New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-10
THE STEEET.S And HFILIH

According To- The Health Board doctors. me
grin il again endemic in This city. ANA Is more
Than usually vrulcni. The announcement Is nor
surprising There would he 10 cause for won
dor II pneumonia. diphhcria. scarlet fever ana
half a dozen other plaques wer" also raNa3ihI
the city. That they are not speaks much Tor
the physical stamina "f the propl" -! rW-'oIh
and for thc skill and diligence of their physicians
and health officers We do not know ihaf any
one else is entitled 10 praise. excepting ol
course that Providence which takes care 81
children and fools and mssoverned cities.
Seldom has any departing government lei' "
more baefu legacy Of menace TO the puoh'
health Than did that which last week was force"
TO rellnuuish It's hold upon supreme power III
\ew-York Three weeks ago The hrSt SNOW "i
the season fell II not Il phenomenaily
heavy Storm nor was The snow 0f Il quaint!
difficult TO handle Bnt to-day considerable
mart of that snow still lies in the streets. even III
the principal thoroughfares Rain and ihaw nave
swept much OF it away. But enough OF II re-
mains to make some streets almost impossible
and to make the whole city damp. chilly filthy
and nnwholesome Week after week II has lain
there receiving and holding in suspension Ill
The filth Of the streets. all that IL uS'iiy swept
ND or washed away by rain. or bl"wh AWAY III
dust bv the wind On mild days the whoie
loathsoine mixture has been III Il scinl-ruid S'a''
reeking and sinking. and sending n"Nious FUMES
into the throat of every person III Inc ci'y As
day by day the mass has been r'dnc'h Ill pniN
II has grown more intensely VIE III HnalHE.
To-day II Is a coating Of slowly evaporalng
peryasive poison. spread over the whole OUT
doors surface Of the city. No wonder the grip
Is rampant.
The wrctched Andrews. chief hunsler Of the
Street Cleaning Department, will In II few days
yacate the office he has disgraced. But me evil
effects Of his Acknowledgement cannot so readily
no efraced but will remain. more or less. 10 me
epd az the season II may he. as he pleaded.
that the system " appropriating money for the
usc of that department + also AZ fault. But
that system too Is a creation of TamInany.
And SD the organization that has for years ruled
This city with the absolutism of Il Car. and has
SO loudly boosted that. whatever It's faults might
H., If did the publir business Of The city we'll,
goes ont Of power with this final and browning
record. that with millions 10 spend II conid NOT
keen the streets Of the city dcceniy clean.
Whatever else the new Administration may
do or may not do. it should certainly attend 10
the elementary requirements OF me poop"
health our climate T. In winter nj best NV
Ing one At that season The most formhaDIr
diseases are most prevalent Ana nothihg 80
much encourages aud promotes ihrIr dearly
ravages rs just such stat" of ia" streets ~ We
now behold. and we have had Tor III" ilS'
thre. weeks The prompt removal or $40" j.
really one of the most important 81 All Tue
duties ~ the Street Cleaning Department. "
can never bc neglected without injury 10 health
or that fact we have had many demonstrations
the latest Of which exists at the present time.
Let us hope IT may also be- the last