original: by 1870 , more than 2,000 children were being accommodated in five homes .
simplifications: by 1870 , more than 2,000 children were being accommodated in five homes . by 1870 , more than 2,000 children were living within five homes . in 1870 , more than 2,000 children lived in five homes . by 1870 , more than 2,000 children were being given five homes . by 1870 , more than 2,000 children died . by 1870 , more than two thousand children lived in the five homes . by 1870 , more than 2,000 children were being kept in five homes . more than 2,000 children were being housed in five homes by 1870 .