, 1881-07-17
CITY SANITATION.
Report Of the Chief Inspector of
Tenement Houses for
the Week.
Fearfully Filthy Rookeries Here and
There in Many Of the :
Wards.
Last Weeks Mortality Shows q De
crcase-Contagious Diseases.


Last Weeks Mortality Shows a De-
crcase-Contagious Diseases.
The report Of William Fl. Genurlr, Chief Ten
ement- House Inspector, for the past week. rs
made to Dr. De Wolf, shows that tho Depart
ment inspected lS0 houses, containing :, 0S8
rooms, inhabited by $50 fumilies, consisting Of
2,550 PERSONS. There were fifty notices served
and thirty-flve nuisauces abated. In the abate-
ments are Included the repairing of defective
plumbing, the supplying OF thirty trnps, tho
cleaning Of thirteen, ami the building OF three
privies; four sewer connections werc made, si1
new catch-basins put in, and i've cleaned Two
filthy houses were cleaned and thIrty-seven
rooms were whi1ewaahed. Thirteen sewers were
|. cleaned.
The following defective premises were found:
SECOND WARD.
From No. ST. to and including 58l State street,
belonging to the Gage estate, sir stores. with
two flats above each. The teuements consist
Of ninety rooms occupied by fifteen families.
numbering ffty-tive persons The plumbing
work is leaky and untrapped in some PORTIONS.
The water-ciosets are unyentiated- Local sam
itary condition bad. The tenements are occu-
pied as furnished rooms. In this connection 1t
might be stated that the reports emanating
from the inspector OF the Second Ward, joseph
Gruenbut, are remarkable for their Incomplete
ness and exceedingly bad explanations An i'm
proyemeut in thom should be demanded by DR..
Nos. lf..ea to 1872 State street, owned By Potter
Palmer, occupied by sixteen families, who exist
In lEs rooms. there being 103 persons in the fam
illes. The waste-pipes are untrapped-. Inc
drainage is poor. Water-closets unvensllated.
Local sanitary Sondiion very bud, as the yuEds
rooms and Railways: Nos. 417 aud 4o9 Dearborn
street, owned by Fred F'riebers. Full CATCH
Nos. SIT to 523 Dearborn street, owned by the
Chicago s. Western 1nliana kailroad Company.
Tenements Of hfty-six ROOMS, occupied BY sew
trapped. The sewer Is choked up and the c..tch-
basins are full and overhowing. The privy
vaults are offensive. ane the eave-tronghs
broken. The walls are dirty. StugnAnt water
in busemeut; the courts are filthy, and sewer
gas pervades the premises.
se eheaso fndana Ks
rOAd Company Sink waste-pipe5 untrapped-
The sewer is choked up, and the catch-basin full
and overtlowing- Privy vaults full and offcu-
siye. The walls are grimY with dirt, the court
yard is filthy. stagnant water in the basement,
rooms overcrowded, and sewer~Ras contaminates
Nos. l<ao to l.B State street, E. A. Cummings,
Agent: Q brick block Of hfty-efght rooms: &C.
Se' Saste anJ u soil nipea mi namp
and musty easements. aud the presence OF
scwer-gas is noticeable throughout the PROMISES.
Nos. S!t. 344A, and ;sG Clark street. owned by
Charles King. One-story frame OF fifteen rooms.
occupied BY twenty-one persons. Defective
drainage, foul priyies. full. and ovorhowlng.
Waste pipes eInpty,-tha refuse on the ground.
FIFTH WARD.
No. 2704 Farrell street. owned by John Bender,
tWo-story frnme of eleven roouls, occupied by
twenty persons. Full and offensive privy vaults.
NOS .suU and .s0G on the same street, owned by
same party. Poor drainage, foul privies, and
chOked sewer.
no. 10 Dontleld street. owned by Bonfleld, Of
Archer avenue. Two-storv frame Of eight
rooms, occupied by seventeen persons, drafnage
bad, privy-vauit defective, and nasty, and full.
The watcr-pipes empty on the ground under the
house, creating fearful and sickeuug stink.
There is IL sewer in tho street, but no connec-
ton with 1t from tho house.
No. IS Bonaeld street. owned by Bonaeld. eseo
Archer avenue Two-story frame OF ten rooms,
occupied By twenty persons. Privy-vaulr full
nnd offensive. The privy itself Is rotten and
aged respective 5 years and i month,
hnve died there within q short time OF summer
complaint
Kubalo. four-story, stone front, seven
sea Haa p"a
Ia n vault, two stories below. The Inspector
sagcly remarks: "a child years old recently
cuurse. Is unyrntiIated. and is in itself a nuf-
sance, and by its construction Il very unhe althy
ana undesirable adjunct TO the premises.
Madison street. The drainage is bad: Tho
priyy vault Is full and running over. There ~
families who lire In the house. There are Two
cottages III the renr Of the lot, one facinE
Elsiu street and 1hs other Stewart avenue.
their neighboEs for water. One door
and some vi the window -sushcs are gone. The
pIastcring Is knocked OF the walls in many
places. And. remarks the Inspector, "there
has been one douth there recently, q babe.
should consider these premises unit for human
hH fljta
10. :ssy Portland avenue, owned By W. Il.
Kellogg, No. 4U9 Warren nyenue. The place IS IL
nine persons. The drainage is bad. The privy
yAult Is 1ull. The sink wastc-pipe comes within
about three inches OF connecting with au open
box drain, which carries the filth frum the house
through the trout yard aud from there TO IN
open gutter Theru Is no connection from the
house " With tho sewer in the street: Ct. r,,,~u
$50 North Hnlsteed street. three-stooy trick,
of twelve rooms. occupied BY twelve persons
walk. The privy Is located on the top OF the
back part OF she'd iu the rear OF the second
story. There IS q wooden soil-ptpe. six inches
i'll diameter, running up from the ground to tho
priyy, and this is the means Of carrying or tho
filth to tho vault below.
FIFTEENTH WARD.
No, Hs Orchard street, owned by Louis Fried
rich. l. rwu-srory brick and frame, OF eleven
rooms. occupied BY seventeen persons. Tho
Inspector reports the plumbing work Us very
pour. Tho .waste-p pipes aIe untrapped. The
priyy-yault Is full and very offensive.
The waste-pipes discharged under the house:
Under tho kitclen-tfoor there has accumulated
some ten inches Of sewage. Near the full privy
Is another vault, covered over with bourds.
which the owner has allowed 10 stand unused
md neglected. As menace to health and life,
with its filthy contents, besides adding to the
offensive SURROUNDINGS.
M. y, KroSer street. owned by John Wilkow-
sky: two-story frame, OF thirteen rooms. oc-
cupied by as many persons. Waste-ppes are
untrapped. There are two full and overtlowing
pryies.
Nos. l59 and l6l North avenue, owned by Will
fasn fellow. Luck Of water-clO5et accommodu-
tons.
Fifteen rooms. occupied by seventeen per,
sons. Poor plumbing work and untrapped
waste pipes whfcn run directly into IL s1-inch
sewer, tho end of the sewer-pipe being open
The catch basin is under the house, and seuds
up its sicscning pdors through the house Il
CHILD has died In tho house Of Group, and another
of cholera infnntuul.
SIXTEENTH WAED.
Nos. l56, 15G.x, and l5s North avenue, Barnes s.
Parish, agents, Isl L4u Sale street. Two-stOry
brick stores und dwellings Ten rooms, occu-
pied by twelve Persons The Jhrl OF No. l56 Is In
II filthy condition. The sewers Are ground