Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-22
INSPECTING THE SCHOOLS.
What IL Found TO Their Sanitary Condi-
ton by Health Omcials.

TIE THIELKELD BUILDING STILL cLosED-BAD
CONDITION OF ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBoRHooD
-KEsULr OF YESTERDAYS INVESTIGATION
RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE INSPECTORS.
As published in yesterdays STAR the work
of fumigating the seventy-fve schools has been
completed, and now a sanitary inspection is 20
be made of each building separately. Health
Officer Hammett has received the reports Of
the inspectors who had charge Of the work, and
this morning be received the report on the
condition of the Threlkeld building in George
town, as well as OF the neighborhood adjacent
The building is still closed, and will probably
not be opened for some DAYS.
BAD CLOSET ARRANGEMENTS.
Inspector WEIGH in reporting upon the
schools east Of the Capitol SAYS he found most
of them in good condition. Speaking Of the
Wallach building he SAYS: 'In this case the
closet arrangements are in immediate connec-
ton with the school building proper" Attention
Il called To a number of defects and remedies
suggested.
No SEWER CONNECTIONS.
In his report Poundmaster Einstein says he
found ell buildings in apparently good con-
dItion except the Jackson, which has no sewer
connection and is consequently damp. The
Grant has water in the basement, which ap-
pears to be spring water, as it is clear on1
fresh.
WATER IN THE BASEMENT.
Officer Farrsr in his report says: 81 found
the sanitary condition of all the buildings good
except the Monroe on Wallach street. This
building. ascertained from Mr. Kcene, the
principal. that during the winter months the
basement floor stands in water from one to two
inches deep No sewerage connected, with
stagnaut water standing in gutter near the
building"
SOME GENERAL DEFECTS.
Inspector Herd i'll special report on the
buildings which he visited states as follows:
Arthur School--Defective sewer, causing
water TO flow into basement in time Of heavy
rains
Seaten Observation-Disclosures trap to wash
stand.
Banneke building -Defective sewer, causing
water TO flow into basement i'll time Of heavy
rains.
Twining-An INSTRUCTED sewer.
High Schooi-Defeetiye open waste from
sink.
Morse-Dampness and defective drainage.
Denrison-Water in coal vault.
Sumner-Untrapped waste from sink in
basement.
THE THRELKELD BUILDING.
DR.. W. ID. Hughes. sanitary Inspector, DIR.
NA"l Ats y. osuiuii, NLO uds CudTSt vi stENlCt
for the prevention of the spread OF contagious
diseases. and Sanitary Inspector Shepherd, who
made the inspection of the Threlkeld School
yesterday, reported to DIR. Hammett this morn
ing. and they call especial attention to the
square bounded by Prospect avenue and and
36th and 31th streets. The drainage from ali
the houses on the west side of Both street
empties into.a ditch in the rear and there are
other imperfections which cause serious
nuisance. The cutters along street are filthy
and oycrgrOwn with weeds, and by reason of
tine defective pavements the drainage is
tanned. which has become exceedingly foul and
offensive. Along 36th street near Prospect
avenue the cutters are filthy and overgrown
with weeds and need immediate attention. The
condition Of 3Gth street between and o is
also referred to. referring to this squire the
report says:
ADIsEAsE-BREEDISG SQUARE.
Sewer facilities are not afforded and the
drainage from some twenty houses empties in
the street, creating pools of stagnant water The
old styie privies are in use and are exceedingly
offensive and tend in a great measure to add TO
the disease now existing.
We would recommend that the property
owners on Seth street between y and Prospect
avenue be notified to make proper sewer con-
nCctions and substitute running water closets
in lieu of the old style privies; also that the
owners of lots in the rear be notified to fill
them TO the proper grade with good material.
We further recommend that the after ton
of the authorities be called to the condition of
y street between 36th and 37th streets. and
that as a sanitary measure afford sewer facili
ties on 36th between and streets so that
this depar tment can have the existing nuisances
abated. We think that when the improve
ments recommended made decided i'm
provemeut in the sanitary condition of tie
neighborhood will be apparent"
TWENTY SUIsANcEs IN TWO SQUARES.
Inspector Shepherd, in his report concern
ing inspections within a radius of two squares
of the building, reports twenty nuisances,
which the occupants of premises were notified
to abate in from four to ten days. The
nuisauces reported consist of foul and filthy
privies. dirty yards and filthy cow stables as
well as unnecessary accumuations of stable
filth. Defective surface drainage and I'M
lawfully located outhouses were also mentioned
in the report and unless the alleged nuisances
are abated the residents will be taken into
court