Word: overcrowdedness
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¶ A survey showed vacancies in Manhattan apartments (including tenements) have increased from 7.41% in 1927 to 14.93% in 1932. Heaviest vacancy percentage was 26.38% in the lower East Side and the lowest was Park Avenue's 7.68%. Vacancies in the tenement district do not indicate an oversupply of...
As the medical and legal professions become overcrowded and opportunities in business decline, hope rises for American secondary education. For many years high-school teaching has been scorned, treated as a last resort, by the bulk of male college graduates. Except for a few earnest men who saw the great...
This dance was only a small success, and teas in the other Houses were not overcrowded. The expense involved in all cases scarcely warranted the results, for such indifference accomplishes little. Better results could easily be obtained by a measure of cooperation among the Houses.
In short, haven't you some sort of job that will enable a youngster to keep on in school instead of entering the already overcrowded ranks of wage-earners? A telephone call to any of the colleges in and around Boston will put you in touch with somebody who can...
"An unfortunate statement," bitterly remarked New York City's Department of Hospitals. New York hospitals and clinics have been overcrowded with 25% more patients than normal during full employment times. The staffs hear of people who "cannot afford to be sick," who defer treatment, operations. For the municipal hospitals...