, 1881-08-07
The Tenement-House inspectors
Continue Their Good Work
Throughout the City.
An Alarming Increase in the Death
Rate for July-The Showing
by Wards.
x-City-Attorney Tuthill's Stalwart
Views on the Subject Of the
Smoke Ordinance.
Relevant References to the fremont House,
Mccormick Block, and Legal
News" 0himneYs.

News" Ohimneys.
| The report of tho Tenement House inspect
ors, us submitted by William II, Gcnuns, Of the
| work done during the past week shows that Isl
| houses were examined, which contained .,G'9
rooms, and were occupied by G66 families. nu1-
| buring :a,!G6 persons. There were 80 notices
| served und ~ niislnccS were abated. There
| were II defective drains repaired, - nrivy~
| vaults cleaned: defective plumbing Was rc1nc-
died In - instances There were II catch baSttS
cleaned, tnd two new built, and seven COLI
necttoEs mane. Four filthy houses were cleaned
! and II rooms calciu,ined.
| III tho wards tho Inspectors made the follow
! ing discoveries:
FIRST WARD.
| No 363 Clark street, owned by c. Pratt. a
frame tenement OF twcnty-ninc ROOMS, wherein
| dwell thirty-cight persons. The plumbing work
| is lenky, u11d the waste pipes are untruppet.
The sewerage is exceedingly bad, the privy-vait
Is full, and the Railways are exceedingly dirty,
foul stc1chcs peryadiuS tho rooms. The second
nnd third toors are occupied by females, who
reut tho rooms.
SECOND WARD.
No. ilo Harrison street Is Il dilapIdated frame
tenement OF twelve rooms. occupied by twenty
persons, owned by Fred Otis. Tho plumbing
work is Of poor. cheap character, the drainage,
also, being exceedingly bad. The watcr-closet
facilities insufficient. aud the vaults exceed
ingly offensive. Aided to this are the Railways,
which ,lrc very dirty, making the piucc anything
but tcnantable.
II, tho Fourth Ward the Inspector found Nos.
3457 and :s459 Cottage Grove avenue, owned by
u. Lnuutlcr, Il place Of twelve rooms, occupied
by fourteen persons, where scWer-gas has full
sway through the aid OF defective plumbing and
nntruppel waste pipcS.
In tho Fifth Ward was found No. ::ss..9 Vent
worth avenue, owned by Sophia Forbush, tcne-
1ncnt of niue rooms, occupied by twelve persons.
The p-iyy vault Is full uld offensive \ wooden
wnst:-p ppc runs from tle suites In the renr part
OF the building but fails to connect with the
house drain, allowing the ,ltth to run upon tho
ground: thus creating Il sickening nuisance aud
stencil.
SEVENTH WARD.
Mrs. Johanna lliggens owns No. SIS Jefferson
Street Il nine room frame tenement urcEp1ptt
Oy sixteen PERSONS. The waste pipes urc
trapped, Drainage defective, and full catch
bAs!ns.
No. $50 Jefferson street. owned by ". Lyons,
uutruppe.l waste-pipes; No. 1S6 West Th!r-
tecntn street, owned by N. Callahan, tull and
offensive T,ritits.
NJ. Is West Thirteenth street, owned by a
nun mined becker The drainage is defective,
and the scwngc hns bceu stopped up for somc
tine; wust- pipes untrnppcd.
In tho Eleventh Ward, Nos t47 and "A? West
Madison street, owned by Mrs. licbecca Stevens,
where the SINKS arc untF:lppcd and the privy-
vaults full and offensive.
III tho Twelfth Ward tho Inspector found No.
81 Lincoln street. owned by Mrs ~ Wentworth,
as being defective in many sanitary
respects. The plumbing work is bad and
the drainage poor; Water-closcts not ven
tilatc,i. The waste pipes empty thoir contents
OH tho basement tioor, and tho water supply
pipe Is leaking. The entire place needs n
thorough sanitary overhaultns.
FOURTEENTH WARD.
This is the ward III which the smallpox Is Just
EN3f3
owned by William Schroeder. The plumbing
work and the drainage are both very defective.
