| Jacob A. Riis (1849–1914). The Battle with the Slum. 1902. |
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Tenements—Airshaft, tenants’ uses and peril of, 93
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Alfred Corning Clark buildings, 129, 130
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Buddensiek, tenement builder, imprisonment, 20–21
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Building Department supervision, 104
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Children, see that title.
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Christmas trees, see that title.
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Citizens’ council of hygiene, report, 1866, 19
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City and Suburban Homes Company, see that title.
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City control of building proposed, 152
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Deathrate, see that title.
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“Dens of death,” 14, 20
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Destruction, see Demolition.
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“Discretion” clause in building laws, 88, 105, 107, 148
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Disease—disclosures of Tenement House Exhibition, 1900, 143–147
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Double-deckers, see that title.
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Factory tenements, disapproval of, 134
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Filthy condition, landlord’s excuse, 13
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Fires, see that title.
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First chapter in story of, 11
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Gilder Commission, work of, 88, 105, 108, 116, 228, 276, 279, 281
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Halls, unlighted, 90–92
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Tenements—Health board fights, 30, 37
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Height and jerrybuilding, 11–13
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Home libraries, 382–383
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Increase in population and overcrowding, 81–83
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“Infant slaughter houses,” 37
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Irish people, see that title.
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Italians, see that title.
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Jews, see that title.
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Kerosene stove, odor of, 92
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Landlord’s profits, 90
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Licensing, 153
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Model tenements, erection and success of, 128–137
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Negroes, see that title.
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Oneroom house, beginnings of, 97
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Open spaces, see Parks.
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Opposition to improvement, 30–31
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Overcrowding, see that title.
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Parks, see that title.
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Plans for improvements, 37
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Political tenements, 149, 152
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Population, see that title.
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Rear tenements—Condemned as “slaughter houses,” 37, 105, 116
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Deathrate scandal, 115–116
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Demolition, 114
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Report of select committee of assembly, 1857, 12–13
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Rome, 11
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Standard of space for adults and children, 97
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Sunlight, assessment of value, 94
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