, 1881-02-13
A Lesson from Which De VOLTS
Department Should
Profit.
Horrible Piles Of Disgusting Garbage
in the West Division.
Inspection Of a Brick Block on West
Van Buren Street.
What "The Tribune" Commissioned
Discovered Yesterday.

| that tho Hnnrr1 nf Health WA9 crnnte1 for tn
avowe1 n,,roosa ~ W. 10 nn,c haa,th
~ puIpose W preserving .ae puoac a1nI.u h,.'.u
ana als,o, nos WITH any view OF doing those thing
ou ssar 70 IT, 4,tn aone tba
ought mt ~ he dnne h'it MI, norartha,asa "a done
"s o ~. 20 oe aone' ou. neset.neless ls ao ,.
public may correctly understand it, it is the one
] repreheusible uct Of the Health Department
wherein they permit, yea, even authorize. thei,
toopcet.sc scaF ehgefs ~ Jump eaa'e tespect1!
loads of Kitchen garbage into the public high
ways for tho avowed purpose OF raising them to
an a],cood grade
By whit authority the Health nepartment
presurnes to thus commit n public nuisance,
ana ono ~ s,,cn ,no~n1t,,da tco onnonger1ny
the ,f..as ~ , a,,+1sa n,,,et,o, ~ +s,,. ,n,i+7
ing pcstllence and death,-an act that is punish
able by the virtue Of the Departments own
powcr,-1s a mystery. It tis an incxp1icabc act
tnat Will bother them rs one OF tho scSerM de-
partments of the Municipal Government of this
sho,,t1 w. ,,+t.,,.d ,o t tha h,,r,a+hosis
snou4o oe aeeeu'pteo upon any oener nypolnes's
'han upon tnat OF poutsca' economy ano
for the Health Dennrtment to atten7nt
n a. 49, ,,cn,1 no1ar,,.,,,, - ~.
n,oxa p.,s,,. d." W. w p..ensAs ,,.e ,,nsn ~
putrescb1e filth for tho purpose Of filling in the
thorouvhfares now below prado. il certanlv a
linn ~ ,ror,- tho aoto1,s 81 rhtet, os ca-r,ed
ous new Ioulo nase osls1aaseu ~ ene' ot'.1n y
"uy oue ~ snaln1'ns ~ posscss any uestee VI sunl~
tary aatelliRence. snch an net bears upon the
face Of it either one OF three things: either
sheer sheer ignorance, total depravity, or an utter
NI1. ~ 60 s"'. ~ t.sIna AuA "a. ,' .e
.o,s NUS nstonpt ~ IMPROVE 1ocal eanltauon'
TEN OF cleaning TN the garbage. would be nm
act nositfyctv rctrnprcsstve foe r. would nr,c-
ttc,,[v he n rcrurn ~ tha o,d ,,r,r,tt,,-a 41or
Such procedure would lack force; 1t would
appear, and reasonably 30 too. TINT the kitchen
wastes 40 not SO readily undergo decomposition
when distributed upon the broad boulevard, in
tho hot, hrofltug sun, us they do when henped up
in the barrow back alley ia the delieiously
e1o shade; tnat the ssenches arising
not so oto re n f ond natuTe 1T are
whe m a % fons
door as they are when admitted Ut the rear.
AS A QUESTION OF FACT.
unv location uard ma .1umntn, crro,na for
sc hennsc thn tn1 enoais SIy ls, nra T. on5ecI3n
fnr ~ raj s,h-ao1nnr ,ane,voutit
5ecome nbsotuteiy iii nnraro,1s ~ f,f1mnr liza nos
But here is Something to the point; Something
That each member Of the Health Department. |
Judging from their labor, should rend; it might !
&c that they would IN after years profit BY it. !
In tho village of Montcair, n. j., q wealthy |
sneh esery aevee eould m
eience suggest for the promotion Of tho health
y t14o iuultIts was nuopteu. Inc location was
lpon nall-siue, 'noout ta0 Teet above the sea-
eFel; the ground dry und sloplug toward
10 east: THO house exposed On nil sides to
ne direct rays OF the sun; the cetlar dry. |
ne PLUMBING IN the house WIS con-
ned u the Kitchen, the laundry, the |
room. ana one bedroom on tho second !
WE. GsSts isGGGS-ppe WIS Trapped ana every |
rap ventilated. The soil-pipc extended nboyo
ae roo1; The cess-pool was thoroughly veuti-
etcd. Nearly every room in the house had its |
eparate Vent!nttng-shaft- For warming the
o9se was PROVIDED fuFnace the popularity OF
men was that II presented large rAdtating |
lrtace, so as NOT to oVerhear tho air. To stin
1rtner guaro against
TIE EVILS OF ovERHEATED AIR
,fs radfartnr surface ,vas co,arad WITH n o,a+ |
tr tr ci.y ana inr7a tcatar'Ga,, ,"e m.'n % " euat
fe hot-nir rh1ml,er. r. f,irr;ah ~ r'hItu 1e -. -
1nmber with Trash and mira air :, oa11 - ~ a!l |
rs constr,,efed which nnnnad a. 80 !.f ~ w
Ia rrouud outside of tia hnnsa 4 canan+ai ~ I
t was constrnctej iptn vhich sroe +hrna ~ |
fuse froIu the xitchnn onJ +ha s.a,t sno
he household cnnsfstrd ~ fhir+ann o%anute' %
RS seven admits und air nhftJraa ~ |
usually hcuithy. The father and n1ntha.. orii ~ s
q si1 children slept IN bet]ronn,s wnrma,i 10
o heated uIr from thn fnrDuce Eorir - ~ ~
u1ber tho contents OF tha rnynsnrf+ woSn s
~ ~ 10 W e'' ~ grouho 10 the :
iii Of warm and moist. tlays occurred ,l,.riro |
Itch prevnii,,,r wrstariv Wits vt un!ing
'ensiyelv odorous field townri, rha h" g. ms
lti-nir box Of mhfcf1 onnnef IN " fnua.,s ~ | t
1uucr to suck in and t1isfrihntn tnro,rhn, t
use the disensa-lnflen nir En,1r ch;Hn a eus | Y