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degrading influences of some of the occupations connected 

 with the industrial pursuits of this country, commenting 

 upon the more revolting scenes which had lately been 

 brought to light by the Government Inspectors of Fac- 

 tories, and then passed to the more immediate object of his 

 present researches — the Sanatory Condition of the National 

 Schools — how far they are adapted to meet the wants of 

 the people, and secure that great desideratum for which so 

 little provision is often made in Institutions professing the 

 public good as their sole object, "Metis sana in corjoore 

 sano." 



In illustration of the subject, several elaborate tables 

 were referred to, compiled from personal examination of the 

 National Schools of Liverpool, of which the following is a 

 condensed summary : — 



BO\ r S AND GIRLS. 



Number of buildings Number Average 



inspected. reported. registered. 



43, and which com- 

 prise 80 separate 

 schools. 



31 



6828 



Average 

 Sick. 



731 



Per Cent. sick. 



Number No. with im- No. with no 

 ventilated. \ perfect vent, ventilation. 



Over 10 per Cent. 



23 



11 



■2(3 



Number unfit for Schools. 



20 



No. of schools 

 inspected. 



INFANTS' SCHOOL. 



No.registered | ^sick. 



No. ventilated 

 but imperfectly. 



31 



3542 



705 



i No. quite unfit 

 for schools. 



No. in Cellar. Per cent. ill. 



11 



2n 



