New-York tribune., 1903-02-14
TENEMENT CONDITIONS.
Brooklyn WomQn' s Health Py3tect10'e
Discusses Proposed amendments.

III ree-,s f-7possble 70 make some Of the filthy
foreigners WIKI whom OF our tenement houses
are hued either clean OF orderly" said landlord
who Is also 2 member Of the Womans Health Fro-
7ec1ive Association Of Brooklyn which yesterday
held It's regular monthly meeting at No -
Sche-ne-ho-n-st-. Brooklyn We give them eood
plumbing. and We ind the pipes filed with rags
potato pa-5ngs, scrub brushes-eVery1ning ID Iael
1hzL ought rO1 70 be there
-.5s-r what can you expecr?' returned one o. the
7-zarlzauon's tenement house co-lInlupee- 1lles
have never been taught 70 De clean and theE Ger
rairIv have 10 object lesson IN the condition OF the
streets about their homes. Though We have a me
E7ee5Rav and asphalt pavemenJs galore On the
outskirts Of the city, II ne tenement mouse ols
t-ict where breadth anc cleanliness are most
needed there are 0nly narrow commissioned l-io--
o5gh1ares-''
~T-1e very fact said Mrs. James McKeen. an
active member Of the tenement house committee
that within the last year 81 new factories have
heen bulk Il this borough VIII Of itself show now
ne tenement house problem is increasing in mag
r1frude here
OF some OF the much rnooted amendments II the
existing laws The association approved In fact
u has been estimated said Mrs McAeen. taaI
-7 adding another floor 70 many OF the three story
buildings me rents could be reduced from Sls ana
800 70 SO and 81 so rental is more than the
majority Of the factory hands can afford. and one
additional story VIII not seriously lessen me Hght
Of the lower floors"
T.o-z east ard west courts were suggested as
-s- more seyz-iceable than square ones or those
looking north and south As 70 the size OF q oulio-
fnE n proportion 10 the lot IL occupies, the in
zestigariug committee in favor OF = per cent
rather than o. per cent This increase was ad-
zocared for The sake OF family decency, II order
10 --oz-5e sIeeping room for z growing GTl or
boy Making landlords responsible Tor Ihelr In
tsrIa-rs as IS done many cities. notably quebec
we have law here said member requlr-
ing haIIs roofs and IRE escapes 70 be kept clean
s-5 ORDERLY. but Il is rarely enforced II IS the
inspector who = 1eS-ecJ1U- -. -
a suggestion then made was that me time IoI
5.sreer5ou be . fixed and 7 the premises We're
not as they should be then let Jne tenant "a!
mail zee. Even Il the house Is not ciezin q any
o-Ie- tine i is quite possible 70 make Il 50 once
month. I might he an entering Wel5e- S---
-s-o--l7 ce-tatrlv furnish object lesson -
~or1Si,sEra bic discussion Il was cecl-E- -
s.-6 -eu-esentariVe Of ne association 70 4-I'aS
during The hearing there me Ie'LII-
-7-z-s-fors resulting from recent 1NesI&'i @ -JL-s
- -fe committee The association TOOK Lilt -Si
-fs-sr0e-- house discussion TO formulate q IsIl-
100 - be sent Superintendent OlerAt o -
S-ee- Cleaning Department asking MN 70 dIeCI
5-7e ~en rot 10 take any barrels Iilal GIG no. 60
- - she law IN every respect another resol1-
80 -se directed 10 he sent 70 Ponce 20
r--ee-z informing him that the 2oict O.
-a-a r-or doing their duty with regard 20 80 -
---5o-s n me municipal ordinances FroL-Dl--llS
+~ov-frC Of paper and rubbish on the paN'll7'''7'