, 1881-02-03
The Health Department. Waking
Up to the Needs Of the
Time.
Scavengers Seem to Be More Alert
in Attending to DuBi-
ness.
Tho Tribune Commissioners I'LL
ycstigating tho Tenement
Houses.
A Horrible Condition Of Sewerage IN tho
Eighth Ward.

mined in tha eunttnr artlctrg t,w it,
ruE Tu1uuxE. On ,1orc thnn ono occus!on ,ho
Health Commissioners, on reytsl.,ng
Tho scene OF previous Investigation, boyu
learned that the apparit,on of n Health O,flccr
startled the nclgl!borhootl tho uny aftcr TIN
rn1nuNR had matlo public It's ,topIornblo
condition. The ecnycnRcr. too, hns been
known to havo boon aroused to ,n-
wontcd energy by tho samo process which
awoko his superior from Ills lctharxlo
anl to hnve t)ncrcnsc,l tho aupcrln.
,orio ~ 1,ns, NJ, ,,i,.,,, ~, ,,,nxa,.,,,,t
~ 1ioa.b car etaas ~. en
t.,o waa suprl,cl m tha yory satisfactory u,nn.
III M ns wc.. Mnso,, s .trrot .~os ro,rnr"n
from tho public saxo and nostrtl the day after
1t was complained uf In THE TltnuHE. Tho
urtlclo referring to 1t appeared in Tucsnys
i'ap.. vl.a "eunesu! 'not'.i'n, "ta"".. ua''"s''
a couple OF scarcngT-carss appcarcd nnon tho
rrinf If tha ncIvhl,ort,n,t WIN ,,nd t,ornr wifi
-. e,,,,n.sa,s .,so'.n.,a. t, ..,,'" Wv" T,.a, 49,,
Bccm to bc sHnn matters when compared
10 tne "lde-aprenu nature Ut tho evll
"haen Is ocInR lnscstlgatea, put tney
tnt'!cato that snfneth'ng Is being dono and tint
tho lesson which T1IE tTnlpuSE is tcnchtng IS
not thrown away n1,on those having the sanitary
eonu'aoa @ u TUG o|'S a'1eot'S "hucf 'aeif coh-
lfol.
nt.cn,n,s - nosto,r uortions " oT.' thu r,an,
w"ra nnrt ~ t,'a a,v ,r,,1u,, ia .,t,,I.,,,s,,
"atu'In PUT. u t!ie c,!y WHICH 10 notoF'o's'y
at a very superficial observation. In pnrta Of
tbo wn ri tbo restlonccs orn so c,osni crf,,y,1c
toscther that they present the appearance of n
network Ut buildings. Residence nbuts upon
residence so closely tint the yards between
ther n, rn,,nccd IN +t,o ,noat ,j;utruttvf. ,,ru
., - - ~ l
,"es ~ u t.f ~ a,n u H H.
rron. s,onss f ap1 IN tn rr ~, nrrnna. so
meh ,Ga!1,'lat9d Feeafiy 70 ad' y Tug n
sGss ftn,s ao nTvraio o G !oe's' y x,,nt m % Goh";i
,anta Mona nasnFa' 6o o suppnseu 'hnt a,ss tnia
5rnreica ogn,pa thn tbtnas % ~ W.. ~.
cress ts 6Iity to ataus fro seasv bt
n fo,.n HIT IT, s,,,;,st ,xe ~, @
Ihnt i ths cna1v .nI no r Ws tS cse n ea
iittie atteatioa fxo1i tsoso ci!ar.eS With lie IL
prcsoryat!3n OF, its sanitary condition; c The
mi H. mnr nf H. ~ srnvnrcr ~ res II e" IN n.
,Hst snesea ~ ~. Kmneo II a., " nc a!eys ana ~
i VI eAo ostee's' - aoI uouo as ~ w
'A'uo' ....
TIN TR1n11Sr IIcaltb Commissioners Ind ocrn-
Hfon to rcnort UpDn tie dcpl0rnIu stnto OF u
block ,I q tenement houses ii liz war.l IenrIng
several blocks Of si,r ulncrs In this nart of tic
city. Yesterday thcv laurencd ,,noii nnothor
Of them. alt nI TIN nf An1lfh MUp
street, just below iayior street, sud troy oxali-
Inctl II THOROUGHLY Tho block consisted ur
iiino houses. viii two tu1lcnicnts in cnrh hous,,
rr which fhfs ln,yrr fnrnrntH rt,tltr,l nj qI md
tho ,ppcr 1t S5V nor lnDnth. tic ti9ilycs l,oiJlx
S,anth ~. y wss in excellent rstars ~ iao maaSy
sufficient to wMrruflt tic tenants ucg sllpllcI
with tho vital necGsst!cs of nrul,er tIrIuge ullI
iscs, in jmvcstiUntinx tl,e hloeK Inc tirst tG!uv
looked into wis the suwurnue, tho yystcn1 of
which was foiI to bc tlisite orlxiuni aud ,ii,Iluo
ntijt]nr wns II nSns,,,,cn fhc Urentt,st nnss1,S
amount Of stsnrh Mil, Tho Ionst possIblo nl1tiny
Of cnsl.. sug.isy nctlIees Ilii IN its cxce'sto.
rn,,ss NJ, n,n uc,,, w ,',,,te i,s., ,,aun Hill @
',pon tho Sack ealscry of cauh or tho lover tcne.
osn Sox mne e 3 to a1i W
thor ol Into th!s ehnto the te,,nnt Of
spes nGE 9ho yn ox 81 M G fr IT, .of @
ehi,to' which secrVcd r its eete,lts md nd cnn nv
ycycti tho,n to tho lho aoppcr, ono Of which, it
n1i,y bv ststctl, served 10 re1noyo tbS wastcs Of
eI,ntos inuiaing towartis II eosnuaon foul point:
so a Ms f' se Tnes @s@ e9 o bea @
e aaro.. iS,r3rr |a ~" W. n
cmtss ;Ge ifIo c',cs and h,sc ~ @ert, of ., vnl,n
WbatSyar. III bois1r ehokcd IL viii frozcn o. w,,trr
mr., ,arh.r"s Int th;s ,d Hat ,ietcr i'm tnvesti
.,nths fr~ ioi,v,, ~ tiI% srst "tn ~ sr,vr,,w,,
naftor il ontorcd tic cirtt, aild lolrnIux somu-
thing moro nbont tts peculiar construction. Tho
WIS seen that THO 'pcrpet,dlonlar hox previously
referred to Gnaoh III nnolher pnx WHICH rfita
Haonv tho cellar tlooE and ent9rei tho chrth ~
e. tao iSo a rec "to ,e a or @
eatst,sia fou; not at ~ 10 ,,, time H., bs
Of tho systan, Ut wooden pipes WIS abandoned.
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