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THE
TENEMENT HOUSE
PROBLEM
VOLUMES 1 & 2
Robert W. De Forest
and
Lawrence Veiller, editors
NEW YORK • 1970
CENTRO • G. ASTENGO •
INVENTARIO
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CONTENTS
VOLUME I
PAGE
Introduction : Tenement Reform in New York since 1901
Robert W. DeForest.
The Tenement House Problem .
(Being the general report of the Commission.)
Robert W. De.Forest. Lawrence Veiller.
Tenement House Reform in New York City, 1834-1900 .
Lawrence Veiller.
ix
1
69
Housing Conditions in Buffalo.
William A. Douglas. Williams Lansing.
• 119
Housing Conditions and Tenement Laws in Leading American Cities
Lawrence Veiller.
• 129
Housing Conditions and Tenement Laws in Leading European Cities
Winthrop E. Dwight.
. 171
A Statistical Study of New York's Tenement Houses
Lawrence Veiller.
• 191
The Non-enforcement of the Tenement House Laws in New Buildings
Lawrence Veiller.
. 241
Tenement House Fires in New York
Hugh Bonner. Lawrence Veiller.
• 259
Tenement House Fire-escapes in New York and Brooklyn
Hugh Bonner. Lawrence Veiller.
• 275
Back to Back Tenements
Lawrence Veiller.
• 291
Tenement House Sanitation
Albert L. Webster, C.E.
• 301
Small Houses for Working-men
H. L. Cargill.
• 329
Financial Aspects of Recent Tenement House Operations in New York
Elgin R. L. Gould.
• 355
vii
viii
CONTENTS
PAGB
The Speculative Building of Tenement Houses
Lawrence Veiller.
367
Tenement Evils as seen by the Tenants
383
Tenement Evils as seen by an Inspector
C. A. Mohr.
419
Tuberculosis and the Tenement House Problem
Hermann M. Biggs, M.D.
• 445
The Relation of Tuberculosis to the Tenement House Problem
Arthur R. Guerard, M.D.
• 459
CONTENTS
VOLl.:l\IE II
PAGE
Parks and Playgrounds for Tenement Districts
Lawrence Veiller.
1
Prostitution as a Tenement House Evil
James B. Reynolds.
15
Policy - A Tenement House Evil
F. Norton Goddard.
25
Public Baths
Frank Tucker.
33
A Plan for Tenements in Connection with a Municipal Park
I. N. Phelps Stokes.
57
Foreign Immigration and the Tenement House in New York City
Kate Holladay Claghorn.
65
APPENDICES
1. The Proceedings of the Commission .
91
2. The Proposed Code of Tenement House Laws .
(With Explanatory Notes.)
101
3. The Act for the Creation of a Separate Tenement House Department
147
4. Other Proposed Legislation
161
5. The Tenement House Act .
(As amended in 1901, 1902, and 1903.)
165
6. A History of Tenement House Legislation in New York, 1852-1900
Lawrence Veiller.
201
7. Results of Investigations in Buffalo in 1900
William A. Douglas. Williams Lansing.
347
8. Testimony of Building Department Officials in Relation to the Non361
enforcement of the Tenement House Laws in New York City
9. Tenement House Rentals .
Lawrence Veiller.
437
10. Schedules, Forms, and Blanks used in the Investigations of the Com459
mission
191
INDEX
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