Report of the Tenement House Committee as Authorized by Chapter 479 of the Laws of 1894

acre amended apartments authority avenue average back-to-back houses basement baths board of health building cellar cent Chairman Gilder charge clean committee construction cost court death-rate density door duly sworn dwelling-house dwellings East East river erected expense families feet fire department fire escapes fireproof fireproof building floor Fourteenth Glasgow halls hallway health department improvement increase inspection inspectors Italians land lease light Liverpool living London county council ment ment-houses month municipal occupied owner permanent vacation persons plumbing police Population at rental premises present public baths rear houses recommend rent repairs roof rooms sanitary condition Sanitary District school sinks Schuchman shaft small parks staircase stairs stairway story street tenants tene tenement-houses Tenth testified as follows tion Total number transom ventilation walls ward water-closets yard York York city