New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-04
DISEASES CAUSED BY FILTH.
A PAPER BY Or. J. c. PEERS BEFORE NE ACApiN
OF MEDICINE.

A PAPER BY Or. j. c. PEERS BEFORE TIlE ACADIA Ny
OF MEDICINE.
DR.. John c. Peters read a paper on Filth
Discascs" before the Academy OF Medicine
Thursday evening. Early in his remarks
he referred to the ehanty block at Third.
nvc and sixty .scvcnthst. which recently
cleared lie described "a being yet in adscaschrccdne
condition. with its putrcsccnt animal matter ohd M
cleaned vaults One source OF disease IN the h"tcrncgh
borLocds he said was the dirt that was washed a"nethe
streets from poorer and less clean quarters The germs
Of some dscascs even Of ccrchro spna, une- were
carried into ne hborh0od from another III this man
ner Many Of the hospitals and founding as}luHS
which most Of all -hould have clean SURROUNDINGS were
80 hclsed about hy filth that would think that King
IIcrod had lie in the persons Of the Police
Commissioners
Taking M the santy block again. the speaker gave an
account OF the red tape that bad To hc manipulated hc
fore steps were taken remove the nuisance Thc'ni'r
went around and around from tho Police hoard 10 tho
Board of Health. Controller Bdrcdu Of lncumnl"nr'-
Mayor Board Of public Works and the Other departments
before the final order given for the sunt'rr 10 20
The III n that found way into ia" -uhsoil through the
irregularities In the paycments was m "Vctng cause 81
malaria Diseases Ia the poorer quarters The -ut" w-
frequently contaminated by foul hacb, AIDS AMI vaults
these were lacking few weeks AGO. Trr foul duet iu
No rcsnt inreau streets containing otgauic matter.
was great IN proiuc'nE di@ea-cs of the eve. @
n ~" -. , ,I,iy %roIncrd Ly a lack o. FOOD sanitary
coalition Ammonia produced ria.'nItr dl.ca.cs. as
was we'll known Touching on Ircumouia, Dr Peters
said that a few years iN ~lcans Wci abl" q Treat
IL successfully. bat OF late u La hccomr
dcadlv and hard 10 handle. Consumption
was much more fatal In The rN than Iu the country. a
fa,t attributable the difference IN the sanitary coHd
tiuns.
Asiatic cholera. although an imported disease in
nm. country wa, primarily hith d.,.-c Yellow fever
VS. a GOOD c1amp@ Of d-c,-c bred hy n'ih. II.
ncrs were terrible In Memphis where cNcrN sanitary
law was violated m the er-scst manner. IL conclusion
Tho eeakcr referred 10 families ia tEis city wao.
rnnni of tn. neglect Of duty on the part " puddle
Ulcers SWEPT the streets IN font ~ their
nors had their ashes and garbage carried away ~ their
own cXpcns, watcrrd the -tt, ri thc own cNp"i-r.
and filtered ANA bo,d the water they ucd 10 iic" u
from impurities -
poar nf Health said that tho ground air HAT circulated
below the subsOi should as" " ldhth '" count ar
-: AGENCY In producing disease.
Nuch las bern said scain. the Board ~ ?lih. he
continued IN relation the clcaa streets Yet cNcr5
hody knows that the Board 0i Health hds s'ru Fcd To
secure better cCniitlOn of things, but u hd- h" dol
lar Whcrewith accomplish ANY thing TIE lait" death
rate do not think has been correctly calculated %" ns
10 the inaccuracies % the census Hnd 70 thc i"c That
bodies from the rivers. and immigrants ami rirau-
gers diving within the city limits 20 INT" the h'ftal
list | would alsD III" 10 haf thai nave p'th re-
Gently past the shaniy block i"fciud 10. lut
| failed 10 see the accumulation ~ MN mat
the speaker has alleged hc saw
tradicod by neIGhcr Of the B"srd al lirah 90 i'i-
tOr the condition 81 the block, hut had abundant
proof Ia show that his statements were 'uc. ~ uct
upon read two letters from Physicians NA" had made
personal examinations and who CORRIDORS lis own
| sertiOus in the strongest terms