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The People of the Abyss

CHAPTER XIX--THE GHETTO
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He says:- In one alley there are ten houses--fifty-one rooms, nearly all about 8 feet by 9 feet--and 254 people.

In six instances only do 2 people occupy one room; and in others the number varied from 3 to 9.

In another court with six houses and twenty-two rooms were 84 people--again 6, 7, 8, and 9 being the number living in one room, in several instances.

In one house with eight rooms are 45 people--one room containing 9 persons, one 8, two 7, and another 6.
This Ghetto crowding is not through inclination, but compulsion.

Nearly fifty per cent.


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