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Whetlier or not tlie title was clear to the land upon which they were built was of less account than that the rents were collected. If there were damages to pay, the tenant had to foot them. Casea were "very frequent when property was in litigation, and two or tliree different parties were collecting i ents." Of course under such circumstances " no repairs were ever made." The climax had been reached. WHETHER OR NOT THE TITLE WAS CLEAR TO THE LAND UPON WHICH THEY WERE BUILT WAS OF LESS ACCOUNT THAN THAT THE RENTS WERE COLLECTED IF THERE WERE DAMAGES TO PAY THE TENANT HAD TO FOOT THEM CASES WERE QUOTE VERY FREQUENT WHEN PROPERTY WAS IN LITIGATION AND TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT PARTIES WERE COLLECTING RENTS AND QUOTE OF COURSE UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES QUOTE NO REPAIRS WHEREVER MADE AND QUOTE THE CLIMAX HAD BEEN REACHED
 there is space ing in cellars. There were immediately crowded with offered." Thousands were li * Tills " uiiTentilated and fever-breeding structure " the was built was picked out by the Council of Hygiene, then 'A, and prusented to the Citizens' Association of New York =,Google GENESIS OF THE TENEMENT. 13 three hundred underground lodging-houses in the city when the Health Department was organized. Some fif- teen years before that the old Baptist Church in Mul- berry Street, just off Chatham Street, had been sold, and the rear half of the frame structure had been converted into tenements that with their swarming population be- came the scandal even of that I'eekless age. The wretch- ed pile harbored no less than forty faniiHes, and the annual I'ate of deaths to the population was officially stated to be 75 in 1,000. These tenements were an e\- treuie type of very many, for the .big barracks had by this time spread east and west and fai- up the island into tlie sparselj' settled wards. EMENT HOUSE BUILDERS AND THEIR SUCCESSORS MAY PLEAD IT WITH NEARLY AS GOOD RIGHT FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH QUOTE SUCH SAYS AN OFFICIAL REPORT IS THE LACK OF HOUSE ROOM IN THE CITY ANY KIND OF TENEMENT CAN BE IMMEDIATELY CROWDED WITH LODGERS IF THERE IS SPACE OFFERED AND QUOTE THOUSANDS WERE LIVING IN CELLARS THERE WERE THREE HUNDRED UNDERGROUND LODGING HOUSES IN THE CITY WHEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS ORGANIZED SOME FIFTEEN YEARS BEFORE THAT THE OLD BAPTIST CHURCH IN MULBERRY STREET JUST OFF CHATHAM STREET HAD BEEN SOLD AND THE REAR HALF OF THE FRAME STRUCTURE HAD BEEN CONVERTED INTO TENEMENTS THAT WITH THEIR SWARMING POPULATION BECAME THE SCANDAL EVEN OF THAT RECKLESS AGE THE WRETCHED PILE HARBOURED NO LESS THAN FORTY FAMILIES AND THE ANNUAL RATE OF DEATHS TO THE POPULATION WAS OFFICIALLY STATED TO BE SEVENTY FIVE IN ONE THOUSAND THESE TENEMENTS WERE AN EXTREME TYPE OF VERY MANY FOR THE BIG BARRACKS HAD BY THIS TIME SPREAD EAST AND WEST AND FAR UP THE ISLAND INTO THE SPARSELY SETTLED WARDS
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