02682cam a22003493u 4500 56633 UtSlPG 20260610134315.0 m cr n 260607r2018||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 12017209 UtSlPG en iso639-1 RA Smith, Stephen, 1823-1922 The City That Was Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2018 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2018-02-24 A blind metropolis and her dying children -- A great awakening in England -- The awakening in America -- New York, the unclean -- Victory -- The legal work of Dorman Bridgeman Eaton -- The occult power of filth -- A closing word. Produced by deaurider, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The City That Was" by Stephen Smith is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book documents the dire sanitary conditions of New York City in the mid-19th century, focusing on the contributions of Smith and others to a major public health transformation. It provides a detailed examination of the health crises caused by overcrowded tenements, rampant disease, and a lack of effective sanitation measures, and it critiques the neglect of city management towards these issues. The opening of the book presents a shocking portrayal of New York during the mid-19th century as a "blind metropolis" plagued by preventable diseases due to horrendous living conditions, particularly among the poorer immigrant population. Stephen Smith, who had been directly involved in investigating these conditions, describes a city with inadequate drainage, filthy streets, and overcrowded tenements, resulting in high death rates from diseases like typhus, cholera, and tuberculosis. This part of the narrative sets a grim backdrop for the implications of urban neglect and the urgent need for health reforms that would later be instigated by the findings of his inspections and advocacy efforts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Public health -- New York (State) -- New York Sanitation -- New York (State) -- New York Eaton, Dorman B. (Dorman Bridgman), 1823-1899 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56633 97464 97464