In Charles street, Drury lane, three tenements, originally separate, have been converted into a single lodging-house for 82 single men, on the same general plan and at the same rent as that in George street, St. Giles's.

All the lodging-houses are furnished, and the inmates are supplied with utensils for their food and other purposes, which must be returned, or made good at their leaving.

In all these lodging-houses rules exist for the purpose of insuring cleanliness, sobriety, carefulness, and general propriety of conduct; any infraction of which subjects the offender to immediate expulsion. For the sake of those who choose to avail themselves of the opportu nity, Scripture Readings are appointed to take place in the common room every evening, at nine o'clock; and copies of the Scriptures, with other well-chosen books, are left in charge of the superintendent for distribution among the lodgers, in the hope that they may thus be induced to occupy their leisure to advantage.

In the construction of all these establishments, equally, the greatest pains have been taken to bring sanitary science to bear on the comfort, and convenience, and health of the inmates. Ventilation, drainage, facilities for decency and for cleanliness, have in every instance been made the leading considerations of the architect.

In regard to these model houses and model lodgings, it would, I think, be a great error to estimate their benefit as merely relative to the number of persons at any one time inmates of them. No doubt it is a great advantage that they furnish, at the ordinary price of the day, or at a still lower price, so excellent accommodation to several hundreds of persons; and it is a still greater good (particularly in regard of those established for single men and single women,) that they drill their inmates into decent and orderly habits, and accustom them to a high standard of household accommodation, which will probably influence their subsequent married lives in the same desirable direction. But, indirectly, their utility has a far wider scope. They stand in bright contrast to the dark features of filth and unwholesomeness which environ them; they familiarize the poorest classes generally with all the practical advantages of cleanliness; they show that dirt is not inevitable; they therefore create and foster among the humblest members of society, a laudable discontent with defective sanitary arrangements, and they establish a strong public opinion, grounded on experience, in favor of those conditions of cleanliness and comfort which determine the maintenance of health.

That all the great results of sanitary science can be applied in their utmost perfectness to the dwellings of the poor for the payment of a rent often below, and never above the average given for some miserable doghole that poisons its inhabitants, is a truth of immense importance, deserving the widest dissemination, and pregnant with the most hopeful promise. Such advantages spring from and illustrate the economical application of the associative principle; they cannot be obtained otherwise than by the application of capital in such an amount as lies only within the compass of wealthy corporations, or is reached by the voluntary combination of several private purses. While the laboring classes are abundantly able to maintain these institutions when established, and to render them amply remunerative to those whose

capital has first founded them, it is obvious that no power of association lying within their means can suffice to originate such work.

This task of initiation rests with others. And therefore it is that I have been induced to bring under your notice, as a most important part of my subject, the outline of what has been done in the matter of model dwellings and public baths and washhouses. Feeling assured that establishments of this nature are of infinite utility in the several respects I have enumerated; feeling assured that beyond their immediate operation on the health of inmates and users, they also tend, by their indirect educational influence, to improve the social habits, to promote the civilization, to elevate the general tone and character of the laboring classes, I earnestly recommend them to your attention.

XIX. FORMS OF BLANK SCHEDULES TO BE USED IN ASCERTAINING THE SANITARY CONDITION AND THE AMOUNT OF SICKNESS, OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.

We have urged, in our XXVth and XXVIth recommendations, the importance of obtaining information concerning the amount of sickness which has existed under different circumstances. The following are specimens of the blanks we have prepared and recommended, pages 178 and 179. The first relates to sickness in general; and the second has special reference to schools. We have filled a part of the blanks to illustrate the subjoined directions. In the first we have made two kinds of entries, one concerning a manufacturing establishment, and the other concerning a farmer's family. The blank, however, is designed for one kind of entry only, at one time.

Directions for filling the Schedule, p. 405. (See p. 178.)

1. Under heading 1, entitled "Local Circumstances," state whether the dwelling-house, family or company, is in the neighborhood of a pond; or near low or marsh land; or decomposing animal or vegetable matter; or in a narrow street, lane or court; or in a damp locality; or in a house badly lighted, warmed and ventilated; or in a filthy, overcrowded condition; or otherwise, as the facts may be.

2. Under heading 2, entitled "Personal Circumstances," give the occupation of the head or members of the family, or company; state their means of subsistence,-ample or poor; their habits,-temperate or intemperate; cleanly; industrious; general health,-good or bad; or otherwise, as the facts may be.

3. Under heading 3, entitled "Month," insert the number of days observed, and the name of the month or months.

4. Under heading 6, entitled "Number of Persons observed," insert the number of persons belonging to the family or company, during the time of observation, against each class of ages,-males and females separately.

5. Under heading 7, entitled "Total number of days observed," insert the whole number of days that all lived, including Sundays. This is to be obtained by multiplying the number of each class of persons, according to age, by the number of days observed, as stated in the first column.

The Sanitary Condition of the

Manufacturing Company, or of

the Family of N. I., during the year 1850.

Under 15

15 to 60

Over 60

Under 15

15 to 60

Over 60

Under 15

Observations made during|| Observations made during|| Observations made during 30 days in April, 1850.

