The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-16
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Sanitary Inspection OF Wilmington by e.
3. Frazer.

A hasty visit was made. The streets
and yards in Hedgeville and Browntown
are very filthy. Dirty cutters in many
places, not sufficient fall to carry off the
waste water, hence it becomes putrid un.
der the rays Of tho hot sun. On Tatnall
street above No. Oh is a filthy yard. Tho
gutter on Tatnall below 6 h street is dirty,
also cutters on I'd street between Tatnall
and Orange 1l9 Washington street, filth
and drainage from the adjoining property.
/ Notified The Board OF Health but nothing
done.
Lafayette street. yard to the left plenty
OF filth. Cutters on Front street between
Orange and Maryland avenue, dirty, very
little fall East and West Liberty street.
and in fact all of what Is known as Hodge.
Vile has been very much neglected, dirt,
Nth. with bad drainage abound on every
hand.
GEowNTowS.
Stroud street gutter opposite Mrs. Mel.
Ions, No. IL, she says it is always foul.
Garbage nor ashes ever taken, dumped in
tho back yard. Wright street gutter very
foul. Brown street drainage bad. Cole
man street drainage bad. and nasty mud
hole. Sixth avenue near Maryland ave.
nuo clean and inviting. North Of Mary.
land avenue clean. Upper end of Chest
nut street garbage never taken, cutters
need attention.
Third street above Scarles street, no
drainage, needs u gutter; Second and
Union street, bad gutter, this vicinity fair.
40 acres dry and no rubbish was SEEM
Ninth Ward. Mrs. Rodgers, No. 10 La.
motto street said tho garbage had not been
taken for two weeks. An nalley in the rear
was dirty and foul Gutter on Vandever
avenue needs to be cleaned, not much fall.
Tho 9th Watd Is in fair condition. Over
18th street bridge tho garbage Is not taken
from places, and there Is q number of
foul cutters.
Church street. part Of 1t, cutters foul.
Also on 7th street, some families said gar
bage not taken. Grubbs Court, the gar.
bags Is now removed twice a. week, place
clean.
Mechanic street Is dirty. Garbage
buckets from Seventh street placed outside
the gates and the stencil is bad. No. 8 u
pile of filth in tho yard and a largo barrel
full of rotten garbage which is too sloken-
ing to look at; slop not taken. j. Deavillc
agent Fast Seventh street, an out house
here Is running its contents Into an alley
Jones street drainage very bad, the filth
from Seventh street and Poplar street |
drain into this street in front of the houses |
owned by Lizzie Hickman, shoe dealer on |
King street between Fourth and Fifth
streets. No. 7 Lord street owned by i. |
Sawdon, butcher, and three houses owned
by Clarence Green, agent r. G. Lupton,
street and alley should ba paved without
delay.
High street or Pig Alley. dirty stable
yard, out house full, gutter bad. Owned
by Mrs. Pearce Gould. visited 35 places |
and find the city very tllthy in places The
cutters on many of the leading streets are |
foul from the fnct there is not sufficient
water run into tho cutters to clean them |
out. 1t enters the inlets. did not get |
over Sd street bridge. Tho cutters there |
are foul, SO l nm told,
called at the Board of Health this |
morning about 10 o'clock The person at
tho serratary's desk said about twenty-five |
cases of diphtheria had been reported, ho |
did not know their location and he did |
not want to talk. havo interviewed a
number of physicians and they arc sur.
prised at the exaggerated newspaper reports.
had u carriage and aman to drive and |
got out TO look into these places. Hence
got ever ground fast. have no COM
lEtnl5.