New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18


IN ADDITION to this" says DR. Ieaarls .,r ere.
a,, Oases are examined every morning A
r visits every schoolhouse every sav
F"rfnerly the doctor used to 20 around sye-- dav
ana say Good morning TO the teacher a.t,,o :,
mere was anything for him 10 do she u-ouro
I1s sA' no; that she didn't know Of any dis
-, ana mat would be all that would be done -
a., 20. me TINS. though extending all over the city
= 1eit especially in districts like tho yyrTT,h
Nhsre there are SO many school cbnar.n 1,na
-H-ens Union ranks as one Of the chief things
Uohe Tor the people Of this district nv an ,,-,eht
- -ell' the saving of many school children
--O11' GUINNESS by free treatment for trachorna
-, 10y own church." says the Rev. Mr.. Fairchild.
'iie deaths from tuberculosis and cancer are far
man they used 10 be under Tarnmany rule
'01iu say regarding smallpox that hear OF
"s a0out one case month. That is a big de-
= -SS- must say that in my opinion the Health
department. under Tammanv was doing well ana
o1is makes the great Improvement Of the last two
years all the more praiseworthy Just for IN
stance let me feN you that the health reports
come 10 me without my asking for them" Says
the Rev. Mr.. Richards: Il have been much tn-er-
ested in watching the good work that Mayor Lows
Health Department has been doing In this neigh
oorhood know one doctor employed by the
heaEth authorities to follow up cases and he has
told ne Of the improvements accomplished in this
important respect The work is being done In an
especially helpful way. so that the people where
sickness is getting all the advantages possible
from the work"
An extremely great Improvement IN the SvTrrth
Assembly District. Dr. LederIe thinks. is the new
hospital for scarlet fever patients at Sixteenth-st
and the East River. Its estimated cost is 500 600
Inc foundation has already been laid and it is
hoped to have the building ready for occupancy
some time in the coming year A specialist drew
the plans. which call for a six story structure to
accommodate from rs 80 scarlet fever patients
The sufferers from this disease under the Tam
many administration were housed in a renovated
cement shed. Dr. L,ederie calls it at East Six
feminist and the East River. and when that was
nlled the additional patients were taken to North
Brother Island. whore. according 10 the statement
OF a cured smallpox patient who had been there,
the experiences be compared to the Black
Hole OF Calcutta, filth, neglect. horrors without
name living disgrace TO city and civiliza-
ton This statement was published in March, 1901.
and was afterward verified DR.. Lederle believes,
as he has expressed 1t. that no adequate reason
exists for the transportation contagious disease
patents over long distances by water wagon
Il is menace not only to the life Of the patient
but 10 the travelling public. and for this reason
every borough ought he supplied with its own
contagious disease hospital" Accordingly. he
sought appropriation from the Board OF Esti-
mate and ADportion-nent and obtained It for the
new hospital
1t Is Of the most heartrending things
know. says the Health Commissioner. ito see moth
erS al the pier at Slxteenth-st watching their
sick children taken away 10 North Brother Island
on the boat" The new hospital will he for the
entire borough. but viii. Of course. be great boon
TO the people Of the XTIIIth. who have II so near
them
Other improvements to the hospital service in
the district those TO the Willard Parker Hos
pital. at East seventeenth-st. and the river. and
Avenue for the Health Department hospital help.
They used 10 sleep over stable. over a laundry.
over laboratory. In some cases. says DR.. Lederle
the beds We're never closed. being occupied by one
set OF employees by day and by another set a.
night. IN the same part Of town there is 70 be
erected at an established cost Of $4,000 addi-
ton to the departments facilities. The approprfa-
Ccn for this building has been made.
These hospital facilities bring with them TO dan
ger, not even TO the people living In adjacent
streets. Not only IS the utmost sanitary care taken
n all that pertains to the work OF curing patients
who have contagious diseases. but the buildings
themselves in Isolated neghborhood.
Closely related 20 the Health Departments work
IS that OF the Tenement House Commission. Its
work. too. IN the XVIIIth is praised greatly. Mr..
Brentano mentions especially the enforced separa-
ton OF the places Of business OF the small shop
keepers in the district from the living quarters
Formerly he says. this practice. detrimental
health. widely prevalent. The did his
selling in front Of the store. and he and his family
ate and slept In the back OF course. this was all
wrong. When the rules compelled the whole
some change the people directly affected naturally
made some objection the small expense involved
Some Of them failed 70 at first how much better
Of they and particularly how much better of
their children were. a great thing too was that
the application OF the rule was uniform. There was
no injustice done by the agents Of the Tenement
House Commission The proprietor OF a little
restaurant in Frst-ave especially pleased with
the kind Of new tenement houses that were being
put up. Sanitary with the right kind Of plumbing
and with no dark halls and better in every way. he
called them.
The Rev. F 7. Turner. who is in charge Of Cal
vary Chapel IL East Twenty third-st.. and who
comes much in contact with the residents OF the
XVIII the chapel being in that district. is also
much impressed with the work that is being done
by this department. Repairs 10 old houses making
for herT haa he IA
yond all praise" Is Dr. wenners Characterization
Of the work OF the Tenement House Commission in
the district The work IS done with great care and
consistency he says. LAS a good many Of the
people around here set more means they move
away and their places likely 10 come ItallaTs
and Jews On this account it IS particularly well
for the district that the tenement house work is
properly done"
The Tenement House Commission is. Of course
the health department for the tenement houses,
except in the cases OF contagious diseases. Every
tenement house in the XVIIIth Assembly District
said Commissioner de Forest. in answer 10 an IN
our is now regularly inspected These inspectors,
he declares are now welcomed by the tenants ana
even that degree OF kicking winch u la0u'a4
from the landlords. until they know just what Is
bei-y done Is ceasing The inspectors are just as
ready TO take The part Of good landlord against
had tenant As 10 take the part OF a sood tenant
against bad landlord
since Afr de Forests department has been at
work aftv-o-e alteration plans have been fled.
and fo-tv-seven alteration plans have been ap-
rroyed the work being either completed or IN
nrooess Of completion. In addition, plans have |
been fled for twenty-nine new buildings Twelve OF
which have been completed and certihcates issued
VII. no small number Of residents of the dis
-. ea, is now the worst evil in 1.-THE trouble
caused by gangs Of boys-is being eradicated These
80. s7fest the river front particularly The po-
1,ce II is admitted. doing remarkably eftecuVe
,-o- toward abating this great nuisance. Captain
HrHh M