The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-28

WHOLESALE H0USECLEANING
BOARD OF HEALTH THINKS II IS
NEEDED IN SOME SECTIONS.

DR.. FIeischner Calls the Attention o f the
Board to Unsonitary Conditions Which
He Alleges Exist In Certain Quarters
of The Ctty--Inspectors Ordered to In-
vestigato and Report-Cellnrs Used for
| Garbage Cntchaiis.
At the meeting of the board of health
yesterday afternoon DR.. Fleischner,
president of the board, called the at
tention of the members to what he
characterized as unsanitary conditions
which exist in many houses on Oak
street, Broad street, Lafayette street,
Commerce street. Factory street and
that section Of the city. He said that
the yards, alleyWays halls and stair
ways and conditions generally there
were unsanltary and he thought that
something should be done there by the
board of health He said that he found
that the inspectors employed by the
board were active in their work, but
that in addition to this some action by
the board was advisable and neces-
sary. He spoke particularly of a bak-
cry on Gildea alley, where he had
found especially unsanitary conditions
to prevail At first he could not find
the man who run the bakery, being
told that he was out. This, DR.. Fleisch-
ner said was trick to escape orders
from the board of health. He said that
at the bakery to which he referred he
found egg shells, dead chickens, food
refuse, and filth and nastiness scattered
about generally. He found similar
conditions existing at another bakery
on Factory street which he visited. At
the tenement houses he found that the
nails and stairWays We're filthy and
ought to be cleaned. He had also found
that the cellars OF many of the houses
were heaped up with garbage and de-
caying refuse.
Commissioner Dibble suggested that
in the locality referred to by DR.
fleischner the same methods be resort
ed to as was resorted to on Fair street,
where there was a house to house in
spectlon. Inspector Jackson said that
he had noticed that when the filth was
cleaned out of the houses in the locality
referred to by Dr. Fleischner it would
become as bad again in three or four
days The cellars he said, were regu-
lar garbage catchalls and in some of
the large tenements there We're chutes
from all the floors to the cellar and
down these chutes garbage was thrown
by all the tenants. He said that many
of the buildings were owned by out of
town banks with local agents who re-
fuse to do anything to better conditions
unless absolutely forced to do so.
DR.. Fleischner said that on Commerce
street Railways and stairways We're es-
pecially filthy. Mr., Dibble thought
that if any wholesale cleaning was to
be inaugurated it should be more wide
spread than in the district specifically
referred to by DIR. Fleischner. He
thought that it should include every
place in the city where the same thing
existed.
Commissioner Carmichael moved that |
the inspectors be ordered to investigate
the sections of the city where such I'M
sanitary conditions exist, order houses
cleaned where the conditions were
found to exist, and to report such
places to the board of health. 1t was
so voted.
Health Officer Wright was i'll and un-
able to be present at yesterdays meet |
ing, but Clerk Bailey read a report of /
the number of cases of contagious dis
eases reported by physicians thus far
during the month of November They
We're: Typhoid fever 49, diphtherla Is,
scarlet fever 13.
An opinion was received from Corpor-
alton Counsel Robertson, in response to
a request from the board concerning
the power of the board of health in re-
gard to putting plumbing in sanitary
condition and placing liens on the
property to cover the cost Of the work
after the owners of the property have
refused to comply with orders from the
bard. The corporation counsel was of
the opinion that the board had that
light, but must have the work done as
as possible.