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Number of tenants weeded out of overcrowded tenements, New York, 1889 1,246
Number of tenants weeded out of overcrowded tenements, in first half of 1890[1] 1,068
Number of sick poor visited by summer corps of doctors, New York, 1890 16,501

Police Statistics.

Males. Females.
Arrests made by the police in 1889 62,274 19,926
Number of arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct 20,253 8,981
Number of arrests for disorderly conduct 10,953 7,477
Number of arrests for assault and battery 4,534 497
Number of arrests for theft 4,399 721
Number of arrests for robbery 247 10
Number of arrests for vagrancy 1,686 947
Prisoners unable to read or write 2,399 1,281
Number of lost children found in the streets, 1889 2,968
Number of sick and destitute cared for, 1889 2,753
Found sick in the streets 1,211
Number of pawnshops in city, 1889 110
Number of cheap lodging-houses, 1889 270
Number of saloons, 1889 7,884

Immigration.

Immigrants landed at Castle Garden in 20 years, ending with 1889 5,335,396
Immigrants landed at Castle Garden in 1889 349,233
Immigrants from England landed at Castle Garden in 1889 46,214
Immigrants from Scotland landed at Castle Garden in 1889 11,415
Immigrants from Ireland landed at Castle Garden in 1889 43,090
Immigrants from Germany landed at Castle Garden in 1889 75,458
  1. These figures represent less than two hundred of the worst tenements below Houston Street.