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ture of articles for human consumption. There is not, however,
at present, any practical method of preventing or otherwise satisfactorily
dealing with their employment in such occupations.
A sanitary survey was made of every tenement, and the
nuisances found were made the subject of subsequent notice and
amendment. The following defects were ascertained:—Rooms
dirty 15, drain choked 2, water closet without water supply 2,
roof leaky 4, water closet pan leaky 1, window sashcords broken 5,
dustbin broken 3, rain water pipe broken 1, and minor structural
defects 4.
The patient's bedroom.—The number of beds in the patient's
bedroom, the number of persons occupying the patient's bedroom,
and the number of families affected are given in the attached
table:—

One bedroom contained four beds, but two persons only
regularly used it.
Eighteen patients gave common lodging house addresses.
Only 55 patients out of 167 living in private houses were able
to have a bed and bedroom all to themselves.
In the 73 other households, where only one bed was available,
85 persons slept in the same bed with the consumptives, and were