, 1881-10-16
: :. : CITY II 'SANITATION..;.::. II :. ):
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Freshly Discovered Lurking Places Of
:. !. !. Disease and Death. =. :, +
The Dire Results Which Flow from the
Filthy Condition OF the Streets.
smal-Pox Still on: the Rampags-other
Diseases-=Yesterday's Deaths *

Inc work or inspecting the tenement houses
| goes on with unapated vigor. Last week the ID
s9ectors went through 204 houses. which con-
rained 2,367 rooms. occupied by 0a families con-
ststtng of 2,s2s persons. There were Atty eight
notices served on landlords ard tiftynine abate-
Menrs made, which include tho supplying Of
| traps md perfecting seventeen cases Of defect
| Two plumbing. repairing twcnty-three faulty
| dralns construction OF, six new sewers, building
three new CATCH basins, tho cleaning Of twenty
eight privy-vaults and the building OF Il new
! one. ventilation Of several wutcr-closcts, the
cleaning of four filthy houses. and .1he supply
Ing OF ruin pipes To ten houses. The following
are among the defective sanitary tencnents re-
| ported:
| SECOND WARD.
| Nos. Is nnd II Eldr1dge court, owned by Le
/ Grand Burton; Il brick OF sixteen rooms, Occu-
pied by sixteen persons. The wastep!pcs IRE
nntr:ppcd, tllu rhere Is no water in the closets
| in the basement. The Eous. is iElpre:nnlcd
With sewer-.us, and people are sick there from
| Rear or Nos. 1925 and 1880 Indiana avenue,
owned BY James D. Shernan; Il brick of tif1y-
Lwo rooms, occupied By seven1s-two persons.
The The Va wa'ia are dirty and the Rasemsnts damp.
| and the rooms a1e toyercrowded.
t .....-.. THIRD wAED. -
: No. e2i3 Cottage Grove avenue. owned by +.
/ F. pulsfer; tenement Of eleven rooms. occu-
| very poor. and the was1epipes are untrapped.
t The house IS SO badly impreEnated with sever
Eas that three children are now down with the
| diphtneria and another has died from the dis
| ease in the same house.
Nos @@55a and @5556 State street, Barnes Parish
agents; II frame OF eight rooms. o:cupled by
exceedingly poor, but it is gL.ringly inadequate.
- d = - FOURTH WARD. 49,"
| No. a8l0 State street. owned by Henry Martin; !;
q tenement OF ten, rooms. occupied BY twelve
| persons. The plumbing work Is inadequate, and
| there Is no sewer connection.
| Nus. SfSS and ;sa0 State street. frameof four
70 McSes Mst oy 5e hr
only GENERALLY bud. but the pipes ure In 1eaky
| condition, and thera is NO sewer connection.
| which Is occupied BY family. who keep board
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| + FIFTH WARD.
| Nos. 3013 and 31l5 Deerlu; street, owned by Z.
S. Dreyer; Il tenement OF twenty rooms. ccct-
| pied by twenty-threc persons. the wuier-sup
ply pipe leaks. aud tho priry-yauits are fu. and
No. IS McGresor street. tenement Of thlr-
teen rooms. occupied by th rtesn persons, aud
owned By Peter Farrell: The drainage Is bad,
10. SIS Twenty-lif@h ~ strsst. tenement Of
thirteen rooms. occupied by twenty six persons,
and ownest by Deunts Cunners. The waIer-sup-
ply pipe leaks and the privy-vaults are over
No, too Twenty-tlfth street. owned by E.
Schneider: tenement of thirteen rooms, occu-
pied BY seventeen persons. Fle drainage Is de-
fecrtve and the Irivy~vuult is full and offensive
No 3l7 Maiil street. owned By {. ]. Adams:
q tenement OF IOQF rooms. occupied Uy Twelve
pcrsons. Tho plumbing is bad, and the water
supply pipes are In ieaky and .uuscrr;cube
cor dition- The priyy-vau!t is likewise tull aud
offensive.
?. ELEVENTH w4AND.
No. 491 West k,uzie street, owned By Edward
Neil; tenement Of eleven rooms. occupied by
seventeen pessous. An Old tu1nhle-down affair
OF frame. tho roof OF which is leaky and the
walls are dirty. The yard is covered with nth.
