. Infant mortality: results of a field study in New Bedford, Mass. : based on births in one year. PLATE X -ANOTHER WAY OF COMPLYING WITH THE FIRE REGULATIONS-TWO TENEMENTS USING A SINGLE BACK NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 59 group comprised 52 one-family six aad eight room cottages, locatedon winding lanes, each having its own porch and garden were provided with porcelain bathtubs. These cottages dif-fered from the ordinary mill tenement not only in size and in thesanitary conveniences but also in attractiveness and variety ofdesign; many of them were shingled, were attractively painted
. Infant mortality: results of a field study in New Bedford, Mass. : based on births in one year. PLATE X -ANOTHER WAY OF COMPLYING WITH THE FIRE REGULATIONS-TWO TENEMENTS USING A SINGLE BACK NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 59 group comprised 52 one-family six aad eight room cottages, locatedon winding lanes, each having its own porch and garden were provided with porcelain bathtubs. These cottages dif-fered from the ordinary mill tenement not only in size and in thesanitary conveniences but also in attractiveness and variety ofdesign; many of them were shingled, were attractively painted,and had sloping roofs and dormer windows. Each cottage com-manded a view of Clarks Cove. See Plate XI. Toward the west of this section were many one and two familydwellings, inhabited for the most part by persons of the white raceborn in this country, and usually owned by the occupant. LEGISLATION. Building in New Bedford had proceeded with little if any regu-lation. The only legislation that touched housing conditions wascontained in certain ordinances relating to nuisances, and in a Statelaw and in local regulations for fire protection. An ordinance of 1907provided that all dwellings of t
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