New-York tribune., 1884-11-17
pJAGTTE SPOTS IN NETWORK.
BAD SANITARY CONDITION OF QUARTERS oCCCfih
BY ITALIANS, NEGROES AND OTHERS.

nan SANITARY CONDITION OF QUARTERS OCCUPIED
BY ITALIANS NEGROES AND OTHERS
A TRIBUNE reporter yesterday made tour
NJ some of the most filthy streets OF the city ana fouho
their condition sadly need OF betterment ana MOS. III
viting for the spread OF cholera whicn
threatens visitation to New-iorK Inc io"ci
element of Italians, who live IN baA'er-s"'
are naturally filthy, sluggish in disposition and lazy
Dirty ragged and sothful in their crowded tenemehs'
nothing but the strctest police surveillance VIII make
them clean their premises. All manner OF refuse Stops
and filthy rags are thrown the streets at night and
often during day into the CUTTERS when are eeA
witlsluggsh and oahsome scum When the sun shhe lu
upon this plague spot odors that arise are naseatg
IN the extscme TO any except the acclinated ians
Mulberry and Bayard sts are equally as htny as
a. and each be said To contain q hundred oiSnot
smells each worse the other. Children playing Ill
the sloppy cutters add to the general discomfort oi pc
destrians whose business unfortunately carries them
within block OF that pestilentisl and feveroreedihg
onarer In the Bowery and the narrow streets III the
vicinity OF Chatham Square, the dives anu
shops make reservoirs of the streets and cesspoo
of their back yards Sauerkrau decayed sausage onions
md the refuse of the freeunch table, are thrown INTO
the backyards and streets to bake in the morning sun
and disseminate the germs of disease.
sixthaye from Twenty fourth TO Thirtiethsts. where
vegetable stands cheap restaurants and allnght beer
shops be most numerous. Is notorlouSly hthy
The elevated track prevents the from shining on the
unwhoesomeness Of the rotten vegetables, kitchen slos
and beertaps" thrown into the cutters.
On the streets west of Sixthave., down TO Tenthave
and as far as Fortiethst yards seemed literally
piled with casto collars, stockings etc. evidently
tossed over the partition wall by nforgetful neghborS
West Fortieh-st is mainly occupied by degraded class
OF women, who have regard for the cleanliness
Of their premises, and the police in that ncigbor-
cd report that 1t is almost Impossible
TO detect those who nooriousy violate the sanitary
Laws by emptyng garbage in the streets.
SCENES IN THOMPSON STREET.
Thompson-s, the "Now Ethiopia" though the home OF
the coloed kalsomincr found to be greatly in need
of a visitation from Health Board officials. Whatever
nccumulates in front of houses in this coored colony is
allowed to remain until 1t cvaporates or is driven TO
some other neighborhood by friendly or illblowing
Winds The rOOkeres that the reporter visited told
the nearly all They not quite III as crowded
a condition As the tencmets of "Ncw Italy, but they
were equally filthy. COlOred people are naturally
acquisitlve and never throw away even the most WORTH
Les tries, Their garret rooms, basement, and even
sleeping show general disorder and unceanllness
and many of them packed with bundles bags. rags,
old clothes, and almost every concelvaDe species OF
trumpery whose only virtue is filth, and whose only use
is to breed disease. Creaking balustrades
and unswcpt staircases led the reporter
more poisonous by the rOtting wall paper which
falling TO the floor scraps from its weight. The
afmosphcrc made sckening st by cmanatloils
from thu badly severed yard which came in wheneyers
window temporarily opened. Even the roofs OF
these rookcries not free from impurities solS ana
refuse matter were seen on many ms Is CONSIDERED 'h
easiest and most convenient way TO get rld Ot
dish water and kitchen refuse Thrisory inhabitants
lind much easier than TO carry the refuse dOW sas
aud dunn il into the street or less likely to provoke
quarrel than il thrown down into nelghbors backyard
This refuse trickos down the sides into the windows OF
planting the of disease to be inhaled by every pass
eI-by.