New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-26
PLAGUE SPOTS IN THE CITY.

WORKS OF THE EAST SIDE on 1HE HEALTH OF
THIS CITY-oPINIoNs OF THE HEALTH OFFICERS
WHAT PHYSICIANS SAY ABOUT THESE PLACES.
There are certain neighborhoods in this city which
seem TO be centres of disease. There are places
where epidemIcs appear first and where they rage
with the greatest violence. They seem to be the
home of zymotc and contagious diseases. From
these districts the earliest reports ofdphtheTa
typhoid fever. scarlet fever and smallpox, aud
within these limits occur the greatest numbers Of
deaths. Il would seem as II baneful shadow
hung constantly over these parts OF the
city. Maps in the Health Department mark
ing the places where different diseases have pre-
vailed show omnous red aud blue spots thiekly
dottiug the blocks in these quarters. These nuica
tons are so clustered together that glance Shows
the Capitalization Of disease. For different dis ases
wear alter year, these maps tell the same story
From them therefore the extent Of these Geighoor-
hoods can be learned.
The quarters where disease runs riot most freely
the plague spots of the city-are three IN number
These NAV be roughly outlined as follows: On the
East Side from about Tairty-ilth to Sixtietl-3is
east Of Third-aye; on the West Side, between
tie same streets west of Ninthave and tie
crowded tenement house district lying between
Grand-st. and Tompkus Square, east % IAi0-
ave Sanitary maps show larger number OF cases
of ZYmotic an contagious diseases III these districts
than in any Others IN the city of similar size. Inc
reports OF typhoid fever ara d'phthera ior the iasI
three months confirm this showing. AT he present
time disease Is especially prevalent IN the Weston
district. The diseases bret and fostered within
ticse limits Green out and are disseminated
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lA-OuSd '"c wy A'i 0 ~
Of these quarters there must uo reasons
q lesa ora cad tO bn I'm addition to filthy streets
I"TNo arc 'N''' ~ VS. - .Io ',,,',ta. 80,
r." "'''''"' ~ a.,
oL'iTcudcunE and fat-tiyipg ESTABLISHMENTS on lh'
Est and Yves, sides above Thirty GfIh-st., and hs
,.t l. ... ,f .i, NON ,,.,,,rlot ,o, l,at ,vpe,,
Of'nd's' an" IohPA'hS @4"'.e'
With the first OF the districts this article has to
1eal
5000 ~
I4' iNNl SIDE
II REGARD 20 the ch-rcudcung works on the East
g IT,. sanitary SUPERINTENDENT SAID II a TRrB-
N'0e' ''o sunday ',"''.' - -,
t>E reporter recently a. 'i's7 '''' '.0
fl il watched and Thoroughly lnspe icd' VI COURSE
= fi;,s wore NOT dom. the owners and ,orl:nen would
r -, ,,.,it,..t e,,iterv insnacfor
c~',N '"o "'~'s0''' - -, 80
makes round once "ee@ ana an Inspector Is
PROMPTLY sent whenever complaints reach U.s."
-. C,r,,,i,t ar. so,o.tu,.s sent in about smells,
oro 81 e,- moi - he was asked.
"Yrs. butit ia difficult for people 10 describe
smells and q. v.av> hard to fix them"
III, Won know whether any depreciation IN real
,..oto has teop caused b,, fhc.a bad odors ~
" / DO NOT know OF any. aud II Is NOT a suglct
VIII Whlch n1ye a,N lrI,a Nv aro tbero in tbe
ci.v
" F,rty-fyc ard they are dlftr buted along pom
toe last ana vest = l3 a"3Ne lHlI1 l,,'-s, VI
TIE lust Size mqst oi te SiduE' i-"''-v9 ~
lected NJ Nr'h foit ,lllil M ~ 80 ~, -,
c"St o. Ll;r'I1"nV, ~ f,r sIreTaj slanGhtcr-
shups' e"yH ,o',A ,oesiied r. do thr tr[ing.ont
HOUSES u'S ~ .t a. bo,,sns ,so,ij hacor,s
Ne'l qii.Chiiit 49, ",,, Wv
az nv 80 - If the CITY were here uDrolleS
-, me- fable The eases of dphtucria and TYPHOID
f,sr rep,Itrd for October and y ovember were in
U.V & on,,n@rof',.ol clear even taking INTO
w -, ia ii,,.s ~ business blocks in iiroad-
COns'"VI13 -, S;~tmot Rt~rrn Thrfv.Gfth and
~ az " east IF Ibir.-ave the dots were
'7'NNt','I'idd aLort .biclIv o,d from FDrtictb Ia
r.,.rr,l.fi.sts il, the Immediate neighborb0Od OF
tLr sl.n,htrr hou,es and rendering works these
oiniuols spots appeared in almost every block,
.ru,et,I,o. nearly coyeliDgit.
H., van fr,ce any connection between the prey-
aleuce OF these diseases here and the offalrendcr
no > askcd rho reuorter
nus Nm y, hataver reolied tLe Sanitary Superip
tende1t Il have studied tins subject for wears
az ~, a., Lt anns5r prnoerIv watched Ihrv iiava
80 L"d effecr
,rrrprxr op,>-,ove
,,;, oss,-o,,ce - ot variance With the v;ews Of
Tins assurance 10 aI N"I'"uO' WIN 'i'e N's"S VI
many OF the most prominent physicians of tie city.
In the recent report made by the Committee on
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Hygiene 10 the N'u'c"i "o0'c'H VI ''o NouHN Oh
New-YOTk. Ofll-rendcrlug shops and factories
,,vipg ott no1;ons smoke and smells were strongly
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cohuohHe' d. I"y"''''' ~ ''C 'I''' H".'' -
move was maze 10 luo''ct inc h'"Iu Vi lleal'n
{" proceed against such places as puOhc nusanecs.
The statistics OF dscasf RON t ms e5terh quarter
-, aud S,xt,tLits east Of Ibird-ave there were re-
norted in September i've cases of typhoid fever in
October seven OF typhoid fever ana tuIty-sX OF
4!phtheIia aiu III n"' 90 ;theri m soma ny I
srS II Is considered that there is Immediate dan
ger of an epidemic Of diphtheria arising and sweep
IN
ncie ~ tos y, the i.t oiGbt vcars when theTe
have been many cases of disease. Ike smallpox or
scarlet fever, ana an epidemic mas beel feared
DlNIui"G tne Guy II'' ~! VI "a -, III ,I'