Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-21
FOR CLEAN STREETS
Monday Evening Club to Wage
Vigorous Fight.
MEETING MAKES PLANS
Blank Cards for Furnishing Informa.
ton Regarding Insanitary Spots
Distributed to Members.

Renewed effort is to be made by the
members of the Monday Evening Club to
bring to the attention of the District
, health authorities instances of insanitary
conditions in streets, alleys and houses.
Blank cards for the furnishing Of such
information were distributed among the
members at a largely attended meeting
of the club last night in the Young Mems
Christian Association building. The cards,
when properly filled out. are to be re-
turned to Miss Emma Duke of 1922 N
street, the housing committee of the club,
or the Associa ted Charities, for the pur-
pose of being turned over to the health
authorities.
In his address on "a Volunteer Inspec-
ton Of Houses" Mr.. Weber urged that a
clearing house be established for all kinds
of complaints arising from insanitary
conditions. The filling out of the cards,
he said. would not entail great amount
or lnveStigat ton, but the necessary infOr-
nation could be obtained almost through
casual inspection by any one interested in
bringing about an amelioratiOn of insani-
tary conditions.
Cooperation Is Asked.
The speaker pointed out that the health
department could not employ a sufficient
ly large force of inspectors to keep thor
oughly posted on conditions In every sec
ton, but that il it were given the CO.
operation of citizens it would be able to
accomplish much more than could be ex-
pected of it under present conditions.
The only other address of the evening
was delivered by DIR. Thomas Jesse
Jones. chairman of the housing commit
tee of the club. While DR.. Jones spoke
on the subject of Housing Our Alley
Neghbors, his address, in reality, was
the preliminary report of the housing
committee, which has been making a
study of conditions in street and alleys.
Conditions in alleys in certain sections
of the city. DR.. Jones declared. almost
defy description. This statement by the
committee chairman is regarded as pre-
mittee, which it is said. probably will
rot be completed for several months.
High Death Rate In Alleys.
There are 25s blocks in Washington
which have inhabited alleys, the speaker
declared These alleys, he asserted, con-
tain BIAS dwellings and approximately
5000 inhabitants. Health conditions in
alleys were shown to be much worse than
in streets, the death rate per 1000 being
800 for alley inhabitants and 17.56 for
persons living on streets.
Lantern slides depicting conditions in
Goat alley, Willow Tree alley, Blagden
alley, Pierce court and other places were
shown by DR.. Jones.
The members of the housing committee
are: DR.. Thomas Jesse Jones. chairman; ;
r. Il. Haynes. secretary; Miss Emma
Duke, W. B. Mckenzie. DR.. A. L. Murray
DIR. J. l.. Norris. Dr. Julius H. Parmelee F.
l.. Siddons. Appleton r. Clark, DR.. George
NJ. Kober, E. B. Miller, Charles F. Nesbit,
E. W. Oyster, Emil p. Seeker and Dr. c.
A. Weber.
Announcement was made that, under
the auspices of the club, Representative
Henry George, jr-. member of the House
committee on the District of Columbia,
will address public meeting to be held
in the hall of the Public Library on 1.-THE
National Capital AS 1t May Be-" In in
wiling the public to the lecture the Of
ficers of the club declare that Mr.. George
has taken up a study of the National
Capital and it's possibilities with charac-
teristic vigor and thoroughness and there
fore may be expected to make some in
tereSting PROPOSITIONS.