Download or read book Special Report on Housing Conditions and Tenement Laws in Leading American Cities (Classic Reprint) written by Lawrence Veiller and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Special Report on Housing Conditions and Tenement Laws in Leading American Cities Dear srrz - Permit me to submit herewith a report on housing conditions and tenement regulations in leading American cities. This report has been prepared from personal observation, from investigations carried on by correspondence in certain cities with persons in a position to know intimately the conditions of the houses of the poor in their own city, and also by a study of the laws and ordinances which I have collected. In nearly every case photographs have been taken of the worst housing conditions, and also of typical housing conditions in each of these cities, so as to verify the facts previously gathered; these photographs are available for use in any way deemed desirable. Following the description of the housing conditions in each of these American cities will be found a comparative table of the more important building and health ordi nances in each city as they affect tenement houses. I have also placed at the end of this report two appendices, one containing certain features of the different laws which are not included in the comparative table; these are ar ranged under a grouping similar to that employed in the table, namely, as Fire Provisions, Sanitary Provisions, etc. The other contains the exact text of those tenement house requirements in certain cities which seem to me to be Of especial value. I would especially call the attention of the Commission to the provisions of the laws in the cities of Philadelphia and Washington. Respectfully submitted, lawrence veiller, Secretary, Tenement House Commission. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.