, 1881-09-25
CITY SANITATION.
i Lot OF Horribly Filthy Tenement
Houses.

4 Lot OF Horribly Filthy .Ienement-
Houses.
The weekly report of the cTcnement-House
Inspectors for tho past week shows that III
houses, continuing g. +1s6 rooms, occupied oS 81
families, consisting of 3..07 persons, were en-
unined. There were 81 notices served and ..
auatemeuts made, among which WAS the re-
pairing Of 1G defective drums; eight Iefective1s
plutnbcd dwellings were remcd1ed anu traps
put in. There we're - pr1oyvts it and nia' Ike
number OF sewer connections we're we're 'Inue: na,h.
Nine houses were caciHlinc'1; tnrec uNnJ
nre1nises uud two vaults repaired anu properly
Ventilated Mr, Willium Fl. Genung, the chlet
Inspector. says that tho work goes OH q'i''e
satisfactorily. ,.,.u, ,;,-
The following defective premises "cie oto
covered:
The Sherman block, hctwccn Indiana ana
MicnSan avenues ,l nno III nirtsss II shcrman a brck
tenement of tifty-two rooms, in which ivc sew
cnty persons. Tho plumbing WORK ~ ne,sctasn Nv,
ami Ir.inuxe bad, while the WHtcr-closets arc
t.hckcd up, The cellar Is dump anu the walls
dlrty. 1t is Il nest where diphthoria and other
sickness prevails ceo ., ,,.,a n.
Guiding Gnu Indiana avenue: row oi s irane i,
sh.nties. continuing tntIty-hve rooms % aI,a IN
winch i've nifty persons. -ert rnG @ md nne Sink
hole is expected to supply scve!ll hnnsss ,,ai u
uriyy-vull1S are full aud offensive ana the !,c".
a:;enuntc. The Inspector says: 'Thcre Is IL lot
OF rotten, dflupidAtcd relief shnnt'es, s,oa. gu
fronting alleys on .tl stiles. There Is no water
s,lDply In most of the dwellings The roofs ar;
lrnktng there arr. no ralu-conttcting pipes. Ano
~ arlaEc manure. and other nasty fi!1h heatreW3
3he ,,t.;unbnrbvod To this hnrriulc state Of al
fairs which is common is'ilslnGc' 1'ay y.
u,ltIci Il rnw OF overrunn!ng prve5.,, =. snes.
street. This place is Il duplication 1t INC atnye. t'
NJ IN tho same street. same owncr. same ia'i-
nrs. Nos us and III lntHna att,lte- NOS T. >,
IL T. and II fourteenth st1fet M "fo of n, NJ
mother, and generally unfit for human haolt't-
ton. .,,,,e~ tn,,. c+,+a e+rner
l. H. Stcarns, agent; Il brick tentucnt VI
fortv ruu1ns, containing hfty-ciEht persons,
The plumbing work is pour anu drnnge naa'
The t,rivfcs full and without st"er ,, ~
stnrnunt water In the hnsemcnts to turn'sh III
nnljtnitesl amount Of malaria lnr the tenants
Yn. ls]:,, and including l:l9. state strcet;;
privies full and offensive, poor plusnbtn2' ano
hy yasus Sta.tc a: Street o,yned by John McAllts
ter. Prtvy-v vault full and offensive, and no sew
or connections
~ FIFTH WARD.
| So an Tventy-fourth street, owned By John
! Sacherson, i tenement Of rwcnty-four roon15'
| ;nhahited by twenty persons. Tho piumoln
| work ia defective und the waste pipes uu-
| trapped. ......
FOURTEENTH WARD.
| w OFF West North avenue, owned by Jo-
! hanna Cunningham. fru1nc dwelling or L"etsc
rooms. Inhabited by seventeen persons. F'uino
| in.r and drainage are poor. Ihcfe i'rc no se"e.
connections, and the hlth runs ln'o tue Eutee4
| from an u1cr Drainage box ,,-..,
| NU3l kecnun street, owned by Mrs Efts!e ~.
sunday. brick house Of ten rooms occupieu "
Rer7ons ree'S hs 's rapuxe IS defec-
| rive and the local sanitary condition Is very
| uoor There is no sewer connecuon: ,.,,,.
No. 6ot Division street, o"neo W 1anA 1Ae'>s1