Nus. 1873 and 495 West kit,ze street, owned by
rf1ty hx- }rx urfn mar
Is M pluulb1ug-work In the house There nre
two pr,yy-vauus, one Of which fs oyerhowin@
need OF a cleaning, and there Is u womun sick in
the nol1se yet the family throw their refuse and
slrbagc ia the alley under this same sicK woH-
No SIS West Kinzie street, of which a. J.
!, Stone is agent The Health Officers complain
tha tt uuIhosities de ana fuqce TO-
tu mike the remedies necessary to health and
cleanliness in tenements rented by htM- The
basement brick oi thlrty-four rooms, occupied
By y-three persons The plumbing work is
shamcfully defective, and the waste-p'pes to
permeutetl with sewer gus Ia consequence. TO
add to the case-breellllE Of tho locality, the
cellar Is full ut st:lgttunr WAtec-
No. :. Curtis street, owned by Col. William II.
! Thompson; Il two-ssory frame Of fourteen
rooms, occupied. BY sixteen persons. The
iecrivc. The waste pipes are not properly con-
nccted with these,yer.- The latter Is stopped up.
and stagna,t water lies under the house: The
ratn-sp0ut c,npl Its contents under the house.
tue priyy vaults are str,k,n@ly offensive and
running over. The waste-p!pes ire untrapped.
SO that there Is free tlow of sewer-gns through
10. - Kacker street, owned by Mrs. ::Ander-
son: Il tenement OF nine rooms. occupied by
sixteen perSDns+ The slr.lnrr surroundings
use. poor. the house benz. located upon the,
CORNER OF n tithy alley. There is an
never been cleaned. It IS full and offensive,
filling the house with hurr;bie olnr. After u
storm, tho privy ogecloys. and leayes the
tilth scattered under the hnuscs. The rooms
are low. durk, and dirty, and the prvy vault ut
present in use is built directly aguinst the liy-
ing roums: Thc owner lives III Indiana, but
comes in regularly for his rent.
No. 06 North Aun street, Ii frame o1 sixteen
rooins, occupied by thirty persons, and owned
sId unorto . tnf foo1 k e; a,,d m n
arc full and offensive. The place is SO dilapi-
luted that it should be condemned. ..-
No. i, N,,cker street. a frame Of eight rooms,
Is occupied by nine persons. and owned Gy \. q.
Legare:; The plu1nb.,+: and dra'naye ar. are both
necletl with tue sewer, md the sewer pipe IS
broken, SO Tint the nlth has accumulated and
uatrApped. The owner lives III this country.
No. 4y on the Same street. is owned by the same
party, and the same defects prevail; Both
Ing sewer-sas-
: = SEVENTEENTH WARD |
No. 133 Eric street, owned BY Mrs. Annie Nc
Curthy, Il tenement of twenty-five ROOMS, Occt-
pied tv tblrly-t'ro persons. Tie plumbing |
is defective, and there trips u the waste
pipes. The privy-vattt Is full and offensive |
and the rs.in-spOut broken. i
. No. 63 Erie street. owned by Michael Hnynes; |
a tenement Ut twenty roOns4 occupied BY thirty !
niue persons. Tho waste-pipes are NnfrupDed /
and the sanitary surroundings generally bad. |
Tue premises arc Hlthy. and sixteen persons |
live iu the basement. There nre twenty chill !
dren in the house The ralsl-spout is NOT prop |
crly connected.
M. r. Erie street, owned By Patrick Hcnne- !
gan: a tenement Of tweury-four- rooms, uccu- |
pied by fnrty-six persons. The root Is lenl1lny.
The blsctnenE, which consists Ut eleven roO.us, |
is uvcrcrowded, thirsy-one Polish people occ,,- |
uy ing then, none of them betn. particularly |
iavisn in the use Of soap and water upon their |
persons. .- Il
Nos. 81 and 81 Eric street, owned by Henry
Dob5On. No. 2l1 South Water street, tenement |
OF eighteen rooms. i'll which are crowded thirty
nino persons. The priyy vaults are fun and |
und the suntiM-y surroundings bud. /
The premises are exceedingly nlthy-
FILTHY STREETS AND INCREASED MORTAL.
1TY.
4 complaint was received yesterday py the |
of Public Works that Chicago av-
cullc had not been cleaned more than once or
twice this summer, and TINT it WIS In q tllthy
condtuou. 1t was signed by nearly every resi-
dent on the street. What Is true Of Chicago av-
rnue is true Of almost every residence street in
the city. The streets OF Chicago were never so
u11a