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The tenement house population had swelled to half a mill  ion souis by that time, and on the East Side, in what i^ still the most densely populated district in all the world, China not excluded, it was packed at tho rate of 2yO,0(X) to the square mile, a state of affairs wholly unexampled. THE TENEMENT HOUSE POPULATION HAD SWELLED TO HALF A MILLION SOULS BY THAT TIME AND ON THE EAST SIDE IN WHAT IS STILL THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED DISTRICT IN ALL THE WORLD CHINA NOT EXCLUDED IT WAS PACKED AT THE RATE OF TWO HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND TO THE SQUARE MILE A STATE OF AFFAIRS WHOLLY UNEXAMPLED
n four walls. . . . Blocks were rented of real es- tate owners, or * purchased on time,' or taken in charge at a percentage, and held for under-letting." With the ap- pearance of the middleman, wholly irresponsible, and ut- j^ Google 10 HOW TlIK OTHER HALF LIVES. terly reckless and unrestrained, began the era of tenement building which turned out such blocks as Gotham Court, where, in one cholera epidemic that scarcely touched the clean wards, the tenants died at tiie rate of one hundred and ninety-five to the thousand of population ; ivhicli forced tho general mortality of the city up from 1 in. 41.S3 in 1S15, to 1 in 27.33 in 18.)5, a year of unusual f feedom from epidemic disease, and which wrung from the early oi'ganizers of the Health Department this wail : " There are numerous examples of tenement-houses in which are lodged several hundred people that Lave a jii'it rata allotment of ground area scarcely equal to two sqiuii'e yards upon the city lot, court -yards and ali inchided. LOCKS WERE RENTED OF REAL ESTATE OWNERS OR PURCHASED ON TIME OR TAKEN IN CHARGE AT A PERCENTAGE AND HELD FOR UNDER LETTING AND QUOTE WITH THE APPEARANCE OF THE MIDDLE MAN WHOLLY IRRESPONSIBLE AND UTTERLY RECKLESS AND UNRESTRAINED BEGAN THE ERA OF TENEMENT BUILDING WHICH TURNED OUT SUCH BLOCKS AS GOTHAM COURT WHERE IN ONE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC THAT SCARCELY TOUCHED THE CLEAN WARDS THE TENANTS DIED AT THE RATE OF ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE TO THE THOUSAND OF POPULATION WHICH FORCED THE GENERAL MORTALITY OF THE CITY UP FROM ONE IN FORTY ONE POINT EIGHT THREE IN EIGHTEEN FIFTEEN TO ONE IN TWENTY SEVEN POINT THREE THREE IN EIGHTEEN FIFTY FIVE A YEAR OF UNUSUAL FREEDOM FROM EPIDEMIC DISEASE AND WHICH RUNG FROM THE EARLY ORGANIZERS OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THIS WHALE QUOTE THERE ARE NUMEROUS EXAMPLES OF TENEMENT HOUSES IN WHICH ARE LODGED SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT HAVE A PRO RATA ALLOTMENT OF GROUND AREA SCARCELY EQUAL TO TWO SQUARE YARDS UPON THE CITY LOT COURT YARDS AND ALL INCLUDED AND QUOTE
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