Chapter VIII: A Closing Word

Cleanliness Next to Godliness--Invisible Agencies in Filth--A
Higher Civilization

ILLUSTRATIONS

PUBLIC SCHOOL ADJOINING SLAUGHTER-PEN, 1865 _Frontispiece_

PLAN OF ROOKERY HOLDING 1000 PERSONS 60

A CROWDED SECTION OF THE CITY 61

A TENANT-HOUSE CUL-DE-SAC NEAR CITY HALL 70

CUL-DE-SAC NEAR SLAUGHTER-HOUSE AND STABLES 71

PLAN OF CELLAR--“WORSE THAN A STYGIAN PIT” 73

SLAUGHTER-PENS IN REAR OF TENANT-HOUSES 77

SIXTH STREET CATTLE MARKET, 1865 78

REGION OF HIDE-CURING, FAT-GATHERING, ETC. 79

REGION OF BONE-BOILING AND SWILL-MILK NUISANCES 80

PLAN OF ROOKERY BETWEEN BROADWAY AND BOWERY 83

PLAN OF CELLAR OCCUPIED BY TWO FAMILIES 85

PLAN SHOWING REAR TENANT-HOUSES NEAR A STABLE 89

RIVINGTON PLACE, 1865 92

GOTHAM COURT, CHERRY STREET, 1865 95

TRANSVERSE SECTIONAL ELEVATION OF GOTHAM COURT 96

“THE GREAT EASTERN” 98

A PERPETUAL FEVER-NEST 106

REGION OF SMALLPOX AND TYPHUS FEVER 111

PLAN OF FEVER-NEST, EAST 17TH STREET 114

BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF FEVER-NEST NEAR FIFTH AVENUE 115

PLAN OF MONROE STREET FEVER-NEST 117

A SIXTH WARD FEVER-NEST 126

PLAN OF TYPICAL FEVER-NEST, 1865 130

PLAN OF REAR CUL-DE-SAC 134

FEVER-BREEDING STRUCTURE NEAR CENTRAL PARK 139

STAGNANT WATER, CENTRAL PARK WEST 148