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entire absence of all convenience for the treatment
of employees when overtaken by illness.
It is a well-known fact that many of our large
Manchester firms take lads on probation from
orphan asylums at an age when they are peculiarly
susceptible to eruptive fevers, etc. In the
same connection, young men from distant parts
of the United Kingdom are engaged. In both
classes it frequently happens they have no
friends near to receive them when ill.
Should a case of infectious disease occur,
employers very naturally show the greatest
anxiety to have it removed, and are generally
willing to pay liberally for such service. They
are accordingly disappointed when the hospitals
are full.
It is clearly, therefore, to the interests of
employers that some sacrifice of space should
be made for the safe treatment of the patient.
This is the more imperative, since the hospitals
in question are still overflowing, and no
one can predict when the pressure will be
removed. In the meantime, London is growing