, 1881-06-19
More Defective Tenement.Houses
Unveiled by the In
spectors.
= Wretched State Of Filth That Is
Disgraceful to CiVlll-
zation.
Small. Pox on the Increasc-Morc Pest
House Accommodation Needed.

thret. families of twelve persons. Two full II
offensive pryies, and piles Of ashes and ga
bagc in lhe yard.
Nos. lu7 aud 1}9 Scdywick street, owned
james W. Rich, twO-s1ory and basement br!c
If fh;rty-two rooms, occupied by six families
consisting Of thirty PERSONS 1iulnplng "of
uoor and waste-pipcs untrappcd. i Ioor af7
foul catch-hasit,. Yards filthy with EarDats
rnd other dccaying stsltf.
No. los on the same street, owned By IL
same man: the yard is filthy. Full and often
6ivc privies are reported from Is. Towt1scn
street, owned by Peter Thompson. Nalingrei
e. Snyder own 1S5 Townsend street, aHAlns
whom similar report is made.
Baird S. Bradley are the agents for ttle prem
ises Nos. Il, - end - Se1gwick street, where IN
plumbing III poor and there arc no traps to tn
MASTERPIECES. The water-pspcs are lc:aky an
broken The area way and premises general
are in filthy condition. The cellars are dam
ana fou from the water which has accumulate
under the house.
J, W. Hich owns Ill and III Sedewick street
where there are SIX full and highIy-o -oiiensiE
privies. The plumbing Is poor and the waste
pipes arr untrapped.
No. Us North Union street. owned ny I'm
Carey, two-stury aud basement frame, tWclv'
rooms, occupied BY sixteen persons. The Erisia:
ACe full and offensive, and tue yar'is are filthy.
Mrs Iachye ownS s s "eT. ehlcaS1 r, avenue ns
the rooms are dirty FOR want Of caicmining.
Here is the way the Inspector reports M ISL
Milwaukee avenue. owned hy George BECKER, Il
thrce-story brick, ~ by ~ feet, i'll which per
there are ~ rooms occupied by =, pcrs"ns, II IL
whom are children under l5 years old: 1T is I'll.
most impossible to describe the actual dcErcc of
Hllhiuess OF these premises. Tho ground floor
Is in itself 1nnss Of rceklng, sinking, scke1iinE
fifth One of the CATCH asit.s solid with refuse,
and the other is horribly filthy SOME Of the
waste pipes do not connect with the sewer, but
empty OH to the floor, and the contents arc thus
allowed to roum around rronlIscuously, Ut their
own sinking will until they reach tue catch
basin. if they ever succeed in doing 50. The
6oilpipe Is defective, nnd the box i'll which IT Is
inclosed acts US Il xentiator for the cellar,
rooms above, making the stencil III them nntcar-
ahle-'' Tue proprietor was served with notice TO
~ 5h9 sn IL m pESnSF WSne pcac
agent. The drainage is pt,'r, ana tho nrivies are
full. These houses are OLD and he drainage is
imperfect. Tncro is nhout 4 foot of water under
onc Of tho houses. which is green from stasna-
hon. The surroundings i'll genera! are poor in Il
sanitary way.
The premises are in poor condition, w;lttr-closct
aeing out of order. The sewer is distracted,
md there is about foot deep Ut sinking stur
1ipg under the house.
No .5b Vest Chicago avenue, owned by Mrs.
Hleinert. The plumbing is defective, and the
aouse is impresnatcd with scwer-sas, so that it
unhealthy 10 lire there.
No. I'M West Twelfth street, owned by Josiah
Greenwood, two-stOry tr:lnlc, Sixteen rOnms, i'll
sbo shsh se T wateS ose o
,hero Is no draiuaas. The privy vault is onen-
i've and nearly ful@
Nos. 145, III, and l49 West Washington street,
Duulap & Swift, agents, Drainage aud plumb
ing work poor. The wustcpiIes from the sinks
Discharge part on the ground, IN the celaf, and
portion in q wooden bo1-drain, the whole be-
ing untrarDed.
No. S Clayton street, owned by Mrs. Koblur,
where the wastepipcs 80 10 Il wooden drain, url-
trapped. The drainage and plumbing are bad,
lodges uilner the kitchen tiOOr in tho basement
The ditch III front Of tho house
- Is Full AND OFFENSIVE.
