The commission goes on to say: A study of the changes in density of population from 1905 to 1910 of 28 important blocks in the lower part of the Bronx which had in 1905 a population of 1.000 or over is even more significant. because near many of these blocks are others practically unimproved. and within walking distance of some are scores of acres of vacant lands. In these crowded tenements parents. children. and from three to eight adult boarders are often found occupying apartments of two. three. and four rooms. In 122 blocks in Manhattan. which in 1905 had a density of over 750 people per acre. 65 per cent were foreign born. the Italians and Russians predominating. In 1905 the foreignborn population of Manhattan Borough was 890.142. and 23 per cent of these were domiciled in blocks having a density of over 750 per acre. while only 9 per cent of Americanborn people were liv. ing under like conditions. South of Fourteenth Street. on the East Side. the nativeborn population from 1900 to 1905 increased less than 4 per cent. while the foreign born Increased nearly 20 per cent. There were many other districts where the number of native born in 1905 was actually less than in 1900. The tenement house commissioners report that to provide a good standard of housing for unskilled wage earners in New York City the maximum value of the land occupied by a tenement should not exceed 50 cents per square foot. but that in 1908 the assessed value of land per square foot occupied by the congested blocks of lowei Manhattan ranged from $2.74 to $16. and in most of these blocks exceeded $10 per square foot.
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