Tenement
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Seen here is a government inspector assessing a room in a tenement building to see if it meets the standard quality of living. The house shown does not meet the regulation for this living standard, to which the inspector carries out his job to have the location re serviced or be shut down.
The New York State Tenement House Act banned the construction of dark and poorly ventilated tenement houses. It required all tenement buildings have an open courtyard, open facing windows, a proper ventilation system, indoor toilets, and be built to fire safety standards.
Jacob Riis, a Muckraker who worked to expose poor living conditions to the general public.