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one man, with their children living in the same
room; in ten cases three women and one man;
and three cases of four women and one man. In
twenty-one cases there were two men and one
woman; twenty-seven of two men and two women;
four of two men and three women; three of three
men and one woman; one of two men and four
women; and one of three men and three women.
I have not complicated this general summary by
giving you an account of the number of children
in each of the rooms, but it has been a rare case
not to find one or more. Certificates have been
issued of the indecent over-crowding of these
rooms, and I hope soon to have them all registered
upon your books as Common Lodging-houses;
when this is accomplished, and your Inspector of
Lodging-houses is appointed, you will have the
means, through the salutary powers of your Act of
1851, of putting a check on the unwholesome
practices of such places.
Among other sanitary proceedings of the year,
have been the abating of many trade nuisances;
and, except in two cases, this has always been
accomplished without interfering with the progress
of industry or the concerns of commerce.
This, indeed, has always been my aim; for it is
impossible to disregard the fact, that the wealth
and commercial importance of this great City have
been mainly derived from a free and unfettered