, 1881-06-05
THE CInY-HALL.
Filth and Rottenness Brought to Light
by the Tenement-House
Inspectors.
Heavy Mortality for May, Largely
Due to Zy1notic Dis
eases.
The Vacation Of La Sale Street - Side
walk inspectors About to Aston
ish Themselves.
THE CITY-HALL.

UNPLEASANT HOMES.
The Tenement House INSPECTORS yesterday
reported the following defective premises: No.
3Q7 jefferson street, owned by Mr.. Hedge
WORTH of No. 80 West Polk street. and occu-
pied by eight families. consisting of thirty-hvc
persons. The house Is q two-story frame. anu
contains fifteen rooms, four families living on
each tloor The dr1lins are obstructed and poor
Mt best. The priyy Is full and filthy, and conse-
auently very offensive. Tho upper and rear
tenemcnts are oycrcrowdcd. and the walls arc
nasty and black while the plaster has fallen or
in several places. There arc, to add to the hide
ousness of the premises, heaps Of ashes, anu
piles Of reeking, rottng garbage and NTH IN tne
yard and shed. Water from the drains flow un-
der the house. Inspector >McCortnacx reports
these premises us exceedingly unhealthy to
live in.
No. S6 Waller street. tTo~storT and base
,ncnt brick. of which Barnes s. Parish, No. Is!
In SHlle street, are the agents. Five families OF
twenty four persons. live in twelve rooms Inc
drainage is very bad, and the sewer Is obstruct-
ed. while tho catch-basia is filthy. The base
mcnt ,s in bad sanitary condition, with sewage
under the floor to the depth Ut perhaps hFe
inches. The catch- basin also overfiows, and the
ropf leaks, cuusipg discolored and strcaky walls
from roof to basement, the front OF the latter
being used us u suloon and the rear as living
rONu1. ~, .. . -, w.
C. j. Hull, No. GIL Blue Island avenue. The
house is two-story frame, consisting ol twenty
two rooms. occupied by seven families, nuMncr-
Ing 1e E m 1s repa HE
is poor aud the prlvy vaults dctestably hlthy:-
much So, in tact as to have oeGGme pno1ac oor
The walls are black and broken, whlle plies OF
roltit,g garbage ornament the yard
Nos III and 9 Csnalp1prt 81 ps = aa3 for Sjc
Raird l. Bradley No. 90 La Sale street, are the
agents, while a man named Polkey Is supposed
lqoH ana di1er occuped W anes
Of twenty eight persons. There Is IS an upward
currcut in The sewer pipe Of No. III, the drain
@ bnsin fuli and overflowlng with sinking hltt,
while the scwer-p pipe is open ana exposed wnere
It discharges its contents into tue M
Tho Jnenector nniycly renMrk3: - a child dlea
in this house from diphtherla the present week.
| Nc wonder! There is q DANGEROUS piece Oh D,
sidewalk here, also the railing IS OF. ana tnete fr' IL
no guard to prevent pass1u8 Peueo'AA Aano HUN
NJ ri; Jefferson street, owned By man
named John Sullivan e'np;orea ~, u, Inc ,, sev
os"sss Nc IS Barber street, owned By man 4,, named
two-story frame, p BY 50 feet, containing SIX
teen rooms, und occupied by nine 1amti.cs OK
thirty-onc persons in all! The PRIV vanl5s are are
icticieent in ventilation, and the tenenl:nts are
in generally dc1noru1ized condition. tue YIN. n
dows broken and everything sadly in need OF
c'eHuIs Ia Wesr incksou street, owned by Tim
| Mnh0ny a two-story and basement lfame, ~ oy
Is feet, and occupied oy sx 1au1cs ~ ~ t5;. IL
fuifand offensive, aud lalge PIE PIE ot rot.ns
muuure embelishes the yard: LIN MmnonMs5 W.. ~
| also owns No. 15l. which is p'cc'sc'S 44Ao No'
14: "ttn"V ,H' Nanehton Street, owned by Caroline
chop oeeupicd BY tow fam1es
',,asd eons,nsd ans nrfyy vaults full and offensive: