...on the evils which are produced by late hours of business, the Hon. and Rev. B. Noel remarks : — The facts here detailed are these. Young men, from...respiration and in rooms ill ventilated. When night arrives, gaslight and closed doors complete the deterioration of the air, till at length it becomes almost pestiferous....

...in business. During this linn1 they arc not permitted to sit down, or to look into a book, but arc standing or moving about from morning to night, generally in an atmosphere exhausted by respiration, mid in rooms ill-ventilated. When night arrives, gae-liglits and closed doors complete th'deterioration...

...twenty-five or thirty, are engaged in drapers' shops daily about fifteen hours, of which fourteen and a-half are actually employed in business. During this time,...respiration, and in rooms ill ventilated. When night arrives, gas-light and closed doors complete the deterioration of the air, till at length it becomes almost...

...Essay of the Metropolitan Drapers' Association : — " Young men, from 16 years of age to 25 or 30, are engaged in drapers' shops daily about fifteen...ventilated. When night arrives, gas-lights and closed doors com-, plete the deterioration of the air, till at length it becomes almost pestiferous. Meanwhile their...

...the " Metropolitan Drapers' Association." From the preface to that essay I extract this passage : " Young men, from sixteen years of age to twenty-five...an atmosphere exhausted by respiration and in rooms ill-ventilated. When night arrives, gaslights and closed doors complete the deterioration of the air,...

...employed in business. During this time they are not permitted to sit down, or to look into a hook ; but are standing or moving about from morning to night,...atmosphere exhausted by respiration, and in rooms illventilated. When night arrives, gas-lights and closed doors complete the deterioration of the air,...