The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-30
HEALTH FOR The EAST SIDE.
DIR. LEDERLE ELLSWitAT'S BEEN
DONE ANr PROMISES MORE.
Families Won't Dc separated by smallpox.
Nurses WIN Z OOk AFTER Sick School
Ghildrrn--A BONyery Health Once
and Perhaps y CITY Fish Market.

Health Commissio YER Lederle gave a short
! talk To the members of the East Side Civic
J Club AZ 25i Grand str, VI last night, and then
| was kept answering Questions for an hour
| He said that the Boald Of Health was es-
| pecially sol !citoIIs Tor Se people Of the East
| Side
There are two matters of importance,
! he said. that. must he considered in con-
meet ion with tive crow Ged districts; they are
| street sanitation and houss' sanitation. The
I present Street Cleaning Department has
| done excellent sanitary work in flushing the
streets and caring away b. garbage. II
! l. one of the greatest blessiug Of the city
, or inspca ors hove b ZEN -. ira vigilant IN
| the matter Of the push carr pedlers who
! carry fish about the streets. The fish are
exposed To tils dust OF every wind and are
| good resting places for all kinds of germs
and so Liable t. transmit diseasp.
"Anotller matter thaihas ieen engag
| ing the attention of the Health Department
is adulHated foods. such iGuiteration
| increased very much last sui amer until
| We seized quantity of the stuff and dumped
| il in the sea and checked the FRAUD. There
| has been some improvement N getting
! u,re milk in the city. but a. lha-e ale more
! tlutn 1900 places ~h,Ie II L. sold n II DIM
| tA.ir TO watch all.
We are going to improve tn condition
! Of the people who are tahen IRON uI.li
! hD mes to the cont az iolIs dlstsisS' hospital
The Improvement II badly nttud W"
realize that il II cru. to separate "A family
! when one member has smallpox or some
, other contagious disease, but Le'a'iSe OF
| the INADEQUATE hospital taciiti,s III. rcla-
| tivcs cannot in allowed on North Brot her
| Island There will shortly be provision
| not only FOR the patient, but for the reia-
tivps of a." patient
-Since sept \ over 20 Oo0 children. in the
| schools ware found to be Affected with CON
| tagious di% asts and were excluded from
school |, was most often eye yeas
| | tried the expert cent, on woman's sug-
gcs, ion of cmDloviug "A nurse to look alter
! IN. sick children and see that they were
| properly cared for al home by giving aoNlce
| TO the nsnthers. The result wa 80 en-
couraging that | propose 10 send eleven
more uurS.r 10 looh after the sick children
on Monday iHN.
mere II aIpther innovation | am sure
will be for yNnr benefit. am gong 10
e,t,bhh a br,uch of the Health Depart
meut down herr 70. that the people viii TO,
| have to 90 un to fifty-siXth street The
branch viii be- al the Bowerv ana Grand
| street and will v open In a short tine. \
physician will be there from in the morn
ing until in thr evening HE brah'h
will look after vaccine ton, wort GER
,,ir,rc. 20 hillr en-. ana there viii J." -
special di.pcnsarv for constmpiive
pali nts d also p.pmlse YOU hnl StLro!t
IN obtaining a place for a wholesale hsh
market.
Il PROPOSE that IN" CITY should buil,
an oyei market letween two piers whcri
il could he easily clsJ.ed and 10 which
fshboats might caliv approach. Arc
there must also is a p.ac" OF shelter for
H.. yush-Cart IeG .es OF fish, to promote
the health of tie uyS,,e, IL Is PROPOSED
10 make a market for them by uti'tzirg The
ground near the approach 10 tie rev Last
River Bridge They m'Is' he taken iron
the Il reefs as a sanitary measure. ana The
arran gsmnnts for their accommodation
are almost comrlcted"
When DR.. Iederle said lie was ready
to answer questions man SiOd up ano
asked him il lac could not 90 ethlnt
10 remove the smoked-h-ri' stands
They ar. on every corner ana two or thr"
in the middle of the block and you car
smell one of them three blocks away. The
smell il something awful. the man said.
The Comm-e iohor replied that there
mus, be a big det1and Tor the herring
" hen there were 20 many stands
Il am going to abolish all floating bath,
in the lower part of the Cityif car. DO So"
he said They are directly IN 'front.' OF
sewers, and are breeding PLACES OF Goa
tagious diseases Only those il. the upIst
part Of the city will b" 'stain'd