New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-28
INVESTIGATIONS BIZ NEDICAL MEN.

INVESTIGATIONS BT MHDl'A ~ MEN.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE oS HYGIENE OF The
MrDrcAL SOCIETY Of -YoEA-wAY SICK
NESS ABDCNDs.
The Committee on Hygiene Of the Medical
Society OF New York has made long report to that So
clety upon the sanitary condition Of New YORK CITY In
his the committeeman state that the sanitary
nsueeon of the city IS very detective that although
tine police are patrolng oVeryWh,re. and tire s,fee.-
cleaning department is under the control Of the police,
dirty streets and cutters abound. AsHes, garbage,
sweepings from stores and houses are found IN
many streets in Large Quantities unnotcei and unreouked
by the police. Even II it be difficult TO select the Of
Tenders in the tenement house Districts the com
uittee enough fences OF the kind usually tracea'
bic 10 houses aud stores with singe occupants, which
could he easily reported and punished The system oil
removal Of that small portlO OF street dirt ashes and
garbage which Is collected and cartef away BY tha
street Cleaning Department, IS declared worthy OF tht
nrimtve axe when Sew-IOrk VILLAGE, and totally
inefficient expensive ami wastefu, and probably th,
worst that could be devised. Responsible persons or
In Isand have OF red TO take II 900 even 1i00d
tons OF this refuse DC used in fertzng and other
in Jersey City have offered TO take equally large quintt
ties for the purpose Of filing low lands. The report
then continues:
This coud better be done in the winter time because
would carry II are le-- burdeEed with ordinary trfo
II IS safe TO that II thrse large quantities. ol
sti enough filth would b. let in the CITY TO tax the ca
pacry OF the Ilipuuan fleet OF tlgs aud scows %nicn
now aticruut % carry whole OF ID our 10 sea Even
the small quantity that Is taken out ot the city In hd
way, however does great deal Of nlschet ~ spoll
| tne waters OF oar docks and harOor, and
| niures the property on staten C"ney, aud
Long Islands The Bosom Method Oh 0I Searng @ VIII VII.
collected separately, sunler ana winter ana llsposeu
~ - a oron 10 the ci5y il Respectfully called the
9tenfi1o of our authorities ami .l.O plan for a Bu-
reau Of street Cleaning Tor thc a. " NcWlork' pro-
| pared by Professor G. +. Chandler
| 1.rtr4 ana d
sewers an greatly Increases lie quantity OF viru-
isnt .eV,r and ,Onous ~. It carried into the
nocks where lt has 70 be moved, &c arge expense,
by dredging Also after Il hai "mpueh Itself into the
docks the tide often force. and
tile dock water gus, mrreS lated with this additional
! filth, is forced INTO or us =.
Tie medical oiceis II th Health Boald are known "a
YOUR committee. Almost al OF tltn. by name rephta
ron or personal Y and there are ,mp not enough Oh
them 20 out the nnlsnces oi 80 rfe city lney
are also uoory paid Your cOmnittec believes tbat u
less clerical work were done IN ne heaIh psr'n.nt
could afford have more inspectors anu To pay tne ~
better salaries Tuey ar now So IL" III NUMBER tnat
they eau ey attend to the cCmpidins mar are
made them much sss seek out ndi'aHces ara 'neir
| causes and that they ale aDat-c
| BAD oDORS FROM PLACES N THE CITY,
| Among tie most important complaints wh.ch were
brought before your committee "as he Large amount o
very clear ard positive evidence Of exec Ingy oeusvt
odors from the central portion Of tho west and also the
East SIDE OF the city, which do not al come from Hun
ter. Point Thls Is especially the IN the vicinity o
the great sauglt, rhouses where are sahered most
the works for utilzuE the refuse and fl from them
sucu aaatie-curlng. tai ogrtnlrrnG. DoatDOihg ant
ork. Siere oal l., manufactured into Fertilizers. Th
,us,ter houses thcmselyes are not especially oojec
,iouone but these adiuncts to them are highly 10
Nost of the work at latter places done night
WREN he sanitary inspector necessarily "A duty. for
| TeuuiatIon can afford 10 work Oota hight an,
| day Tor TIE sum Of $1,000 year
| rhe smells from these NOrks up from the neigh
Dornond Of the East and S'rth Rivers far Madison
ave- Ffth-aNc. AID SiNiLaNe.. o. me gieat INJURY
health ana property. The question arises "hethrr'
these uUisances cannot be aDftcl 10y -cicntlnc ras
the iuterestof the public htath a. We !e does mol te
| uurc tler removal from Manhattan Island entirely
several members Ol the cOmiu. tco hANc VISITED ths -
p!gces and found just cause or coml amt Ihe clty
.eII uIItrp and thcky populi itcI their vicinity
aud The health OF the neigLbOrhOCd u fr greater taaL
the property interests OF the owners oi such PAGES
| THE CRoTON WATER,
| AItnough the Croton wat,r is generally reasonably
| ,.oa and ia stin further improved wne passing iron
tho aoue,turt by exposure the and aud b.
,,tp IN our great reservoirs. st sOmc port II II
dr,,vn from n,arous ground ana ~ more less con
auated pY fallen leaves aud % her vegstabe matter
aud alan by DRAMA ge from manurvd e. houses. barns
,,honses and still more objectionable buildings. IL
vol for everyone [, trr his Crlou wafer. ar boil
h.fore u,e rhe OLD reservoir F1rur,hst. and Fifth
ove would make q tptal Gue-lu, yacc for the Wate
of ANAL portion Of the city al rast. Prove whcihc
IL Is desirable provide htcrins beds fIr the Who'll
Your committee points with p elsufr 20 the improves
condition he Fourth AVcnue tunn !. hu ilit sweey
ing ot II Is stu unsatisfactory 'Gd aSo 1i "w.,l
rrs should Increase from ioui B." sA ar eebt AIS
n - 10 be- hoped that sewage water wlu nn longer
us,d TO mix the whtewash used fog The waits.
1uE hLgyArED EoAls.
MANI ylaias aro sdl made 81. regard to The nois
and ,moke and other arsla. from the elevate