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Tho greatest crowding of Old London was at the rate of 175,810. THE GREATEST CROWDING OF OLD LONDON WAS AT THE RATE OF ONE HU
 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." 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 ut- most cupidity of other lands and other days had never con- trived to herd much more tluin half that number within tho same space. IVE 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 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 THE UTMOST CUPIDITY OF OTHER LANDS AND OTHER DAYS HAD NEVER CONTRIVED TO HERD MUCH MORE THAN HALF THAT NUMBER WITHIN THE SAME SPACE
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