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Re:Photographer Jacob Riis showed “How the Other Half Lives”... by mcguire on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @02:20PM (#22486966)
1 toilet or outhouse per 20 people? (The Tenement House Act of 1867, https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/tenements)

"The Conquest of Pestilence in New York City" http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/tenementmuseum/files/20...

Re:Photographer Jacob Riis showed “How the Other Half Lives”... by alexhutcheson on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @02:55PM (#22487359)
That was the most interesting part to learn about for me, but they don't have the outhouses, and many of the tours are in units that were retrofitted with indoor plumbing and bathrooms later. Those units look essentially the same as they do now, except they have older furniture and kitchen fittings.