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Moorgate Street - Walls and ceilings cleansed.
(Metropolitan Railway).
Moorgate Street - Ventilation improved.
(Great Northern
and City Railway).
St. Paul's - - Fittings repaired.
Snow Hill - - New fittings provided.
The ladies' room at Mansion House Station has been demolished in the
course of alterations to the station.
The ladies' rooms at all the stations, except Bank (Central London), Bank
(City and South London), Fenchurch Street (Great Eastern Railway), Mark
Lane (District), and Moorgate (City and South London), are not reserved
for passengers only, but are open to the general public.
A Paper read by Miss Safford on "Health Aspect s of some Occupations for
Women," at the Sanitary Institute Congress, at Glasgow, on July 29th, 1904,
conveys so much useful and practical information that I insert an abstract.
This Paper deals with a few of the occupations followed by women in the
City of London. There are no "dangerous trades" carried on, and the
insanitary conditions found arise from the following causes: Deficiency of
natural light, insufficient ventilation, overcrowding, unreasonable temperature,
insufficient or unsuitable sanitary accommodation, dirty walls, ceilings, and
floors.
Special defects in 6ome types of occupations:—
(A) Workshops—
(1.) Dust producing processes—Feather Dressing. Special means of
ventilation are needed to carry off the fine light dust which is given off. In
Furriers, the chief danger is the dust and hair which are produced in cutting
and sewing. Beyond the injurious effect which any dust has on the lungs,
there is also with "fur dust" the risk of its being a vehicle of anthrax
contagion.
(2.) Workshops in which gas is used in the process of work. In nearly
all cases where clothing is made, gas is used to heat irons, and in gauffering
and accordion pleating machines. In artificial flower making, the tools are