-
inspectors each OF whom has constant cnarge Of
given district Ali complaints whether from citizens or
inspectors referred these latter nvest
gated and remedied.
Nearly ATTY complaints OF serious nuisances were
made by the inspectors yesterday j. NJ. Oakford re-
ported No 81 South Fifthave. TO he occupied by Italian
raSpickers negroes The former pick odt the
from the that laden with refuse to be dumped
and bring them home TO dry in the yard Of their
dwelling, where they hang On lines all the inclos
There heap of garbage nearly three feet high
the yard Police officers visit the house frequently TO
make arrests for various offences but the nuisance
mains untouched. Seven Italians were found in
For both houses. front and there but
closet open iron sink under she'd DR.. Z. F. Miles
reported at No. Ezabeth-st. closet directly under
sleeping the first hoor which is So foul as to
drive the tenants. At No 161 East Twcntysecond
st. Inspected by Dr. E. s. Warner butcher shop occu
pics ground floor from which the water drains into
the cellar and poluJes the alr OF the neghbOrhood No
154 stauton-st, reported by Michael s. Kelley shelters
twelve cats, eight dogs and large number of chickens,
and this and adjacent houses there but two
Closets built the ground with vaults dug beneath
them and covered with shed. At No. 160 Stantonst.
there cellar, waste-pipe, yenatIugpipe for
the Closets the yard is foul and the tenants dirty
At No Clinton-st, the closet Is built the sewer,
and is very offensive The sewer trap leaks into the
cellar where the water soaks into the scraps OF leather
left there by former tenant producing horrible com
binnton of smells.
L. c. Koch c. E., reported that all the bed rooms on
the ground floor at Nos. 172 and ia Mulberry-st
go damp that they could not be used for sleeping pur
poses ~ all At No $50 BrOOmest none of the closets
~ in ordcr and are exceedingly foul as is the cellar
alaa - al the side Is strewn with garbage No.
o. Rldge-st. va reported by Dr. Ii. NJ. Silver. In q
suite of ihtee ms lives family of two adults and
FIVE children. io middle room is used pigeon
cage contsinis carly twenty pigeons, which deprive
S & % los tho csaP p0r pSG 0S
one SIDE uuGr barDer.shOp Is wet and Shiny and on
Inc other Side which butcher, the water stands
IN pools 49, deep, and IL covered with "a greenish
M no los ,e-st Is filed with musty old butter
tnl an8 usrr from grocery above, ana is very
damp ara uF At No. 90 Rdgest. the drain from the
cess sog IA gutS is stopped mp aud the waste water
nom thc hy u dOcs not run or In the has dng are
...1a- tlrlg "A AM
p0sihs a.. i. B Macintosh, Q. T., reported nui-
sance at No ~ Cheuy-sL The closets so foul that
fhC tnants i use them az ALL and In consequence
m house h-s become unfit for residence, The
ceilings iing 90 the great peril OF the tenants At
No 2s2 ca. ,yst, TO abate the nuisance Of the Odor
sroa thu c ets the tenants allow CrOtOn water to
"a. ts.3 r. Z having broken the hydTant TO obtain 1t.
BE- Jauts sssistant sanitary superintendent said to
IHguUSg porter tba the complaints preferred by the
new. psser + we're generally justined by the subse-
ouent eSs- ,atUn Of the regular Inspector and that
fhs Boari. q been enabled 20 remove large number
nl siiarl l nusances. Many of them however, could
,,ng be ts plfafiy stopped for the neglect that had
arst este them continued among & the tenants He
Gro rdny eSs eyi Is stu common, although not
~ g,0ssli I'M 1899, when the Board of Health made
ds'sri.ans warfare upou tenementhouse abuses. But
fs ces, at that time preventing the occupation Of
eeirs fa pnt all the cellar population above ground,
vbseh f4s ted la OvcrcrOwdiug This Is a very hard
slG Sfrt lain the owners Of which have walked into
ee a. d lhe Board Of Health anu paid fine after hue.
uf tt Immediately convert the cellar into store,
ma l,o, sT Introduce beds, and finally use the place
ss bi"ft unung the risk OF visit from The inspector,
h,srr i,be purpOsee 20 which they devote these &C
es,s.p4 the nfteen regular inspectors cover
-s--.- from the Battery to Honkers, there is some
from detection often for long time Dr. James
sali hirer that the Board had not vet fairly taken
mold Of the tenements 10 the extent proposed There
Wer 40 many other things constantly demanding nme
nte attention that it difficult 10 start the work
with All the vgOr that woult characterize the treat
ment it when well under way. Ii Is expected TO &C
compsh satisfactory results under the new law
j. X COln, OF No 345 West Iwenty-eghtstu
wealthy real estate owner. put under 1000 bail
for trial ia the EOrkVIe Police Court yesterday on
charge OF violating ordinance of the Board Of Health
III was alleged by Dr. Bryant that the premises No. 25S
seventh-aye., which belong TO Mr.. Cohn, were In
shamefuly filthy condition.