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Riis, How the other Half Lives (New York, Scribners, 1892).
Riis, The Tenement the Real Problem of Society (Forum, March 1895).
Riis' writings give a stirring picture of the tenement-house evil in
New York City with practical suggestions. Wood and others, The Poor in Great Cities (New York, Scribners, 1895).
Two chapters devoted to the tenements of New York City.
(See also references under general topic.)
SIXTH MEETING.
1. General topic : Population, Vital Statistics. References :
Farr, Vital Statistics. (London, Stanford, 1885.)
Compiled after Farr's death and hence fragmentary, but still one of the most important works on the subject.
George, Progress and Poverty (New York, Lovell, 1879), bk.
Ably presents the argument against Malthusianism as a working principle.
Malthus, On Population.
Furnishes a background principle for all investigations on this sub- ject.
Mayo-Smith, Statistics and Sociology (New York, Macmillan, 1895), bks. ii and iii.
Valuable for facts and also for the insight they give into the connec- tion between vital statistics and sociology in general.
Newsholme, Vital Statistics (London, Swan, 1892).
Gives a general insight into methods, difficulties, and results of vital statistics.
2. Special Report on the Population and Vital Statistics of the District Studied.
Classify the population by nationalities and show on a map the location of each nationality. Study the part each nationality plays in the social, industrial, and political life of the community. Get marriage, death, and birth rate. Sources reports of board of health, county agent, police department, etc.
3. General discussion, topic : The Causes Affecting the Health of this Com- munity.
SEVENTH MEETING.
I. General topic : The Causes of Poverty. References :
Booth, Labor and Life of the People (London, Williams, 1891), Vol. I, pt. i, ch. 5.
