How Deadly Were Gotham’s Tenements? Infectious Disease in the 19th Century (Part II)
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This post is co-written with Rutger University - Newark professor of economics Jason Barr and published jointly on his Skynomics Blog. “Prominent in the list of dangerous and aggressive nuisances are the tenement houses of the city….We thus speak of the inhabitants of the tenant-houses as constituting a class, and as being allied with the cause of sickness, pauperism, and crime.”
How Deadly Were Gotham’s Tenements? Infectious Disease in the 19th Century (Part II)
How Deadly Were Gotham’s Tenements…
How Deadly Were Gotham’s Tenements? Infectious Disease in the 19th Century (Part II)
This post is co-written with Rutger University - Newark professor of economics Jason Barr and published jointly on his Skynomics Blog. “Prominent in the list of dangerous and aggressive nuisances are the tenement houses of the city….We thus speak of the inhabitants of the tenant-houses as constituting a class, and as being allied with the cause of sickness, pauperism, and crime.”