FEMALES.

MALES.

31 days in March, 1850.

FEMALES.

MALES.

days in

FEMALES.

18 .

MALES.

42

1 case Hooping Cough-recovered after 21 days-taken at school.

1 Typhus Fever, caused by overexertion-recovered in 14 days.

30

6. Under heading 8, entitled "Number of new cases of sickness," insert the number of cases of sickness, in the family or company, under observation. If the same person continue sick over one period of observation into a subsequent one, no new entry of such case is to be made, though the days of sickness are to be counted. If a person get well and is again attacked it is to be considered a new case.

7. Under heading 9, entitled "Number of days of sickness observed," insert the whole number of days of sickness during the period of observation, including Sundays, of all, of each class of ages, by adding together the days of each, the males separately from the females. By "sickness" is meant such illness as incapacitates for labor. Slight indisposition, occasioned by colds, &c., is not to be reckoned.

8. Under heading 10, entitled "Number of Deaths," insert the number of deaths during the period, against each age at which they occurred.

9. Under heading 11, entitled "Remarks," &c., insert such facts as can be ascertained, relating to the subjects suggested in the heading, to show the sanitary condition of the family or company.

One sheet of these blanks of four pages will serve for one family for twelve months, or a year's observations. These blanks are to be furnished by the Boards of Health, as occasion may require, to physicians, families, manufacturing companies, almshouses, prisons and other institutions; to be filled out monthly, and returned to the Board at stated periods. Copies or abstracts of those returns are to be made and transmitted to the General Board of Health. By means of these facts, all the interesting and important relations which the attacks of sickness, the duration of sickness, and the different diseases bear to health, at different ages and among different sexes, and under different circumstances, may be ascertained.

The Sanitary Condition of Public School No. 8, in Saugus, for 1850.

Directions for filling the Schedule.

Scarlatina, died 18th day after attack, aged 12 years. 1 Pneumonia-recovered in 12 days.

(See p. 179.)

1. Under heading 1, entitled "Local Circumstances," state how the schoolhouse is situated. Whether in an open, healthy locality, or in a confined street or court; or in the vicinity of any nuisance. Of what materials is the house built? brick or wood? How is it warmed? by open fire-place, stove or furnace? How ventilated? State the number of cubic feet in the schoolroom; and any other pertinent facts.

2. Under heading 2, entitled "Personal Circumstances," insert the principal occupations of the parents or guardians of the scholars? Are the children cleanly in their habits, regular in their attendance, and industrious in their studies, or otherwise?

3. Under heading 3, entitled "Month," insert the number of days observed, and the name of the month. If the observations extend over only a part of the month, insert the number of days in the month actually observed. Make the same entries in each successive month

or period.

4. Under heading 6, entitled "Number of Scholars observed," insert the number of Scholars belonging to the school during the time of observation, against each class of ages, males and females separately. This is to be done by counting the number of schools on the school list.

5. Under heading 7, entitled "Total number of days observed," insert the whole number of days that all lived, including Sundays. This is to be obtained by multiplying the number of each class of ages by the number of days observed as stated in the first column.

6. Under heading 8, entitled "Number of new cases of sickness," insert the number of cases among the scholars under observation. If the same person continue sick over one period of observation into a subsequent one, no new entry of such case is to be made, though the days of sickness are to be counted. If a person get well and is again attacked, it is to be considered a new case.

7. Under heading 9, entitled "Number of days of sickness observ. ed," insert the whole number of days of sickness during the period of observation, including Sundays, of all of each class of ages, the males separately from the females. This is to be ascertained by keeping a register of the absence of each scholar, and counting the days of ab sence on account of sickness, and not for other causes, of all of that age. By "sickness" is meant, such illness as incapacitates the scholar for attending school. Slight indisposition, occasioned by colds, &c., is not to be reckoned.

8. Under heading 10, entitled "Number of Deaths," insert the number of deaths during the period, against each age at which they occurred. 9. Under heading 11, entitled "Remarks," &c., insert such facts as can be ascertained, relating to the subjects suggested in the heading, to show the sanitary condition of the school.

A Sanitary Committee should be appointed monthly, by the teacher, to keep these records, and make the reports under his superintendence. These reports are to be made monthly during the year or school term, and transmitted at its close, or at some other appropriate period, to the Board of Health of the town, and copies or abstracts of them furnished to the General Board of Health. The proportion of sickness to health in the schools may thus be ascertained.

XX. REGISTER OF MEDICAL CASES PROFESSIONALLY ATTENDED. On pages 408 and 409 we present an extract from a work entitled "Register of Medical Cases professionally attended," to illustrate the remarks under our XLVIth recommendation, p. 232. Cases No. 25, 26, and 27, are filled out to illustrate the mode in which the entries are made. The pages are designed for the entries concerning 4 cases. Their length is the same as in the original. Their breadth has been compressed by the printer, each about three quarters of an inch, or the breadth of the left hand column on the right page. Sufficient space is given for desirable records in most cases; and the size is convenient for carrying in the pocket.