Housing Standards in Brooklyn: An Intensive Study of the Housing Records of 3227 Workingmen's Families (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

John C. Gebhart

9780484459389: Housing Standards in Brooklyn: An Intensive Study of the Housing Records of 3227 Workingmen's Families (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0484459384 ISBN 13: 9780484459389

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Housing standards in Brooklyn reveal how income shapes living conditions and health.

This intensive study examines housing records for 3,227 working families across Brooklyn, tracing how economic status drives where people live and how that affects daily life. It highlights the differences between old and new law tenements, two‑family houses, private dwellings, and furnished rooms, and it links housing quality to health outcomes like tuberculosis.

The book frames housing as a social issue tied to income, public policy, and city life. It documents sanitation, ventilation, lighting, fire safety, and overcrowding, showing how these factors cluster in different districts and among various groups. Readers will see how reforms have changed some conditions, but also where lower‑income families still face dangerous or inadequate housing.

Data drawn from thousands of families across multiple Brooklyn districts
Clear comparisons of housing types: old vs new law tenements, two‑family homes, private houses, and furnished rooms
Evidence of overcrowding and its association with illness, especially tuberculosis
Observations on sanitation, lighting, privacy, and fire safety in typical urban homes

Ideal for readers of urban history and housing policy, this edition speaks to concerns about living conditions in cities and the impact on public health.

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