The Overcrowded City of Berlin.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 93, 23 April 1891, Page 9

The Overcrowded City of Berlin.

New Yorkeks think oftentimes that their livingapartments are crowded, but they will notice subjoined some statistics which force the conclusion that Emperor William's capital, Berlin, is also a little tucked up. In Berlin in 1880, with a population of 1,122,330, there were 478,052 persons living in tenements having but one room that could be heated, or an average of 3.75 inmades to a room, 302,322 living in tenements possessing but two rooms thab could be heated, or an average of 2*23 to a room, and 127,346 in tenements with three rooms that could be heated, or an average of 156 to a room. So it appears that 900,000 inhabitants oub of 1,100,000, or more than three-fourths, have only three rooms that can be hoafced, and are occupied by an average of 251 to a room. There are in Berlin 26,203 houses, divided ap into 315,063 tenements. The average rent for a tenement of two rooms is §1.50, the highest being §667 and the lowest $53. One house has been known to hold 487 persons, 170 of them children, divided up into 141 households. There are 23,289 cellar dwellings, containing 100,301 inhabitants, of which dwellings bub 1,404 were provided with closets. But little over half of Berlin, houses ore connected with sawers.