New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-18
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
c,,,pn1vc THE pTBIJC HEALTH.


Elbridoe r Gerry appeared before the Board OF
Health yesterday in behalf OF The SOCIETY," Ioi tn'o
Prevention Of Cruelty { Children, con'pIainNIS
that the managers of the Asylum Iof cY naticnts
81 Univers tv-paCe, were taking IL new pa'1oI,D
nfter those that were there had been Iemo'e1G ~
the Society on account of the had e0ndi'.3h q, NY
building He desired the Board 10 cl Sc the nuIIu-
INC C0mmissioner Woolscy Johnson submitted
reDort of an inspection o. the Asylum ulp' ~ e.
bv him with DIR w NJ P"Ik, n nFa2L ~ rc eo and
Dr Y r. Chadharu for The trustees o! lhe, ASfLuH
The Mace when the inspection was made, h2o o.Tn
recently fnmigated and cleaned; neNcItnress ,o C,I
stencil caused by the impure atmosphere, IoH
clothing and personal uncleanlneSs was perctPi
blc nm the nurseries and plav-rooms, ana espcG'uN
en- rho infrmaries Defective ventilation ana IN
cleanliness were cauSes that contributed 10 ms re-
eulf. together with the neglect Of the nurses WHO
were found to he of low order OF lntcIiect III ui.o
room where there were three scarlet leNer tHtoiio
shore was nur.e who knew nothing about the olsr
ease or it's treatment, or about the nourlS h,eO VI
The patients. As the uuccan Gloihilt udu - oo
carried through the building TO the laundry no $50
lation of contagious diseases was possible. IAeIe
were no means of ventilation and the
committee Reconsideration of tho building
would make il fit foe the purpose Tor Whth !, - -
uscd Under favorable conditions ne hummer Va
crsons II contained az the time OF the Inspector.
isixtv-fourl would not crowd IT but AT pfesch, II
was II fiji 10 be used as pl &c OF au0qe Io Sex "
Ieolthv children The statistics of the ins!i utlon
i sbuent showed thar 500 children
hi bcen RECEIVED M To January 10: of these sixty
fonr renamed. 1876 had been discharged and .,
bad died d.r, des rGPo om Santary Sapcrn,
tSndent Day, who certified that TIE oulId hg
n No ri Unvcrs,ty-placc Is SO injected
with disease as to be likely to cause sickness among
ths occupants and he recommended tnat tEe pItH-
,tns he vacated within twcnty-four hours after the
proper service The Board issued the desired oIuel
10 close the place within twenty-iour hours. .
Assistant SANITARY superintendent James summit
ted n report of the resident physician NJ tho
Riverside Hospital showing that there was no dan
ger whatever of the smallpox cohtaelon
being communicated through the nurses or
aiiend,nts az the hospital. DR.. James called
attention however 10 the crowded con-
djtion of the Reception Hospital at the ioot o.
East SIxteenth-st. II contains only two rooms ior
smallpox patients and four for other contagious
disease 1t has la ely been necessary 10 iG."tn
many cases i'm this hospital for treatment, always
nj the risk of the patti uts contracting other forms
nj disease An instance was mentioned of woman
who was admitted on November II. suffering from
measles b, November % scarlet fever and ollA-
thrra had been added to her complaints, Despite
The combined onset, the patient recovered ana was
discharged ON December .. lie commissioners
were urged 10 take some steps TO relcFe thlS con
dition of the hospital. 49,.
Assistant SAINT ~ Engineer Hooper reported that
Primary School No. 3D. at Oue-hundIed -nd- '.sH-
fpepth-st and Ayenue-A was too crowded ana was
iii ventilated. The pupils SIT ON bcncheS ci""utu
M closely together as possible and packing me
room The drain pipes We're out OF ordeT, ana the
ward was muddy ana IN need OF tiagging
Tho Riverside Hosyi al report showed seventy
fonr eases of SMALLPOX there on January II, an in
crease for the week OF ten. The Board grained
twenty-three applications 'or license TO Keep Io1H-
ing hou>es and appointed the following 'ur phy-
eicians as assistant sanitary inspectors at !Idres
of 81 300: Water G. Cow, Frcderek W. Chanih,
F H. DILLINGHAM; aud Francs H. Markoe' l}T.
Neumau wa, appointed assistant physician at the
Smallpox Hospital. IW9 meat inspectors ana 1" Hc"
clerk also appointed.