In a document associated with chapter nineteen; Jacob Riis describes effects of poverty and the abandon babies in the slums of New York. Throughout this document there is are major themes of overpopulation and sacrifice.
The theme of overpopulation is constantly emphasized throughout this document because a bunch of babies were being born during this time period. This overpopulation caused an abundance of newborns to die because there were too many being abandoned and weren’t able to be taken care of.
Another reoccurring theme would be sacrifice because majority of the babies that were born were unable to be kept by the mother’s because they were extremely poor. Babies were being sacrificed in order for women to be able to maintain their current