Part 2

VICTORY

Effect of the Hearing--Triumph at Last--The Reform National in Its Results

THE LEGAL WORK OF DORMAN BRIDGEMAN EATON

Unrecognized Pioneers--A Constructive Reformer--Character of Previous Agitation--Incompetent Health Officers--Reform Movement Born--The Right Man--A Board with Extraordinary Powers--The Fight for the Bill--A Law Enacted and Sustained-- The Regeneration of New York--Epidemics Checked--Sanitation in Other Cities--Reorganization of the Fire Department--Creation of a Dock Department--Reform of the Police Judiciary--Mental Traits of Dorman B. Eaton

VII

THE OCCULT POWER OF FILTH

Filth Diseases--The Scheme of Sanitation Changed--The Mystery of Infection--How Infection Works--What the Germ Is--The Function of Bacteria--Bacteria for Every Condition--The Deadly Tubercle Bacillus--How Bacteria Affect the Body--The Toxin Secreted-- Bacteria Aim to Destroy the Body--Man’s Defenses--Destroy the Bacteria--The Value of Germicides

VIII

A CLOSING WORD

Cleanliness Next to Godliness--Invisible Agencies in Filth--A Higher Civilization

ILLUSTRATIONS

PUBLIC SCHOOL ADJOINING SLAUGHTER-PEN, 1865 Frontispiece

PLAN OF ROOKERY HOLDING 1000 PERSONS 60

A CROWDED SECTION OF THE CITY 61

A TENANT-HOUSE CUL-DE-SAC NEAR CITY HALL 70

CUL-DE-SAC NEAR SLAUGHTER-HOUSE AND STABLES 71

PLAN OF CELLAR--“WORSE THAN A STYGIAN PIT” 73

SLAUGHTER-PENS IN REAR OF TENANT-HOUSES 77

SIXTH STREET CATTLE MARKET, 1865 78

REGION OF HIDE-CURING, FAT-GATHERING, ETC. 79

REGION OF BONE-BOILING AND SWILL-MILK NUISANCES 80

PLAN OF ROOKERY BETWEEN BROADWAY AND BOWERY 83

PLAN OF CELLAR OCCUPIED BY TWO FAMILIES 85

PLAN SHOWING REAR TENANT-HOUSES NEAR A STABLE 89

RIVINGTON PLACE, 1865 92

GOTHAM COURT, CHERRY STREET, 1865 95

TRANSVERSE SECTIONAL ELEVATION OF GOTHAM COURT 96

“THE GREAT EASTERN” 98