The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-04-28
LEPERS, STENCIL AND MIASMA

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against it. think it an imposition. We
will have meeting of the East Side
Improvement club next Wednesday to
take action on removing it. We will have
large attendance and will see if some
| thing cannot be done. | do not think a
person could be found on this side but
what demands its removal to some iso-
lated spot. | think the hospital should
| be removed. "
! Il. Elsner. 1862 Mission road: II think
| it is big mistake to put the pest house
/ right here in our midst, and it is GER
| tainly dangerous to have these persons
running around in this manner. 1t is
certainly great nuisance. The stencil
| arising from the garbage dump and
offal from the hospital is simply terrible
at times. and certainly should be
| abated.'
Mr.. William NOLAN, $40 South Hansen
street: II hope The Herald will keep this
up until we get this whole business
moved out, for it's an intolerable nui
sance."
Mr.. J. f. Brown. who has just built a
fine residence and moved into it. at AL
Eastlake avenue, sad: The stencil arts
ing from the hospital grounds, and which
is waited over here every evening, is some
thing terrible. and the authorities should
certainly give us relief from it. | hope
you will continue to stir up public se.ti-
ment until we get relief"
Mrs. J. II. Bellan, wife of the druggist at
1923 Downey, said: 1T should certainly
be removed. We are all interested in hav-
ing this nuisance and danger done away
with.
Mr.. Todd of Peck & Todd. meat mar
ket. sat 1920 Downey avenue: ~ think it
an outrage to have it here. 1t should be
blown up with dynamite.
j.. X. Chalmers, the insurance man
who lives at 62S South Griffin avenue.
SAID: After reading The Herald's ac-
count in Wednesday, issue, | went and
investigated the matter and found it0even
worse than you had pictured it. The
condition of these unfortunates is simply
terrible The etfiuvia arising from that
garbage dump is almost sitting, and to
think we've been taking milk from cows
that have access to that polluted creek is
simply nauseating. I've seen the cattle
drinking from that stream These peo-
pie must be removed from there to some
isolated place. | would rather have
smallpox >pest house in our midst with
the patients running at large.
Mr.. James Ii. Mesmer OF the Queen
shoe store II think this must be
brought to focus shortly. We can't have
this continue. The people are deter
mined in this matter and will not stop
short of their aim to get this pest house
out. I am surprised that We have a
member of the board of supervisors who
is one of the Target property holders on
the East Side and yet he will allow this
pest house to be put there. | was very
much pleased witt The Herald's article,
as [ think it covered the case exactly.
| nope you will continue in the fight.
We have suffered from that arroyo which
extends through the hospital grounds and
is impregnated with all the sewage and
offal. regard it rs even greater me-
mace to health than the lepers. as it
carries and scatters the eifiuvia through
l1o tirnE East Stda mi Rn,.1o ni,yt,t &c
We must have some remedial action
taken at once. ~
W. NJ. Hughes, one of the pioneers of
the East Side, having lived there since
u. said: The pest house and the hos
rita should both be removed. They are
a detriment to our prosperity and
menace to health
NJ. George, 80 North Griffin avenue.
said: II think that pest house should
be removed. There are a large number
of families with children living In that
vicinity and they are i'll constant danger
OF coming in contact with these lepers,
and the consequence is terrible to think
of 1t should be removed from the city
limits. The supervisors and health off
GERS should take this matter in hand and
do something at once. The people in
that neighborhood are afraid to go out
for fear OF coming in contact with these
lepers Renters are preparing to leave
ch'o POW anu SohiO Nhc VNi IioPS'ty
have already moved, and others are pre- ,
pairing to go. It's burning shame to
keep those people there to the danger of
their health. This should have been
seen to long ago and am glad The Her
aid is getting after the right parties. II
there is any protection for the property
owners. we certainly need it now.
Mr.. O'heilly. who lives with his moth
err corner Hawkins and Sichel streets,
said: "Those lepers have been upon our
street begging. One was up last week and
asked my mother for 10 cents. He said
he was trying to get money to take him
to Hot Springs. His face was disgust
ing sight. He scared my mother very
badly. She was afraid to go near him to
give him the money"
Many others were seen and all unite in
saying some action must be taken at once
\ family by the name of Oft, who
formerly lived at the corner of Mission
road and Sichel street. has been entirely
broken up. The mother died and two of
the children came near dying from the
effects of the mjasma inhaled from that
garbage dump just across the street. An
uncle came from Oakland and took the
children away when the mother died.
The mass meeting on Wednesday next
will be "a mammoth affair. and TIE teel-
ings of the people will be voiced in no
uncertain sound. The health officer. board
OF health and supervisors will receive spe-
cal invitations to be present.