New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-28

Nos. 3OS. 80 312. 314 and }16 hottest, and Tor
wears they have been occupied almost exclusive
iy by Italian families DR.. r. ). Tracy, the Regis
ter OF Vital Statistics. reported 10 the Hedi'h
Board the following facts about the houses
Very old brick front and rear tenement-n9,use Is
The yard called i six feet wide al one 20 ei he
houses The buildings are re aoTt N and
with buildings Nos 2s S and S and al the rear of
the front houses are dark continuously ana h very
paa ME The tenanted room on the first floor Of
the rear houses there being no room Tor the eiS
where. and the stencil from them perVaoes '"e
Average annual death rate for last six years
The rear houses are absolutely unfit for human
habitation. s .ho ,tobt and
ventilation of the front houses. and OF the buidihss
on Elizabeth-st "a CHURCH and schoop' "o"'u NC
very much improved.
OCCUPIED BY go PERSONS.
SANITARY Inspector sulivan's report states that
the rear houses are occupied by twenty families
of 40 persons. with five apartments vacant
while thirty families Of 100 persons occupy the
front houses. total of 260 persons The fright
fully filthy condition of the sinks Is gone into
and il Is also stated that il Is Impossible 10 Cd
tain fresh air or sunlight even on the brightest
day. ~. o,c oao o5o
o51 and 254 hottest are also ordered vacated
The annual death rate here for the last SIX years
$3.50 They are used as dWehsS i foi'ans
The houses are more than seventy years oio. anu
light never enters the bedrooms. Each famiiy
occupies Two small rooms. with room lot oiiS
one bed vet two basement rooms. says me re-
p,rt are occupied by seven persons OF po'h
sexes .. Ao,sas az Nos
90 and 81 Baxter-st are 10 be wiped out Inns
is the last Of the property known as 'Re O, =,
Brewery" The report states ina! w l,iioh'
FISCHER Of No 100 St. Johns Place, BrooKiyh'
Is the agent. and responsible
The houses are occupied by Il adults ana 10
children a total of 116 all of whom are itailaiis.
The houses are said to have been bullt between
the years 1920 and 1880. and are diaploa'eu'
The cellar beams and floors are rotten ana III,
secure and the plaster on the walls Is cracKeo
and broken In many places; the floors nave
sagged: the brick walls are bulged ana out VI
plumb: the halls very dark.
BUILT FOR MODEL TENEMENTs.
The rear building OF the tenement-houses al
Nos 80 and 36is Baxter-st- Will be condemned
although the houses were originally ouiit TOT
"model tenements" The space between the
front and rear buildings is only four or five ieet
and there is poor ventilation, the lower rooms
being always dark. The rear brick house is three
and one-half stories high, occupied oy SIX ram.
lilies of thirty persons all Of the poorest class OF
Italians There are six-story tenement-houses
on ali four sides of 1t. and the occupants OF the
small house virtually live in cage The rooms
are the smallest and dirtiest imaginable ana
people are huddled together.
Other tenene 1T houses which must go are the
'front.' and rear houses No. 81 West-st. owned by
NJ T. Adrian Of No. 412 Grand-st. The house:
were built many years ago on leased land, anc
poorly ventilated. and damp cellars. The averass