Ned M Campbell

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“the one hopeless form of tenement construction… . It cannot be well ventilated; it cannot be well lighted; it is not safe in case of fire… . Direct light is only possible for the rooms at the front and rear. The air must pass through other rooms or tiny shafts, and cannot but be contaminated before it reaches them.”
The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 (Oxford History of the United States)
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