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"were two windows in the room which could be let
"down by sashes, so as to secure the ventilation of
"the room. I visited the work rooms and found
"60 young women working in two rooms, which
"I found afterwards contained 8000 cubic feet of
"air, which gives 130 cubic feet to each indi"vidual*.
* In the original report, through the error of a clerk in
copying the measurements of the Sanitary Inspector, the cubical
space afforded in these rooms was placed at much too low a
figure. I immediately forwarded the following letter to The Times
and other Daily Papers, who had taken up the case of the young
milliner very warmly.
" DEATH IN THE WORK-ROOM.
" To the Editor of The Times.
"Sir,—In my report read to the Yestry of St. James's,
"Westminster, on Thursday last, on the premises occupied by
"Madame Elise, 170, Regent Street, I stated that I had seen
"two rooms in which were sixty young women working, and I
"gave the measurements of these rooms as they were sent to me
"by the Sanitary Inspector. I have since found that, through
"the omission of a clerk in copying the document sent to me,
"the whole contents of one of these rooms were omitted in my
"calculation. I have accordingly paid a second visit to the
"premises of Madame Elise, and have had the rooms measured
"in my presence. I find that the cubical contents of the two
"rooms give about 130 cubic feet of air to each of the sixty-two
"women I there saw at work. I trust you will insert this
"correction, which I feel it necessary to make in justice to
"Madame Elise, whose establishment is not more to be con"demned
than many others of a similar kind which exist in the
"neighbourhood. Perhaps I may be permitted to add that there