New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-26
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,rNrnyJNG DEFECTIVE PLUMBING.

The reports of sanitary inspectors regarding de-
fective plumbing in dwelling houses have oeen M ,
Hoard of Health have been kert busy sending out
notices TO the owners of houses which nave become
unhealthy from nOxious odors ana seWeIosnts,
Among the houses complained of last week were the
The tenement house No 3l7 East .Thirty-fourth-
st. madc the subject of complaint Dy clergy
Yesterday at No. 317 East Thirty fogrth-st., top
floor, back room where ! found the seWeI
gas so bad that, 1T vas Imp lmpo sttep
ton to this as do not think the house is ut TO I'VE
in" Inspector Roberts found that the waSte-plIes
in the house not ventilated ana that Tue seSe
gas came from the kitchen sinks. lie recommended
The necessary changes in the plumbing Inc same
Inspector also reported similar trouble IN the telle
ment house No. 347 East lhlrty,secohu-s',' , VIZ
some of the tenants had complained oil onehsNo
odors. ;. -, ,.,,;,o
case Of malaria having occurred in the dwelling
40 No. 105 East Eff y-nluth-St Inspector DnaT tn
was sent to the house TO make an examination re
wrote on his return " No eiench traps II! III
waste pipes of wash basins on the second ana MIRO
ed to make needed changes. Dr mann
also reported that sewer gas was entering me nNel
ing rooms of the honse No. le E ise s sa pp He
recommended thai the joints OF The pipe DE cduiNcu
with lead immediately. r,. o.,b
ST. wrote to the Board of Health last MONDAY as
follows: "Will Nou please send somebohy 10 eN-
anime the plumbing in this house am anxious 10
find out whether ~ ~ ~! iIEhi, ''''N' -
family having been III poor health Tor Fone liI'. ~.
Inspector Morris found the main waste plpe Vi tnc
house unVentlaed, and an open noe ~ inc > ~
ppc in the cellar. Sewer gas was escaping lhlo 'ic
house freely " .,
COMPLAINTS of bad odors and ll-health having been
MADE by the tenants of the building Nc i3I pIchaI
ST. INSPECTOR MuTtha made an examination anu
found fine waste-ppes defective. SeWcr-gaS was
entering the building through crevices IN lh- pipe.
IuSprctnr Hughes visited No. - Frlnce-st', tle
plqce having been complained OF by occupants Oh
stores there. The waSte-plpeS were WITHOUT ine
necessary traps and sewer-gas was eiItrlS ' t
building The following complaint. addressed 10
the Board of Health, was signed Ivy hcttl"us
name ard evidently was sent by an occupant vi
tLc buildiuq. House No. 455 SiXth-aye Is IN
very unhealthy condition, such that no one ca I'VE
in If without injury to health. lie landlord
has been appealed =, to. Dut nc SiTS ,s
tenants dies so long as he gets his rent" Inspector
Lockwood fonnd the closets of the building very
filthy and in need of flushing, the tenants beng re-
sponsble in a measure Tor the Min. ne recon-
mended some changes IN the drainage anu
thorough cleaning ,...i,o.od
n COMPLAINT of bad odors in the list Regiment
Annoy Building, at Broadway and ihTly,hiiih1-st.
He recommended that thc soil pipe III the puiiuIns
he extended to the roof and that other changes pe
made III the plumbing. -
Although the occupants OF houses IL pa 81 Il.
are not I'm the habit of making complaints III re-
gard 10 surrounding smells. woman liVing IN No
go RayteT-st. made complaint about loul odor' III
tbe house DR.. Trace reported, fter making an III
yrStigation that the mann Waste-plpc was uhNchu
lated that there was large opening IN lhe ppe III
ire cellar and that the sinks we're unpl0tcctr9 py
traps, He also found much the same aate OF ihlHS9
in the o1ioiuug house, No. g.. Notices to mlAc
alterations in the drainage of the houses were sent
q tAe OMLeIs Yesterday.