The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-24
CROWDED NEW YORK HOUSES
TN MORIL Avn PHTSICfL ETILs or
LIFE ~ IBE ma 1ENEMENTS.

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Inc. tor the City Poor-Ihe Att.n,,on or
rhiinnthropists Directed Go the subject.
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IN-''i',''' N'''''.''''ne' N''''"v" on'n
hrnrh Of the community. He characterized the
c,iln4 III Iisens. with unnv comnlicntiona ro.
e'" a. ""'7'''' ",.i' """S 'o'lpl'V"''onS ro-
qnlrlhH many r'"'d''s- u tlSahu' muhlcipal
evil" nr. Smith thought that on the women
NJ the community much doponl.d to holm
the existing condition Of the inmates OF
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In our population OF lOuOOOO aro 10000
children under five OF whom three-uuartcrs
or, b.h,.s " WIZ ost,J Dr sr,i,h ",,is
waste Of life ? II il wcrc represented that such
mortality existed among domestic animals.
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"h"' s'hs"'ivh "oul" u' 're"'u, ana Whh1
measures would be neglected until remedy
Lod h,,r f,upa p" An s.,rt,ri,rs o,,roo ,hn,
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.n'e ~ W. nv '''' ~ nun VI 'no
nlth md foul mir and one-fnurth to indiresti-
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Dio I""u' me rest ol lnl"n' noru'''V
is mainly due TO the tenement system.
The atmosphere OF tenements is fatal to infant
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years il escapes its humble fatal T nursery r ~, by by
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running lh 'he street anu l's ehhhces ol Illo are
increased Tor tho mortality returns show that
the deaths in children Of from Ave to ten years
oil axe amounts 10 out one per cent Dwellors
in tenements should be shown howto keep their
anartments Glenn and how TO disinfec then.
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now I" select iood' ana 10 cook III tue necessity
cit dcf.vci from open-air exercise.
Applause greeted Mr.. A. I. White. who has
sa m DfSSN@ & o waerow 4a Tse PsSboaEy bs%E
and other rrtormers In England. Mr. White
gave ia" result ot his practical experience, and
said thnt the profit on tho venture was seven
Dor cent.
wa ro% in tGe tuTS yenns In opSnns tSe
mretin-, the Rev. DIR. Tucker said that the
movement Tor impro'rment IN ts,nemenis
marks modern progress in this city. Those in
terrs;-d in the undertaking wish 10 have II un-
derst 'od At the outset that there i to bo no
httack upon property holders. Real estate
rrswhcre within the city limits has suffered
from depreciation. and the committee nj the head
shnr,. tao difricuiii,s under which the best dis.
posed mnliords must labor. The question for
people tn consider ia whether this proper
u cannot he improved in such n way
rs to result in mutual benefit TO land
@n DTa HpS & nn % pSp T sayS and PeE wE s a aGT
work should be done in cooperation with the
{atcni. philan'hropic rnoTts that hayS - iSr a
charitable institutions ior the elevation OF the
moras oi the poor.
Mr B-llew read figures showing that our
poIsl"i.. "a. as----'- iesa = - : I--- W. - 2.
considered. he SAID now rhnch M Gronn1 & .i,i was
and that great deal OF spheo II ENeh 10
public squares anH uuslh'ss ' n1usnS' ~
but another way Of saving that
count nnmurrs oi men n and yn, IN norrow
ine. sleeping; marrying hhd LYNX III ,nH,t'irPnW
nwcuinss tenenrhis hJ.u & n'I, w. % IIa' ~ liz
ton Ine 2oIeI,iGIna 4S SipsyInb" b,Su in lars
condlt m OF a1gltS Z YorR hut hu '', 9s'
cNy situated lhe ~" - trroJ
termined organization mus po,h iUIiIIiSfI
u % hii IN -. H. iHexu I, has been
hnd. u loss!nl' erhllrht i',s ,,s5 h. ~ a., @ cvc,
Cu- ihnt M" oniy t'suI NGulu NGi o' a. ~, i,, Ao
ds'nnt"ni "oni thG poorer S'fsS,s 49, Dut no5
tented now. AMI would wrcume any cu"nSo' or
pregwfQ aenan@". WIN 10Y ,,,.. s,,,oii1
Dr. Darby d"scri pea -oine oi .17 i1ore S @ Siu",i1
te'w"u- whlcl ne nh" Nisl',' oi,, 'i,,s VIC ~ ,
Stories ligi with DARK, harrow nhIWnys. anu
contained 1872 persons. Inc mi idle rooms re-
c-Iy-l uu day I-ht at any Tune dur NJ tne tWrh-
V-tnuf hours. An OLD woman l4lhuluhk one
o. 'h"s" lighted her lamp M mlddty 70 SNOW SHOW
him about her narrow quarters. just across
the WY from this house wns onep htted
NJ with what l. known as the Tramp Room.
Ii 10 hy IA feet. with a low col ing snd no
furniture except large stove IN the middle OF
te noor. Around this stove were towering SIX
men and five women in different stages OF In.
toNlcatou. Under this room anu nan
under the ground is an apnnrinent ap-
propriateiy called Dive" KEPT by
young man who takes In lodgers
al five cents each without limit as TO number
H. pays a rental OF 50 n month, and increases
his revenue by selling stale beer at two cents
per class little dark room overh cad was the
home Of "A destitute woman and her four chill
dren Nnnr hy was the abode OF q combination
OF nine rnguickers Six feet oi their ten by
sixteen room was partitloned of Tor Sleeping
apartment Rain was dropping through holes
IL thc roof. the wind outside nude yloleht.
nDnr ths men stepp.l cautiously from one
beam = another. 70 avoid falling through the ne
brings "A bundle Of straw which is all his furni-
ture. by uniting in this manner and endur-
Ing these hardships tho men obtained lodg:
inas loI little less than two cents and y hall
a day. " Have we not right" the doctor ex-
thrcatrning disease aud destruction to our fam