Show lk LI GRIPPE EPIDEMIC salt bait lake bas bag had bad va it I 1 few cases 61 ift grippe thle this winter but it has baa about disappeared appeared die cities of the baat C not so 0 o fortunate for in several of uw UM great centers of population the disei chairl is i reported as a epidemic boston has haab e large number of cases and now new york is ie so BO near panic stricken that a consultation of the mayor and heads beads ia i departments was wag called to oo 00 1 older elder the subject and two them tholo and men were employed at 62 2 pou att day to clean the be streets atre eto the bilto auto d accumulation in the latter bei bil blamed for the general prevalence ss oi the disease dia eaBe which selecta its if i aa awell a well ewell from the high and well fed as abe tr lowly and poor of the be metropolitan police foroe force are absent on nick leave the grip has got them 0 owing ing to this state of afield affairs the health department use baa announced that thai books it looks for a large increase in the death ara rate and a feature not less interesting is a that this increase la Is to be charged directly to the neglect ot of the treed street cleaning department of the city I 1 in li other words worde it is said the heads beads of that bat division of municipal affairs are not only to blame for the fio ric kneas of many people but will be responsible for the death of a very large number imin ber the warmer marmer featner following the cola nap gnap has lot let loose the germs of decaying vegetation and has loaded the air with noxious tapirs here to la a partial description of the streets af as published la the she new york world of four days daya ago age nearly all the streets were canals of naud mud and filth yesterday great stacks slacks ot dirty diny half frozen enow adorned the treet attree corners drove traffic into the car and slowly added their thaw to the slushy rivers in the gutters A few ot the better residence streets including and fiah avenues ave nuoi were olea cleaned ned and it was possible to get across without sucking sticking in the mud in tahe tenement districts where the only pure air is to be found in the streets the were terrible gutters Qui iero dammed at sewer mouths months were filled ailed to 10 thetos abe lop of the curbstone with a halt liquid mass that showed no perceptible ouy rent and floated full of garbage that should bould have been on its if way to 10 sea in the dumping ten days daya ago these are some metropolitan babell that balt bait lake has ha no use for kissir affect in now new york however may serve to teach the lesson here bare sod anu fuhere fw here that cleanliness under sani wy rules rides in 10 a city goes a long way toward securing for its 1611 inhabitants immunity from disease and premature |