Identifier: denmarkitsmedica00unse (find matches)
Title: Denmark; its medical organization, hygiene and demography
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Lehmann, Julius,1836-
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Publisher: Copenhagen, Bagge
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

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public gardens and parks, and between the old jand the new partsof the town runs a street 80 alen (50*216 meters) wide, where for-merly the ramparts stood. In consequence of these arrangements thenew town presents a much more airy and open appearance thanthe old. A new Building Act of November 21st 1871 decided the buildingregulations of the years following. This Act, in relation to the for-mer, contains many exhaustive provisions, of which the followingare to be noted as of sanitary importance. At least one fourth ofthe building ground in the old town, and one third in the new areto be left open (as courtyards). In 1875 it was further provided,that these courtyards must in no direction be less than 4 alen (2*510meters), and that no part of these yards, which might be dividedfrom the rest by buildings, must be less than 25 square alen (9*8square meters). Further, no new streets may be built narrower than MAP OF COPENHAGEN TO ILLUSTRATE THE CONTOUR LEVELS ANDFORMER EXTENSION OF THE SEA
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METROPOLITAN BUILDING REGULATIONS. 131 20 alen (12554 meters). The houses may not have a greater heightthan the streets breadth plus one fourth, to which may he added 1alen (0*630 meter) for coping, and 2 alen (1*255 meters) when thebuilding authorities allow it. In streets 20 alen (12*554 meters) widethe houses must not exceed 25 alen (15*692 meters) in height, ex-clusive of the additions above mentioned. This is also the maximumheight for houses in broader streets or in open places. On the otherhand, the Act of 1871 once more allowed cellars to be used as dwel-lings (though with certain restrictions), and in consequence manysuch dwellings are to be found in the new quarter, erected on thesite of the old fortifications. The following years are remarkable for the rapid growth of thenew suburban quarters of the Metropolis. These quarters which liebeyond the belt of fresh water lakes, which surround Copenhagenon the land side, were after the building on the old fortification site,and th

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