The sun., 1900-11-17
TO WIPE OUT CONSUMPTION.
r,ry CAN PE CLEARED or IhH
DISEASE, SAY EXPERTs'
n. Prevalence Due Chirny TO Unsen'MH
r.nemcnts snd Lack Of Proper Med'ca
inspection and Care-Needed Reforms
I.r.u,n, Hous. Com m ission's Hearing.

I,s Prevalence Due Chiehy TO Vnsen'"V
reuemcnts and Lack OF Proper Meo'eA
In.p.ction and Care-Needed REFORMS
I.nem,n, House Commissions Hearing.
The Tenement House Commission held lts
AZ, ,pbllo hearing In New York city at the
Tnited Charities building, Twenty-second
street and Fourth avenue. yesterday. The
.,,t az, under discussion was The Relation
~ Tubercuosls to the Tenement House Prob
Ian, IL was gone into exhaustively. half
AEON s,udents ~ the problem laying the re-
st. .o,th,ir researches before the commission.
nwo.tbeuuau.mous sentiment Of those heard
TIA, with the proper kind OF tenement houses.
hou.as which would make II possible FOR the
,.rant, 10 get plenty OF sunlight and air and
u keep clean. nnd with the proper supervision
And care by the city OF those afflicted with
N. dlssa,s tuberculosis could eventually be
sntirsly stamped out.
Robert W. De Forest, chairman OF the COM
ui.aion. presided at the hearing. The mem
bers who ware present were Hugh Bonner.
william A. Douglas, Otto NJ. Eidlitz. William
J. OBI IN. Myles Tisrney. l. N. Phelps Stokes.
z B. Whitney, counsel, and Lawrence Neilier.
secretary. Those who gave their views on
the subject were examined as witnesses oy
the chairman and their testimony taken by
4 stenographer for the use OF tho members
Dr John II. Pryor OF Buffalo, who was chair
man OF q COMMITTEES to investigate tenement
house evils In that city. was the first Witnes&
He said that In Manhattan alone there were
constantly 20. 900 persons suffering from tubsr-
o,losis OF the lungs In It's various stages In
nj. opinion the ajority Of tenement house
dv.llerr had sore form Of tuberculosis One
reason for its great prevalence was may no
proDer oare was taken ol the & 'icis a. ahece re
rad the disc tse The result was that the In
lection constantly spread. He said II was
toe only disease which aid not receive proper
Tho disease Is curable.- Dr. Pryor de-
clared People die Of IL because they are
roor, That's putting II blunty, but It's true
u they had the means TO get away In the early
stages OF the disease and get proper treat
ment they would get vel. me E.d,,.ra EsohdG, mas
This 10 not true There are but two cases on
record where It has been transmitted IN this
the Inability 70 resist It readily but not the
disease Sir thousand PERSONS die yearly In
New York OF tuberculosis Of the lungs ,. IN; IN;
the power To change conditions In the tene-
Inents. and put the. afflicted Ieople where they
could be cared for."
Dr, PRYOR favored making It compulsory
that every occupant Of tenement have 900
cubic feet Of air. that no tenement be allowed
to be built on ?S-foot lot and that the reople
should be educated as to how to prevent in
Dr. Herman o. Bies,. who /, In ,chars. Of
s aS as2os as'a hos %a
!he prevaience Of tuberculosis h II oestan IN, IN;
the deat', rnte from tuberculosis had been
decreasing owing 20 the improvement In gem
ERA; ,ssd IN ns hces sEd me
e. es and 2Fassv' Hs ds:.r.
toouSS n.pecors e w D r. though, there re- should
be a corps OF at least forty medical inspectors.
sho.e work sh2eid be eTSlsySSiy ad yS., devoted TO
Imposition 10 Increase the coat OF tenements
BY compelling increased measures against FIRE
A year He believed 1t to be a serious error to
restrict the height Of tenements
The problem before which all else gives
chance Of death by fire Is Infinitely lees than
do W Se diseases rs are
re stamped out.
Or. Rirss also urged that all wall. IN .-ne-
1t ths, houses % os1et. Ss se 1 sas
When asked u he meant nj. TO apply 70 apart.
nent houses he said that 1t would be better II
Manager Frenkcl Of. the United Hebrew
Charities Association said that 8 Ter cent Of
the srrllcant' f.r sid to ht .cciety nad tuter.
United States. 10 thought Il cane from over
crowdng. hecause the snne percentage ex-
isted in Philadelphia where there were no
herded in 'hrce-atorv houses Just "a they do
here In the tenerrarts.
DR. ANN Daniel Of tho New York Infr1nary
for Women and Children was Of the opinion
that the manufacture ot clotNirg In tenerpents
was n grave source ~ reflection She i-new
many victims who worked ou clothing M 70 the
dav before they died Tie garments were
often used .for bedding. end they went ont
thoroughly infected with the bacili Of tuher-
culosis She was opposed 10 high tenements
Enopf They thought hir' tanaments r1ade the
lower stories damp and dark and unfit for human
beings IN live in None Of those testlfving be-
leved that tenements should be permitted on
rs foot lots
Another public hearing viii be held next Fri
day. Mt which other evils Of the present system
will be taken up.