The New York herald., 1871-12-24
Wards.

Total. 1852 s,s4e
This table shows that in 1861, OF the entire num-
Der OF tenement houses ffty.rwo per cent were In
bad sanitary condition. that Is In state ruinous to
health and dangerous TO the lives Of tho occupants,
and, above all,
TO the neighborhood.
Thirty-iwo per cent were in this condition from
81 sAs nnS e Ss d an
The danger to the health OF the people, however,
especially IN tne event oi an epidemiG, which re,
by these figures, for whiIe In tho upper and lower
wards OF the city the tenement houses are generally
well built and looked after there are many local
itles where almost entire blocks are composed OF
such houses alone all Of which weren
DEPLoRABLE STATE.
and where the danger Is very much increased by
this very crowdtng. Even the single fact OF filling
tants would not be suicent to show that danger 70
which health and LIE Is exposed within the SHE'LL
houses upon the same lot one behind the other. or
what is called 'Tear houses" These places are
utterly deprived OF air ana light many OF them
being completely dark. and the most robust health
stands but poor chance IN such an atmosphere.
sod % Of
rate classes, and this distinction Is most wise for
many reasons II groups Without making TOO
VINO have similar habits and customs or VINO pur-
sue vocations partaking OF the same general cnarac-
terlstcS. And again, because II Is well authentt
Dated fact that among the foreign born population
there u
to coionixe and this classification BINDS them more
| closely together, and at the same time makes IL
the amount OF mortality in any separate distrlct
An established fact In sanitary science Ii that the
crowding together Of dwellings, IN towns ana cisies
| the nhabitants These conditions multiply at an
! enormous rate wnen the dwelling houses are not
! only crowded upon every foot OF ground but the
| buildings themselves are arranged as to compel
families and members Of the same family into the
domestic decency. In many instances at the pres
| ent moment even these barriers have been broken
rHR PREssURE OF POPULATION.
And tn some places tnts hudding together has at
tained 70 such degree that privacy is impossible,
This disgusting ana dlsgracelul fact fully borne
out by the lalnentable story OF that poor, unfor-
s tunate woman whom her neghbors called ''Looney
| Inc nrst district OF tenement houses takes in
all the lower portion OF the city, which Is
TO degree, and is peopled with q class pro-
verbally improvident These people are mostly
sm sSon the aSS Docks esls wn
along the river slde 1t abounds IN lodging houses
dance houses, "Ducket shops" and houses OF evil
repute which not only serve 10 perpetuate the degra-
daton upon whicn they live out also to swell the
annual death rare OF the district TO q magnitude
winch would Oe frghtful It's were not UNDER
STOOD A large majority oil the teamsters and cart
men OF the city housed In this locality and their
to the general unhealthiness. The Fourth and Sixth
wards with the very worst description OF tene
'bucket shops" abound. and the main sources Of
THE UTTER DEPRAvITY
pounds under the name OF liquor. the owners OF
them accommodate the prices OF their hquld lre TO
the means Of The customers, and when they have no
money 10 offer IN exchange FOR alcohol any KIND OF
,value Is taken for the drug. In this way women
and men give up ali the wearing apparel they pos
their own with which to get whiskey, they borrow,
beg and steal from each other unll the required
class OF "pucket snops' have come into
fgsT and than
arose are styled dsteles and II, them sss
liquor is drawn directly from the cask
Ds ss oee4 70 When ina. ON ane rs "a s
anything is worse. They all hang out large
pacards announcing to the % unfortunate o! I in, n;
sixty cents the gallon. Fifteen cents worth OF this
compound Is sufficient TO make an entire family Of
be attrbuted one-naf the crime committed in the
city. resident OF the sixth ward, gentleman who
| thoroughly understood the dismal subject pointed
cut number OF these places 10 The writer anu II Is
| astonishing how such q multitude OF them could
Tnls gentleman on being asked now Inc proprietors
OF these dens found profitable business III these
.They thrive sir; ay, and fatten, too"
"But howY Where does the money come from ~
.'wel, the population Is large one. and there is
| beside vast amount OF money constantly moving
| In here from all parts OF the city,
''Seararing men, suppose, bring in good deal
"rhey do and beside that the people themselves
earn good DEAL There is large class oi men and
women down here who Will WORK for two or three
days with the sole object o getting drunk for the re-
| maiDder OF the week."
Il have been told that the women are the best
| patrons Of these places"
| "You were rightly informed. Unfortunately for us,
the women, when they are lett at home enjoy them
/ selves by treating each other to the stun sold In
\ these distllleries.v
| .'But they can't always get money2v
"That does not matter In the slightest. When
| they have NO money they give their clothes, and
when their clothes are all gone to the single gar
ment necessary for the street the cooking utensils
and the furniture 90, unless the husband or son may
| come home to stop the thing Tor tme.u
| II thought the religious people who came down
here had put stop 10 good deal OF this sort OF
| thingr
well, no doubt they have; but Lord bless you,
I'm Wnat WAY ~