1076

Cleveland Morning Leader, 6 August 1864 (ed; 18 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1076 - L Aug. 6; ed: 2/1 - A large part of New York's population live
underground or in tenement houses, due to lack of ground space. Sta-
tistics show that the excessive death rate, especially among "emigrant"
children, is due to these crowded conditions, and the character of the
tenement houses. The rooms are foul and reek with disagreeable smells,
and the women cast their slop and refuse matter into the streets.
"We have not systematic sewerage in Cleveland and in many parts
of the city gutters are made the receptacles of much of the garbage
anj slop. Would it not be well to have a reformation begun here before
the evil consequences are still more apparent? Good sewerage and a park
on the lake shore are needed to improve the sanitary conditions cf
Cleveland." - (18)

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*Housing; New York city

1077

Cleveland Morning Leader, 22 August 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1077 - L. Aug. 22; ed:2/2 - The demand is great in most large cities for
small dwelling houses. Many men with means have invested funds in the
erection of buildings to rent at $10 to $20 a month. Manufacturing in-
terests in Cleveland have multiplied, giving assurance that the population
will rapidly increase, and then men who invest their funds are entirely
safe. (3)

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1078

Cleveland Morning Leader, 21 November 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1078 - L Nov. 21; ed: 2/2 - According to an official report, there are
27,000 people in New York living in low, damp, dark, and unventilated
cellars.
"In our own city there is poverty, but thank God, not many are com-
pelled to drag out a wearisome life in damp noxious cellars. But even
here, as elsewhere, inuch could be done for the poor by the erection of
suitable tenement houses." (3)

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New York city