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 I will only quote the table the Commissioners have compiled from the Census returns of 1871—reminding the reader that upon the same space on which these people are now living;—wretched and overcrowded—two to four hundred on every acre—three or four times as many might be excellently housed in health and comfort, with half the total area left open for air-spaces, playgrounds, and streets.