New-York tribune., 1869-06-03
ccording to the same ceDsus.

EnOl fooS 4V4o H''i
Total mortality In the arss three quarters II ~ o
Hoff 'o'S 90f @'''"'
Number Of tenement houses 1885, T622 $685. 1851
Number Ofdwslngs la5. l32S9 llaos PATTI 1913"
Population esp.u, 1865. 49, a514o3 eos 6S
Let the boundaries Of the different Tenement House
Districts be borne in mind blythe reader while put the
lines Of total In the foregoing table into new phraseoogy
thus:
In the Fr District 3s65 yielded mortality 10 nine
months, while ol other dwellings mortality Ol7s7 in
the period.
In the Second Distinct 7623 houses there 1853
deaths while 1916 other dwellings there only S7o deaths
Ia TIE Third District mortality OF IOts 609S tenement
houses while mortality 7782 other dwellings was 5oOe
In the entire city deaths IN B 2 tenement hOas
10 nine mouths bile in 52 houses including pube Institutions
there we're $50 deaths in the same length Of time.
But there Is another view Of this comparative mortal
y which shows the results Of the fatal influences sur
rounding the tenementhouse population In still more
vivid light The actual mortality Of New-York In the
nine months beginning Feb. !, and ending October 81
was 1O3 OF this number Il deaths occurred in ten
ementhOuses sO3 In the dwellings hotels board
nghOuses and shantes and the public institutions
OF the city 1t well known that large majority OF the
persons dying hospitals resided IN tenementhouses
H. therefore, carry these dead back and charge the
TO the houses in which they lived We find that the ene
menthouses yield nearly &c per centum OF the entire
mortality OF tho city And II we compare the deaths
with the number OF dwellings, we find that there an
annual average Of death for every tenemeuthouse
while in the private dwellings hotels, bOardnGhouses
and shanes Of NewYork there but one death to every
SIT houses
Now il we assume that one-hal the population of the
city reside in houses and We empty the In
mates OF the Aims House, Penitenary, and other char
table and penal institutions back into the sums where
they belong where they would be found but for the
operation OF the natural law which makes them GRIM
inals and pauper II will be found that the annual death
rate among classes good and bad, who are compelled
TO live supermpOsed upon each other or as Carlyle de-
scrbes IT, crammed in like salted fish in their barrel"
IS not less than 69i in O while the rest of the pOpula
tion die at the rate OF only in 1000 annually
The irregular block bounded by Madison, Grand, Cor
lears and Jackson-sts, contains 4 Inhabited houses,
which furnish homes for 292 families, l225 persons
The area Of the square 125 square feet which gives
superficial OF 9j square yards 20 each inhabant
In the period by the statistics Of tenement house
mortality house. having population Of 2l persons
yielded deaths; in two others, front and rear with
population OF IS persons there deaths in others,
2front and rear with an aggregate population Of ITO
persons, there Deaths in others, there were
deaths while In others, front and rear, there
deaths These houses occupy IA lots and have an az
gregate population OF l53 families comprising esq persons,
and In months gave a mortality Of o. The squares
bounded by Wlott, Sheriff. Riyington and stantonsts,
contain dwellings, 1732 families and 5,s7T persons.
The tenement houses number 49, and shelter I'LL fam
hes consisting Of 1893 persons. ono Of these squares
contains the famous "Ragpckers Row." whchis by far
the ceany and best kept group Of tenement houses
in that part Of the city, Notwithstanding the filth In
which the inhabitants traffic The entire OF the
squares $4,000 square feet giving surface space OF
square yards 10 each person Certain houses in these
blocks ace exceedingly deadly One that particularly
dismal Wth fetd halls and close unyentlated bedrooms
having population OF % persons. filed graves In
months while others In / lot with aggregate popu
laton OF only SO persons, yielded an equal mortality In
the Same period. The total tenement house mortality
during the time covered by these statistics, 1S.
The uniformity with which these three things, namely
overcrowdng domestic discomfort aud high local death
rates found in each others company, is admirably
illustrated every part OF the city, but perhaps in mono
stukngy than In those which are herein described
They are by no means the Athest most unwhoesome
squares that be found but they show the
condition OF the housed but homeless poor OF NewYO
in very unfavorable light Details Of or two more
squares selected from among number having similar
characteristics, wiz give the reader very clear notion
OF tho human packing houses that called homes by
oue.halt the population Of this loDgsuferlng and
taxed metropolis
The square bounded by Second and Thlrdsts., and
Avenues and c, contains 10 tenement houses 2s Of
which situated the ends OF lots These build
ngs shelter GAG families comprising 27h persons The
whole number OF dwellings In this square is o. contain
ing CAS- families, and Asst persons. The superficial area
Is 1882 feet giving 5Gl square yards Of ground surface to
each nhabtant. We here find people enough TO form q
modoi town. but they could scarcely be buried
In the same space In any weregulated cemetery. The
packing this square, although not close upon the
one about TO be described Is ut tho rate Of
500 to the acre. $751; $50 10 the square mile Hero
follows the result: In Third-st. 80 houses yield
deaths Second ST. there deaths In "a houses.
In the latter street In two dwellings there were five
deaths each In the former It required four graves to
satisfy the demands OF house. and three graves each
were filed by seven other houses In tho period covered
by these statistics The square bounded by Seventeenth
and Eigheenthsts, Firsaye. and Avenue A, Is still
densey peOped 10 does not contain single rear
tenement house. and only 81 dwellings Of all grades In
Seventeenth houses contain 296 families and 05 per-
sons while 10 houses In Avenue have population Of
los families and ass persons In this population there
g deaths in the period under consideration. The
entire squarehas population amounting to 27A persons
upon OF ll2792 square feet, which allows only
57 square yards 10 each nhaOltant The whole number
OF deaths In tenement houses I'm this square o5 In
Avenue II dwellings gave l29 deaths. In Avenue 80
dwellings charged with l02 deaths. In Avenue rs
dwellings yielded lO7 deaths In Baxterst SO dwellings
gave mortality OF lOO In Cherry-st, ia tenement
houses gave 205 deaths Chystes Is almost as fatal as
BaIterst In East Fourhs i2s deaths occurred IN 81
houses In East Eeventht the proportion Ia about the
same. yielding 63 deaths In l0t houses. In F1rstave
there 21 deaths In ls houses In Greenwichs, lOt
deaths in 1O1 houses; in Nnthave, lSl deaths In lO
houses; In West Forty rstst O2 deaths In GO houses In
Motst G6 deaths In 02 houses and In Alulberryst 2i
deaths In 100 houses But In the last named thorougaro
In dwelling. old church that has been degraded