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big barracks had by this time spread east and west and fai  up the island into tlie sparselj' settled wards. BIG BARRACKS HAD BY THIS TIME SPREAD EAST AND WEST AND FAR UP THE ISLAND INTO THE SPARSELY SETTLED WARDS
an official re- port, " is the lack of house- room in the city tJiat any kind of tenement can be lodgers, if 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 .  STEPS ACROSS EITHER WAY WOULD HAVE MEASURED ITS FULL EXTENT THERE WAS JUST ONE EXCUSE FOR THE EARLY TENEMENT 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 
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