New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-12
TIE HEALTH or METZ YORK..

TENEMENT HOUSE PROBLEMS DISCUSSED by TIE
pt-p1 H. HEALTH ACCOMMODATING STATISTICS
FOR 1879.
The New-Yorl Public Health Association
met last evening In Municipal Hail. No 81 Mad'onaye
with Professor Chandler In the chair Among the Others
rcsent were Dr. Janeway aud James. OF the Board Of
Health. Coond W p. Prentiss. the Rev. Dr. h. T. Rog
ers Professor TrowDridge. DrS W. A. EWING ana q ~
Lockwood aud James Gallptin
The election OF officers for Tho ensuing year resulted
q, the choice Of Professor Chandler for president
Colonel " r. Prentiss. vccpresidcnt, e. T. LOCKWOOD
secreiary and W. a. Ewing. treasurer series OF
potes and valuable suggestions upon the problem OF tene
mont house building read by James Galatin' who
has devoted mach time 20 the subject during The past
wear lie said IN part
The nolfs desire To discuss those needed to Sc
cure the hes. results one trouble with the plans
brought ont last year was that atch,iec's uu no,
understand how poor people nave TO nvI, "t1 h o
them won't yentilate their rooms went lnto mouse
i'm tho sixteenth WArd the other day. and FOUND woman
VINO had mover heard Of opening window In cola
the great things 10 secure are isolation or
iu c, of nose aud a chance for docency. Light
aud air are expensive In this cry AR IN coIu
y"at6er ma. 10 be heated and the poor pay twice ~
much for coal buying by the bucket, as tho rch DO,
so q ey avoid ventilation 10 keep warm. new OK ~
Ind gu wrong As long and narrow there Ought 70
give fewer northern exposures. Inc eultnk "a INV
srrets Ia moi "A wise remedy IL would cost murh they
would be narrow and IN the Tuturc might be nests Tor
CRIME building Ia hollow square has many dlSadv
tnoes n cuts Of all ciicuntlon through ne DioCh'
English system OF shallow nOuscs u"h : "o O"'' WV
here land ~ 80 expensive a. an I'm
Tbe nnesfiou of shafts In tenemcnthouscs IL hn ln
norfant one Tney drawback 10 th9 lHo; 4 GU
he family and dangerous M nres q p sipneHre built
tcnement-housc costs $4,000, rlN-'lotf ool ~ u, 49,,
~ GOOD manner be put up foi 81 OoVi u w" iu
"a n nor cent your investment lno - ~ ,r
.sbJch MIR White Of BROOKLYN, VINO IL WI au'h"iip, ,
recEous for service. repairs and other e1 tI
~. On ,uount of ~ 900 rental l. TINS IA dlVlutu
,., riV teen families Il makes ~ % "A month"; WHICH
a mechanic ought to be able To pay. , -. ,o
potessnr Chandler then SAID that In regard 10 tehe
- nnu.c reuurrmrnts during the year euOrts were
i f cnforce the law IN case, hut thore were
nu INGREDIENTS for guidance under the new lcheMSut
II,s law ana each had ia peculiar phase Ino
BOARD OF Health had 10 determine Iar az aPpc,n'"
DGether to allow the land 10 remain unycouPe.l,
i,s shap, could not be altered. or 10 dlio"
!" man 10 build the beat under the CT
,-,auces DIR. JhurwaY spoke OF the eulecl OF 7hA'tN
~ veutatiou. As TO mnteral. those llued WIN 'lh
, i,ster uavr most light. DR.. james Thought Dflch9
I',ter beng slfrr In fires, AMI THIS c0uhcr"aia"'c"
! hight. .,.,... ~, - ,t,,. ,g,s tbar renort ed
| I'm IN Or. Jaueway. who said he would ohit
49, tenement house condition, "a II mad been go
@ disc ID lie stated tha' the death rate last year
L. - jl2 an increase OF LOO over 1873 Whca lS
,ong ON llrep there WIS little excess. Inls trouble
| with me children was largely due 10 scarlet Iov-r,
,v1c RACED as nu epidemic last year iuefe were go
,ne es tbs than IN So rum a. Tn re was decrease
in dinhtneua There 4Oi FEVER deaf hs III january
Iaso Than m January 1879, and 92 less Ia February
There has becu less OF pneumonia, ohchl'T unu Sou
| sumption, l7J fewer deaths In 1850 iah IN lhe hr-
IWo months or 1879 ID. JaDcWay urged tho necessity
| We see sald ne that there IA now an epidemic o
s,sllnox In Philadelphia; there we've hVe deaths lhs
eek and TWO the elk before, aud sJme cases In MRs
| ingtOn. II may cr,e on mere