New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-23
NINETY-SIX IN THE SHADE.
MANY PERSONS FALL BY THE WAY.
SUFFERING IN TENEMENT HOUSES-PRES1DENr
BAYLEs ON THE ITALIAN PROBLEM.

SUFFERING IN TENEMENT HoUsEs-PREsIDENT
BAYLES ON THE ITALIAN PROBLEM.
The mercury climbed rapidly toward the top OF ehe
Thermometer yesterday II in nendish gec at swelterhs
humanity too weak and overcome to offer resentmeh.
Passengers crowded the rather than to walk
blocks in the In the factories and the closely
packed tenement houses the East Side the sunehg WIS
severe. At A. m. yesterday temperature was GO
degrees p. 50 degrees, and nften minutes later
IL 91 20 degrees the minimum being 65 0l0 degrees
while humidity registered 95 per cent in the morning
in These figures are from obserVa
tions United States Signal Service Bureau on
the Equitable Building
The temperature Of tho air the ground In
which NewYork moves and breathes, is given by Huo
nuts thermometer as follows a. m, SO degrees a. m
"a degrees; M s4 degrees; 80 p. 80 degrees
D. M, 90 degrees; average, so degrees
When It IS taken into consideration the
difference between the temperature in the shade
where these observations made and the temperature
In the sum- It can readily what NewYork suffered
yesterday. The highest temperature the day OF
last year IudIus so degrees Early in the morn
ing hope held out by ranstorm. which gath
cred in lake regions and spread the Western
and New England States but It got New-York
than Albany, where there light shower The Sc
heat yesterday pretty general throughout the
United States OF the Rocky Mountains The hottest
place outside OF this city Albany where the tempera
reached % degrecs In Helena, Montana, however,
life enjoyable spring with the tempera-
down low 46 degrees. The record for other
places follows St. Louis. 50 degrees; Memphis
7s degrees Detroit. So degrees Chicago, 80 degrees
Boston, sc degrees; Portland, "A degrees Passport 5s
degrees Philadelphia degrees Baltimore, 80 degrees
and st. Paul. "A degrees
The following persons overcome by the heat yes
erday: Mrs f. S. Jerome OF No. $50 Sixth-ave at NO
Al Rosest, taken 10 Chambers Stree. Hospital; man
known Dutch George" home unknown In building at
One hundred. and thirty .nfhs and Fh-ave,, taken to
the Harlem Hospital William Brien forty, OF No
173 Park Row, at No. 81 Chambcrs-st, taken to the
Chambers Street Hospital David Wrtemorn. age thirty,
No. Grand.s, Pier No. East River, taken to
Chambers Street Hospital Joseph McLedro. age twenty
one of No. IL Mulberry-st, taken Chambers Street
Hospital; unknown maa who was found unconscious
No. 233 Broomc- st. and was taken TO Bellevue Hosp'
tai Charles Krungel age tweny-one. of No so Suffolk
st. removed to Bellevue Hospital David Davidson. age
rfy-six OF Mount Kisco, removed to Bellevue Hospital;
Miss Barbara Stroehlen, age thIrtynve. Of No 6lO
Fultonave, Brooklyn prosrated at the Bridge entrance
taken to Chambers Street Hospital.
quarters have moi yet shown much increase In mortal
ity account Of hot weather There has been com,
paratlvcy low death for summer weather, but w
was said in the Bureau of vital Statistics yesterday
That few more nor days 81 hsa1 ong ~Su rhrcD
In the tcncmenf-housc districts. President Baycs,
of the Health Board said yesterday that he had been
Visiting number of tenement houses at night, In com
pany with Sanitary policemen during several wccEI'
Most Of the houses were those crowded with ltal-
Ians and Mr. Baylcs has been seeking information I'm
the effort TO decide what ought TO be done by nc
Board in order TO prevent or TO lessen the ovcrcr0wd
ing. He said to Tribune reporter:
The italian problem in this city is difficult to deal with
There are thousands Italians here who In OF
work and on the verge starvation, am informed
They live cheaply by crowdng together In tenement
houses until they can get employment II we drive
them into the they may become burden on the
city Their habits are not cleanly and their crowded
homes are unsiehtly look az. II lind that the
crowdnc OF TOO many Italians a few houses endan
gers the health community know Of only one way
in which we can proceed put stop to it. To raid
few houses and the inmates into the streets would
do no good. can warn the owner OF house to pre-
vent from occupied by many persons, and
subsequent inspections show that 1t Is still overcrowdcd
we can be vacated and closed Such
action ought not rcsorted to, In my opinion unless
positive danger demands 1t.
have ascertalncd study OF the death returns
that Italians do contribute thsn fair share
10 the deaths zynotic diseases. They to be
able live in Nth and closely packed together without
suffering other people from diseases that
do with their comparative heahfulness. They eat
and easily affected by the hot weather.
In the outbreak Of cholera the danger OF
togion in crowded houses would call for prompt action
At present there be less danger than the un
slightly appearance Of would indicate
persons.
The Health Board probably will set tho full " sum-
men house districts on July l. At present seventeen
young doctors who belonged TO the vaccnaing corps
inspecting tenement houses In The worst parts Of
tho city, by order of Dr. Cyrus Edison.