New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-15
HAVE THE CHILDREN ENOUGH AIM
TIM MANAGERS OF SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS

u.r THY MANAGERS OF SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS
CAV M A REPORT TO THE HEALTH BOARD
Some of the institutions that receive payment ioin
the city treasury for the care of orphans vaerans
or destitute children. that were men'oned III 'h0
morning papcrs on Friday not complying WIN 'he
n.v law (secton T. Chapter 533 OF the Laws of eoo)
and being overcrowded allowing less IMAM Jul CUBIC
feet of air to each bed In one or more roonF "eio
visited yesterday by TRIBUNE reporter Or
Pratt who is visiting ply stefan for the houc io
the Frendless which is included IN the lst, uo 'uo
cporter that the fixes the 600 cubic feet ior each
he'd and no bed can be occupied under that amount
mics, unusually ample means OF Ventilation cAlst'
DIR Pratt said that these conditions OF Venu'au'n
AID exist at his Institution, and for that very ro"So
moro tolls were wanted as was allowed py law, al"
Ne managers had IctidoLed the Boam OF heai'n ioi
. nc,,n to but in more beds The doctor saio 'ha'
n had measured the and was SATISFIED that 'he
h.ttuti n had complied with the law In every TO
spcct The Institution can accommodate 100 GILL
dren though thcre not that NUMBER 'here OF
present some having been removed recenty Oh ~
count of sickness ,. =,
paul at No 2l5 West Thirty ninth st was surprised
that her institution had violated the law ehe SAID
that IL was entirely unintcntlonal II the law hau ho'
be<n compiled with. The asylum could ACCOMMODATE
QbO and 1t had at present only 10O ana inc chineh
were all In good health. That showed tnst 'h0ro
x,s r. overrowtling If there was any virtue In
rai,,e whom she regarded the local authority men
TONED I'm me laws Of the Board OF Health had caro-
fully inspected the rooms before granting bis GER
ti6cete for October and had a.surcd h.r that every
thing was all right She depended largely on OK
pcrience In one large room forty feet Il ns' twenty
wide and fifteen teet high She placed forty pods'
thtv five IF which occupied. and in small
room thirty feet long, twenty feet vile and hitech
high sh lut nineteen beds not one OF when wore
generally occupied. ., A.,
lady Superior OF another institution. VINO diu
not wish her name mentioned called the oOo CUBIC
feet law a humbug. ave are not Vanderbiits, shc
said land we cannot give each bed 600 cuDc Icy
7 give careful attention 10 Ventilation enc @iueu,
aapd So dc all know who have institutions OF Ihs
kind to take Of. If the children are well what
" m n Hebrew Sheltcring Guardian Society Is also
mentioned as not complying with the law; ~ mas
three branches In Fast Fifty seventh ST. at NOS go
800 and 500 and at No. 3l3 East f1ty -sIxn
AT At No 800 seventy two children can DO accom-
podated by the permit granted to the house elHy
ciyht are there present. There arc four siccpDg
rooms for the children. and each bed obviously docs
not On Joy cubic feet Of air, but tho inatron sad
that the children all healthy and that there was
GOOD VENT at on She had not measured the rooms
herself, but satisfied TO go by Lcr experience
The other branches have about fifty children each.
The children these houses 20 be dOmlcied next
mouth in the society's new quarters in West Ono
ADMIRED and hitieth st, tho large building formerly
uscd for the Sailors Home