The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-06
WOMEN WORK FOR HEALTH
THEIR AssoCIATION HEARS RE-
PORTS OF Ter ACTIVITY.

Prompt Attention 10 Their Recommendation
from the Hoard or Health and Public Works
Commissioner CoiIis-LSttera OF Commcndn-
tion from Mayor strong and Others.
The regular meetings OF the Women's Health
Protective Association woro resumed in the
Academy Of Medicine, 10 West Forty.third
street, yesterday morning. Mrs. Ralph Traut-
man, the President, was in tho chair, and a
large number of members were present. This
association, like all other women's organiEa-
tions in the city, takes a holiday rs an organiza-
ton during the heated term, but individually
those who remain in town do an astonishing
amount of work, as the reports rendered yester-
day proved.
After healing from the Chairman of the Com
mitteo on Prisons and Station Houses, 1t was
decided to ask a committee from tho Womcn's
Prison Reform Association to confer with n COM
mittoe from tho Health Protective Association
to SEQ II some action providing bottor accom-.
modations in tho station houses for both men
and women could be taken, especially regard.
ing sanitation and sleeping accommodations
In tho cells, Complaints have poured In on tho
association during the summer, all sorts and
conditions OF complaints. Some were acted
upon at once by the Individual to whose cars
they came. Others were brought up yesterday.
Ono member stated that the workmen on. Fifth
avenue had made themselves such u nuisance
In the ncighborhood OF Twcnty-sccond street.
that somo of the residents near by left town.
She notified tho President OF the Board Of
Health, and In two hours the evil was corrected:
an quite enecr AZ SlS ifS@y T sSs f iaa. n Fl J shan esG' fo
walk through Washington square one day. she
said, and every seat was occupied by o tramp;
hardly wade through. / wrote to the Prcsi-
dent OF the Bonrd of Health also, and the next
days later, wouldn't have Known it was tho
same. place. You've changed things here
said I to a policeman. Yes, he answered, we
are ire doing oH H best to clean things up and keep
After this everybody fell to talking about the
sanitary, condition Of the street cars, and all
The Chairman of the Committee on Streets
said the streets were in a very cleanly condi-
ton, and she didn't once refer to the torn up
condition of the avenues. When somebody
muttercd something uncomplimentary about
Gen. Coils one woman after another jumped up
and had n good word to say for him.
A number of ladies who have recently visit
over, 5000 had been put in, making the quarters
much more comfortable. This was done at the
suggestion Of the association. A complaint
about tho foot Of Fifty-siNth street and Eleventh
avenue being used as a dumping place for shells
was heard. and another about tho sanitary con;
dition OF a certain hotel in the city. Action will
Mrs. Newton took the chair while Mrs. Traut-
man made = report Of what she had done THIS ms
being tho first to stimulate action in having the
tenemen house district cleaned. even II the
business portions OF the city had to wait. Mrs.
Trautman lives on Bcckmanp place.
For years. she said, I've advocated max
Ing the river front extending from East Forty
ninth to Fifty-iirst street into q small park, for
as early as 1 o'clock in the morning I've seen
mothers there with their sick babies, and by q
1t was teeming with children from the tene-
ments, all trying to get a breath Of fresh air.
Il went to see DR.. Bryant about the matter,
and he told me that he would take action as
soon as the met. l went to soc him
about 1t again last night, and could almost
havc shouted for JOY when he told me the
committee had recommended that the district
be converted into n small park. He also said
that tho committc was making an effort to
have the Fairgrounds of the public schools
thrown open to the children all day and TO have
condemned buildings throughout the city torn
down and the spots where they stand made into
Fairgrounds. .
street. which are used by the physicians and
nurses at Blackwell's Island and by the
public generally, were in n very dilapidated
and unsafe condition. l went to see Gen.
Coils about the matter, and he promised to
repair them temporarily at once, and as soon
as possible to put permanent steps there.
Upon Investigating this morning, l found that
he had caused. a new flight OF strong wooden
stairs to be built"
Mrs. Trautman. read letters from Abram s.
Hewitt, Mayor Strong, President Wilson, and
former City Chamberlain W. NJ. Wins express
ing their qualification at various action taken
by the association during the summer and ex-
pressing their approval OF the good work done
by the organization.