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"Probably seventy-five percent of the maladies in the cities, which often pass over into the better quarters, arise from the
tenement houses. Ninety percent of children born in these dens die before reaching youth.... There is a gradual physica
comes at thirty."
degeneracy. Wasting diseases prevail. Infantile life is nipped in the bud; youth is deformed and loathsome; decrepitude
Excerpt from A History of Housing in New York City by Richard Plunz
The quote above references a tenement house. What is the definition of a tenement house?
A An apartment building in the city that meets the minimum standards for safety
B Single family housing in the cities
Multiple families living together in a spacious well-kept apartment
Housing set up for immigrants that offers education and job skills