Project Gutenberg 2018-02-24 Public domain in the USA. 166 Smith, Stephen 1823 1922 12017209 The City That Was 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.) Reading ease score: 52.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Public health -- New York (State) -- New York Sanitation -- New York (State) -- New York Eaton, Dorman B. (Dorman Bridgman), 1823-1899 RA Text Category: History - American Category: Health & Medicine Category: Environmental Issues 285741 2025-09-22T13:03:02.705860 text/html 279462 2018-02-24T04:17:16 text/html 3046949 2025-09-22T13:03:08.792844 application/epub+zip 3048632 2025-09-22T13:03:04.298877 application/epub+zip 182060 2025-09-22T13:03:03.541872 application/epub+zip 3131874 2025-09-22T13:03:12.115884 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2970398 2025-09-22T13:03:08.025845 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 247425 2022-08-25T13:23:28.920704 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 238985 2025-09-22T13:03:02.096933 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 239235 2018-02-24T04:17:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19460 2025-09-22T13:03:12.259844 application/rdf+xml 22520 2025-09-22T13:03:03.641877 image/jpeg 2784 2025-09-22T13:03:03.591874 image/jpeg 86937 2018-02-24T04:17:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 2586320 2018-02-24T04:17:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 2593493 2025-09-22T13:03:02.821888 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia