Sanitation and social economics : an object lesson / by James B. Russell.
- Date:
- [1889]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Sanitation and social economics : an object lesson / by James B. Russell. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![woi'k of tlie night, to understand how freely the police rate is expended in or because of District 14. The Cleansing Depart- ment is largely occupied in sweeping-up and removing lilth which is thrown over the windows and deposited about the courts. GLASGOW, 1888. VITAL STATISTICS AND SANITARY DEMANDS OF DISTRICTS XIV. [Worst], XVII. (Best), AND CITY. Worst. Best. City. Inferior Houses, J 51% Ticketed. I ] 18% Health, Morality, Providence, - Demands on Sanitary Staff, 40% ro% 13% of Child- ren born died \mder 1 year. 8% Illegitimate. 56 % Died in Friendly Societies. 84 % of Population. N,B.—Demands on Police, Cleansing, Parochial, and School Board services in like proportion. There are men employed doing nothing else but going round these courts and closes every few hours throughout the day with brush and hose and water-pail, and yet they are never clean. It is but fair to the inhabitants to add that these bad habits are encouraged,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21973738_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
