tenement house

noun

Definition of tenement house

: apartment building especially : one meeting minimum standards of sanitation, safety, and comfort and usually located in a city

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Recent Examples on the Web Plumbing and sewage systems, paired with tenement house reform, helped remove excrement from the public streets. — Katherine A. Foss, Smithsonian Magazine, "How Epidemics of the Past Changed the Way Americans Lived," 1 Apr. 2020 If influenza develops in a hotel or tenement house, the cases must be reported at once. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "From the Archives: Parallels to the 1918 flu pandemic are evident 102 years later," 19 Oct. 2020 Plumbing and sewage systems, paired with tenement house reform, helped remove excrement from the public streets. — Katherine A. Foss, Smithsonian Magazine, "How Epidemics of the Past Changed the Way Americans Lived," 1 Apr. 2020 Plumbing and sewage systems, paired with tenement house reform, helped remove excrement from the public streets. — Katherine A. Foss, Smithsonian Magazine, "How Epidemics of the Past Changed the Way Americans Lived," 1 Apr. 2020 Plumbing and sewage systems, paired with tenement house reform, helped remove excrement from the public streets. — Katherine A. Foss, Smithsonian Magazine, "How Epidemics of the Past Changed the Way Americans Lived," 1 Apr. 2020 Plumbing and sewage systems, paired with tenement house reform, helped remove excrement from the public streets. — Katherine A. Foss, Smithsonian Magazine, "How Epidemics of the Past Changed the Way Americans Lived," 1 Apr. 2020 Plumbing and sewage systems, paired with tenement house reform, helped remove excrement from the public streets. — Katherine A. Foss, Smithsonian Magazine, "How Epidemics of the Past Changed the Way Americans Lived," 1 Apr. 2020 Plumbing and sewage systems, paired with tenement house reform, helped remove excrement from the public streets. — Katherine A. Foss, Smithsonian Magazine, "How Epidemics of the Past Changed the Way Americans Lived," 1 Apr. 2020

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“Tenement house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenement%20house. Accessed 20 Apr. 2021.

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