Thomas jack. Haywood, owns ESQ Wost Wash
ington street, where there is puor plumbing and
worse drainage, and where there are full and
offensive 2,riyles
George Dircks, I'll Chicago avenue; the plumb
Ing aud drainage urc poor, aud the Eewer is
cn9ked up There is water under the house.
street. owned by Joseph SIapyka; poor plumb
Ing and full and offensive privy-
No: 30l5 Wentworth avcnnc, owned by D.
Goldberg, 1853 State street: bad plumbing and
Drainage The sewer is chokcd and catch basin
From .ss,l to :ss3 kceIey street, twelve two
Patterson. The wnste-wnter pipes connect
with an open boz and the contents are crnptied
direct into the gutter In front Of the buildings,
privies which are full and Offensive, urc in
line Of wooden sheds in tho rear.
end. and although -. cleaned hut short
came, again filled Them. In the :r rear of these s
sheds is FerTeli street, and surrounding por-
ton Of them is ii pool of stagnnnt watcr and old
oual. which have lain there, to spread sickness
and death, for months.
No. 81 Shoito street, owned By Michael Nc
Lean: drainnge poor, sewer obstructed, priyy
fun aud offensive, and yard filthy.
Nos: 400, ~, and 40a Clark street. owned by !
'!ohn Gurzenhauser. Three threc-story frame !
dwellings, thirty-four rooms, occupied by fifty |
NAfnr kt4ft. Htta
bad, and privfes full nnd OVERLOOKING. The |
waste pipes at 4G donot connect with the sewer
surface of the ground under the idnr,
Thera 1t remains stagnant. emitting foul and
offensive yapor. The yards are full Of ashes
cleaned for three years. The walls of 4o4 and
lo4 are black and grimy, and the wuste-plpes are
No. 3W State street, owned by man named
Norton. tW0-story and basement fr7lMe, ...,x
|0o fect. thirty rooms. occupied by hfty-six per-
,ons; Plumbing and !; drainags very bad priyirs
md RarbuRe I'LL the area under the sidewalk, |
md stMgrant water from the waste pipes under
lro untrnppcd. There is scarcely any ve1ltila- |
ion Tor tho twcnty-ninc persons who live
n the basement. The walls are black
lisgrace TO civilization. The proprietor WIS
erred with one-dav's notice to remedy the
Nos. zs5 10 4a3 Clark, and IL and 50 Tavlor
trects, owned by c. l.. Jcnks. Yards filthy,
i1ty walls. and overcrow,1cd premises.
NO. liz Third avenue. owned fpy 4. ID. Hyde. |
brick with frame addition, twenty four rooms. |
.ccnpied by forty persons: local sanitary CON
lon bad dirty walls, and rooms oycrcrowded |
nth ltalian dodgers.
Nos. a3 and ;a}!5 Clark streets, owned by 4,
}. HYDE, three-6tof'y' and basement Ir:1rne rook-
r1es, cou1aiuing tWen1y-tlght rooms, in which |
re forty-one persons. Plumbing work lcaky
nd untrapped. Drainage stnppcd up pryics
rsstkinE, and foul yard stFcWn with |
urbaRe: roof leaky and walls dirty.
The report Of the Tenement House Inspect |
rs for last week shows that they examined ~; |
buses, containing ..,Al rooms, aud occupied
y 19B families, numbering S,6in persons Their. |
'etH 41 notices served AMI IS ni&isiucrs abatetl
here were l0 new seWcr-cOnncctiouS 1u;l,]e Mt |
16 suggestion Of the Department ut Health, |
here we're Is ynrds and Offensive. Premises
leaned. There were II rooul5 whitcwashrd,
mere were Two suits commenced, one being
for week Out Of l,CJ iuspeGtiDus ! .
ne mtsfnke We mA1c, aud that sr:as week bt,- |
orc last. III regard IN the premises No. III West
DIX SrEct. which are really III excellent couii- ! :
on. ,Ihe inspector repurted Ibis place in a block
buildings. when ht should have exempted it,
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Small-poI seems to have taken frruer rt,nt | ..
tn!caKo than ever before; and hereafter IF | :
10 dfsease continues 10 grow as 1t has been 1be !
Isl winter and spring, uld Us it is during this |
lmmer, the city will'ha1c to build Il new and |
1Ka pcst-AouEe- or else erect branches in the | d
lrfe divisions OF the city. Wher. s1na}-m,y | t.
resais iu cities hospital is necess1ry FOR re j.
'liecton and isolation Of the patients but tbs, Il
eSent one is too far away from cer1,i,, SECTIONS ~
tne city, and involves too muck exposure 70 ).
10 patients through crowded 1horn, rhfar1,c u