Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-05
CITY INSPECTION.
,e BOARD or HEALTH AND The
w. cry ENGINEER ON AToUR'
ne Corrected Only One New Case
and No Deaths from piphthe-
ria Yesterday.

.of inspection around the supposed
IA helt of this city was made yes
OPP ,', morning by several members of the
i'S i'''' q Health and other city officials.
p h' h, the party were Colonel Cutshaw.
~ 1lsar = Hulce, Health OficeF James,
60 y Boiling, and Drs. W. L. Open
~. and benjamin Harrison.
'.. 80, revealed considerable unclean-
come sections and many cases
.a., sewerage facilities were defec-
". II ,aey existed al ait
10" -,s',toniiary bottom, which is per-
vs. .' 10 .he most il-kept sections of
t.i' In the neiehboTho08 of the
h.. which rams along Byrd street,
.'f'".' 1, -. .es IN which city water Is not
80 d. IN were found. The occupants
5'r' .',,ors IN their wards, and as these
.'N .@ through a soil which Is doubtless
,s- with several feet of refuse, II
.'' r.uli matter 20 trace the germs OF
some If tho homes of the ne
,.-. very uncleanly as they had not
,.-I. slightest cBori TO Keep thelr prem,
t.,n. aud had dumped great deal
i'' 'yrlage in their yards. Dlph-
las lad large proportion of its
l.,t. and one can easily see the
f b. one home where death from
o. ,....or occurred II Is indeed wonder
49,. vhsle fnmiiy had not been
t'. 7.np and perished. Here disin-
...i b. vigorously enforced. The
o.. the sewers IS leakv, while the
-s has heayed IN II everything
calculated 10 cause sickness and
D. ,T Catshaw and DIR. Oppenhimer
.. r..elt those sections OF the neigh
.f winch seem to most need i'm
.'.t ari an effort will be made to
..... evils. To do this considerable
,,.n ,c necessary ana culverts VIII
rrtin. The residents Will also
-e! o. Use city water.
..vT rAnLY-1Err ALLEYS.
r..., t.. peu.tentsry bottom and its
f.. party next drove up Cary
b.. tt. ueiehhorhood of Harrison,
.. .-h,r hadly-kept alleys were
I., inspectors then crossed over
..--a liz on the south side Of the
.-l inspected the pool of stag
o.--- h,re and the great variety of
.cl lai been dumped to fill up the
considerable quantity of
.s.nl ~aUiust formed part of the
..-.,-i. .ce If The land, and this, Colonel
f.y think. viii produce disease IN
..... ..-.a when u = unearthed, alter
'.-.,- l.tu covered up 10y other deposits
~. iie maintains tLat 1t should
lHrl.t.
p.--...a lal Grace streets was the next
. .t. rounds. and at the intersec-
t.-. there IS depression which
v.-.rfn form during rainy seasons.
.-.. .s,.ts Il the neighbOrhOod who
.... FL. Officers asked that the evil be
--.L
Arrtic or THz Old SYSTEM.
....r Hr'.e nuxt directed the gentle
-....t.e lnEhborhood Of the old Bu-
..l- ~,rn-- property where dlphtheria
.. .... particularly prevalent. In the
.. .t.rrr tie house Of MIR. Joseph
E.. fl05 west Mars hall. who lost
f-.mllc dread disease Thursday
..--.,..t o. sewer WAS noted. This ls a
.trto.a system of culverting. by
..l Oh, water, ~ the spring were borne
- ..l..avtnace to the salubTIous-
.... flr vicinity.
-, . h-rcs line from this section.
.. -l,r- u.st lrove 20 Oak street, which
,...t.r-l 0. Clay. and here another dirty
-. w.tl tii.y-kept alleys was dis
D7--I l-e sewerage facilities here are
l..,-, ended with this street ard the
,.-.r tl.1 troy. back 90 the City Hall.
.-.rtW. houses where diphtheria now
.-.,. =, we've discovered, and these were
a..f .-i With large signs, So they can be
.1 DID,. q,.- - fesring the disease.
,.. there have been other cases III
-Lr1rL01ls. but the patients have
p. .y,--i uow and the notices taken
'a- t.us,s. When II Is remem.
.--I-.4, these iehborboods visited are
.r.- .0~, I-gt. the ones supposed &c
81. t--a .-t.cu'arlv Infected with the
...-.. l- can readily he seen that the
...l. .i- Is ul means so prevalent as wa.
Sch q reOvlr. the uncleanliness and
.l these sections seem 10 lndi'
.'. -ts. %. disease Is caused by pool
-r... e. i...es.
0T-I oNE Stw CASINO DEATHS.
u.r .-. Lew case Of diphtheria-ths
o.. d.. taU and = half days--was reported
- .,. har. If Health Office yesterday
l- 4.- Was report 4 but that occurred
--. u0r-iu- and the certificate wa:
-- ..t.v delayed IN reaching DIR. Op
,.-a.-. Iaerr "as no death reported
Is .l-,c 'aken place within the thirty
- -.-f, ir-ce liz. midnight last night.