Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-30
Yaie College.
It's Sanitary CondttfOn-Ths Report of
 a Special Committee.

It's Sanitary Condttfon-Ths Report of
 8 Special Committee.
 A circular has been issued by the college which emphatically contradicts the reports of an unsanitary condition of the college build- ings, as also the report that this city was unhealthful. The committee was appointed to examine and report the facts, consisting of c. F. Chandler, Ph. D., of the School of Mines in Columbia college; Dr. c. A. Linds- ley, M. A.. of the medical department, and Prof. William F. Brewer. Ph. D., of the Sheffield Scientific school of Yale college. They reported as follows:
 NEW HAVEN. Jan. g. 1883. Rev Noah Porter, President of Yale College:
 a Dear Sir-In accordance with your request we have made careful examination of Durfee college, Far the plans on fie in the treasurers ofce which ex hibit the plumbing ard drainage in Dur1ee and Far colleges and the general drainage syste of the
 We a3d that the construction of the water closets u-inals these buildings is in complete and and that the aterias and workmanship are unexceptionaole;
 plemented by auxiliary arrangement for ventila- gas burners. This to remove offensive odors the water closets and to prevent the escape of sewer gas, should any be formed in the dr .ins near them. The copious automatic flushing of all the fix lures which takes place at fre9uent intervals day so that iS s not probable that any decor position | takes place on the college premises.
 specially commendabe feature of the sy stem is the complete isolation of the closets and urinals By careful testing we found both the flushing and veDtilating apparatus 10 be in perfect working In conclusion, we would say that we found nothing in either of these buildings in unsanitary oondf- tion and that of the opinion that no sickness bs justly attribute to local in either | Wm. B. Brewer, Ph. D., | 0. F. Chandler, Pn. D., l c. A. Lindsley, M. D. ' Rev. Noah Porter President of Yale College: Dear Sir-Inasmuch some alarm was expressed spect to the heslthfulnsss of New Haven region, | Ithink the following facts should be published:
 one of it's size age. This is shown by it's very | low death rate (shown by the national board .of est death of any seaport of it's size in the word The death rate thousand of the whole secondly-An the buildings of all the departments of Yale college (except those of the Scientific school sickn. ss the past term) iu ward. This ward has had the lowest death of any in the city fo1 The eab rate persons in this ward (which contains about five thousand inhabitants exclusive of students has been for these years, respectively only 1462. 934 1.O3 12l7, TO- 45 1lr4 and about i2 for the last year he figures many consecutive years sufaciehi index of the general heaIthfuness of the locality l President of the Board of Hea tn. l NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Jan. 10, 1883.
 The cases of typhoid fever have been follows One graduate and one profes ional student, one o whom resided on the college premises, and both ot l whom had overworhsd very seriously for several months. Both died, one at New Haven and the other at his home Of the senior class acadenical depart ment two, one terminating in death. very early in the ter the attack having been ascrbed to serioul exposure; of the junior class two both convaescent | of the sophomore two three, convaescsnt of the freshman, one, recovered Besides these there have been tive or three Of serious illness with ty- phoid accompaniments and several cases of maarioul accompanimehts of slight illnesses, sucb had been | observed in many of the New England towns with un usual frequency, till the winter set n In the other departments of the college other of illness have occurred in all three deaths, two of stu dents in the graduate department and in the derzrad7ate. At present the students seem to be in | their usual health and spirits, and good reason to been discovered for the sensational ports which have had more less GU rency, or for the temporary alarm which these reports accustomed | NOAH PORTER, President. | YALE COLLEGE. January 22. 1884,