They found great numbers of servants' rooms in basements, having no sunlight or heat.
At one home, where an investigator applied for a "place," the housekeeper complained that her last maid was untidy.

Then she showed the applicant to the servant's room.

This was a little den partitioned off from the coal bin! In another place, the maid was required to sleep on an ironing board placed over the bathtub.

In still another, the maid spent her night of rest on a mattress laid over the wash tubs in a basement.

A bed for two servants, consisting of a thin mattress on the dining-room table, was also found.
Unventilated closets, rooms opening off from the kitchen, small and windowless, are very commonly provided in city flats.