One man und two children hive died on the
premises within IL year. One of tho little
succrnbcd to diphheria, and the other to con-
Eesuon Of the brain. The Inspector says that
tho whole place is in a generally bud sanitary
condition. the waste pipes being untra2pel and
the drain bc!ng Il mere open box. entering into
Il privy vault, the Whole house being ilnprcG~
Fred Voos owns No. II Emma street, two
story frame Of Twelve rtR>tns. occupied by t'sc1l.
and The sewer is chnkcd Thc prtvy is full and
offensive. There are about six inches Of sew
age under tho house, sending up horrible
Nos Ass and 100 Milwaukee avenue. owned
by Edward Stciubrccher; full and offensive
prlyjcs-
THE GREAT ARMY.
The 1nortuary report for the month Of July
WAS completed by tho Registrar OF EitAl Stntis-
Tics, Dr. q enson. yesterday. IT showed very
largo death rate, the total number arrcgnttug
l,7Sj III Juuc the deaths numbered Jt}. lii July
OF 1850 there were l.;:t deaths. and iii July, 1871.
l.E'i. The proportion OF deaths annually to
dccctlcnts 954 were MAles, 6;g females; white.
l.16l; colorcd, :5: 1uarried, I'll: widows: -;
m u; snSie ; @ There f were n l5g @
these s6 were under year, :.'11 from tn .; from
: 10 there were Il: ) TO !, ~; to ). Is; while
the head OF zy1notic diseases the mortality was
as follows: Cholera inianttlnl. AL; cholera
morb,is =; Group, ]6 tiiarri1e! .6 ,lyscn1cry'
ter1nlttcnt-fcvcr, =; scarlet fever, u;
measles. Is; German measles, /; pyc1ni:,, i:
septic;tunin, l: smallpox, -: whnopn.- cough,
Is. The total deaths from darrhe:al Iise'ses
vert. i4:, and other zy1noric causes -. There
|. deaths from smallpox III the Fourteenth
Ward, III the Fifth j IN the Sixth: and iii tho
Seventh Wards: n',ti - Ut 1 Tue Hospital. Ihe
eases 81. 81 being Of consumption. Unucr |
tho heads Of other diseases the deaths from tho
!; congental syphilis ); chronic alcoholism. );
.dcerium trcllcIs' :: intatitilc Inarusmus.
,, M IT, aens.,ts s. of ,So
brain, Il; inluntilc commissions, Es.; cerebral |
meningitis 80; spinal meningitis. ); sunstrOkc,
10: ~. ne n mr. m Eo6n ~ c6-
pneumonia ); cnteritis, II; 8asritis, 10: astro-
cnleritis, 56: l}rghts disease, " child birth. ):
pucrperal pcritontis :; dcaths from incidents,
4;}-ot which i were from drowning md from
raNroad accidents: inuruer, =. Sulcluc IL. VI |
these Is thrc. took the waterro,1tc to eternity.
five went bv way Of tho Eui,-h harrel, Que took |
cold poison, and five took the. easiest |
way they could out ct the world, the node |
being labeled ''unknown.'' Chicago furnished |
III to the army OF the t:cad, and other nrts IF
tho United States, ~: Germany, lM;; Ireland.
~; Canada, -; England, Is; and other foreign |
lands, llU. Ono Of the victims wus horn on the |
bosom ct the broad Atlantic. There were rs
deaths in public institutions, and IL from yio-
lcnce.
THE SHOWING 1sr WARDS.
Figured by Wards the deaths were us follows: |
First II: Second. ~; Third. -: Fourth II; Fifth.
l.3; Sixth, :saS; Seventh. II: Eighth. lie: Ninth !
IS; Tenth, ~; Eleventh. II; Twelfth, ~: Yhir-
tcenth, III; Fourteenth, J1+; Fifteenth, lUl; SiN-
tccntt u; Seventeenth, Il; Eighteenth. II. Tho
percentage OF zynlotic diseases to the total
number Of deaths i'll each ward was rs follows:
There were no deaths from Zy1notic causes in
the First Ward; Second. +D:il: Third, :;e.41;
Fourth. 5l:t#;; Fifth, G.5; Sixth. 5l.i5: Seventh.
5.'1': Eighth. 533.5': Ninth. 3..;lt; Tenth. ~;
Eleventh. 5d.E' Twelfth, :;..Ui: Thirteenth. .}..i;
Fuurtee,th. $50; Fifteenth. E.:1a; S1xtcenth