Health of the Worhnoi cleansing the Westminster Sewers. 355 

 Report on the Health of the Workmen emploijed in Clcansmg 

 the Public Se-xers of Westminster, S,x. : transmitted to biR 

 A. Carlisle, by Mr. J. Houseman, Cleric to the Commis- 

 sioners of Sewers for Westminster; and dated December 10, 

 1831. 



Designation 



of 

 Workmen*. 



Age. 



60 22 



1. Labourer 



2. Ditto. 



3. Ditto. 



4. Ditto. 



5. Ditto ; ^ 

 formerly 



a gentle- V 

 man's 

 servant . J 



6. Labourer 35 17 



5-2 22 



21 



50 20 



45 17 



Putrid 

 Fever. 



Slight Colds ; 



Pains in the 



•f- Bowels, Loins, 



and Limbs. 



Wounded 

 bv broken 

 Glass Bot. 

 ties in the 

 Sewer. 



7. Ditto . 



Ditto. 

 Ditto. 



10. Ditto 

 20 years a 

 horse sol 

 dier. . 



46 17 



42 14 



54 17 



Often pains in the 

 bowels without 

 being relaxed ; 

 took spirits to re- 

 lieve him. 



Often pains in the 

 bowels and limbs 

 from cold caught 

 standing in sewers. 



Often pains in the 

 bowels and limbs 

 from cold caught 

 standing in sewers. 



Often, once very 

 severely, has had 

 an apoplectic fit. 



Often with slight 

 bowel complaints. 



Often colds, pains 

 in tlie limbs and 

 loins 



Burnt by 

 Gas. 



I — c — 



— )t. s 



2 0) ° <u 



.o 



Often. 



Burnt by 

 Foul Air. 



S = -5 



p o ^ 



— 5 2 



-> y: yj > 



"? "^ c ^ 



iOnce very se- 

 verely by a 

 glass bottle ; 

 six years ago. 

 I fOnce 



o rt c 



o 3 



Often slight colds ; 

 once with inflam- 

 mation, ill three 

 weeks 



Ditto ditto ; 



ill two weeks . . 



Once bybeingi 

 washed into j 

 tlic Thames ' 

 from St.Mar- { 

 tin's lane | 

 sewer .... J 



. Often. 



- Often. 



■ Once. 



very se 

 verely in Great 

 "] Queen-street, 

 i by Drury-lane, 

 \_ Noveniberl831 





{"s °f si 



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• In the orJKinal Report, the names of the several workmen are given 

 in this column ; but thinking it unnecessnry to publish these, we inwe sub- 

 stituted numbers for tlieni ; and in the Supplement, p. 3.>!), letters.-I^uiT 



+ Convcniencx- of printiin; lias required the omission, m tins [wge, ol the 

 blank columns headed " Flux" an.l " Sick from Stench.' -Luit. 

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