, 1881-08-28
CITY SANITATION.
The Grand Jnry to Investigate Several
Cases OF Smoke Nuisance.
What the Sanitary Inspectors Did
Last Week.

New cases Of smallpox were yesterday re-
ported trom Nos. and ! Fox place, No. :;
Cnrrier street, No. TG4 West Nineteenth
street, and No. A Wade street. Deaths from
the disease were reported from No. 30t All
gusta street, No. liz jane street, No. III
Black Hawk street,-all children. One death
was reported from the Hospital, being 6
woman taken from No. 80 Holt street Thurs.
day, and ono from No. 81 Fifth street, the
presence OF the disease not having been dis
covered until after DEATH Since Jan. |
the Health Department has vacclnatcd 5000
people, and thew IS still going on.
THE ssioKE-NIts!aScE.
Mr.: Patton, Of the Health Department, who
The smoke ordinance, submitted \ report to
Dr. DE Wolf yesterday Of his ia5orS for the
week. which read very much rs If he was in
fair way OF getting cntangled iii the
prietors. lie tavorably mentioned some OF
the snoke-burning devices, and charged that
the Methodist Book Concern wills Displaying
"willfut negligence" in mt abating the
smoke nuisance, and said that he had served
Co., ". :. Baker IL Co., the United States
Distilling Company. kceley's Brewery, the
Leland Hotel, tho Union Brewing Company,
the Conrad Seipp Brewing Company, and the
Downcr IL Bemis Brewing Company. to take
sance they were creating. DR.. Do Wolf says
upon the subject that he is preparing for 4
vigorous prosecution of nil offenders, and ex-
poets during the coming week to lay the cases
of some Of them before the Grand Jury.
THE SANITARY INSPECTORS
The report Of the Tenement-I House In
spectors for tho week ending yesterday
shows that l67 ho'lses have been examined.
i'll which there were SD families and 33,1Gl
perSons-
The following is Il list of some Of the de-
tects found, nud which have been ordered
corrected:
:, No. $D1 benson streetwas found offensive,
the water-Cl0setS being full and the basement
floor covered with stagnant water.
~ No. :&GD pltncy avenue the prisy was
Offensive and drainage defective
AT No. - Starr street the sewer was found
obstrIcted and the wastc-watcr was running
over the premises.
At No. 40 North Clark street the catch.
basin was reported full and the ventilation
At No. sss North Clark street there was an
offensive vault, and complaints about un-
pleasant Ohors~
and plumbing were bad. and Offensive ouors
we're prevalent on account Of aburstc.i waste
pipe.
1t No. 41o North Clark the waste~pipe WIS
lntrapped, and there was sanaccumuiation uf
filth unticr the sidewalks.
was defective, the w;tste-pipe having no
connection whatever with the sewer
At No. 5000 Ashland avenue the vaults
were full and offensive, and the sewer
At 10. Mil street the vault was full and
no drainage, and ut Nos. and !; the same
condition ct affairs existed
= At No. 81 BradleY street the vaults were
fHll and offensive, and three children had
died during tho week or diphtheria.
AT Nos 70. and 20t Evergreen avenue
there was defective drainage and offensive
prlvy vaults, and no sewerage connections.
The children i'll the house have been sick all
summer.
At Nos. GU and f,S Noble street the vaults
were full and offensive, and the yards filthy.
1t No. +; Bradley street tie premises were
oyercrowded. and their condemnation is rec
commended.
At Nos. 54s and Jas the report is that tne
PREMISES arc overcrowdel with 1taliais,
and that the surroundings are exceedingly
filthy
At No. 1910 State street the vaults we're
full aud the plumbing aud drainage defect
at Nos. 1884 and 1856 the roof was re-
ported US leaky, tho plumbing bad, and the
premises dilapidatcd and unfit fer habita-
AT Nos. 1880, 1Ssa, and 1s,a State street
festyH the y;H'lts were offensive and drainage de-
Nos. :53i and 526 State street have offensive
vaults and are oyercroWdeQ.
At Nos. 40 and 441H South Clark street
the prlyy was offensive and the premises
filthy.
At Nos. 1904 and 1906 State street the
waste-pipes were without traps, and the air
bad.
At Nos. 1900 and 1909 the same condition
was reported to exist
DR.. DE Wolf thinks that, with the good
work going OH. in year front now people
will hesitate to rent houses unless the l:tnG-
lord can show q certificate from the. Health
Department attesting that the premises arc
IN good sanitary condition. II such 4 re-
suit IS not attained he will be disappointed.