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ment at breakfast and dinner; of the number of hours 

 assigned for labour ; and of the accommodations of those 

 who are parochial apprentices, or who are not under the 

 immediate direction of their parents or friends ; the limita- 

 tion and regulation of lodging-houses, or the establishment 

 of caravanseras for passengers, or those who come to seek 

 employment unrecommended or unknown ; the establish- 

 ment of public warm and cold baths ; provision for 

 particular attention to the cleaning the streets which are 

 inhabited by the poor, and for the speedy removal of dung- 

 hills, and every species of filth ; the diminution, as far as is 

 practicable, of other noxious effluvia, such as those which 

 arise from the workhouses of the fellmonger, the yards of 

 the tanner, and the slaughter-houses of the butcher ; the 

 superintendence of the several markets, with a view to the 

 prevention of the sale of putrid flesh or fish, and of unsound 

 flour, or other vegetable productions. 



' Under the second general head are included : The 

 speedy removal of those who are attacked with symptoms 

 of fever from the cotton-mills or factories to the habita- 

 tions of their parents or friends, or to commodious houses 

 which should be set apart for the reception of the sick in 

 the different districts of Manchester ; the requisite attention 

 to preclude unnecessary communications with the sick 

 in the houses wherein they are confined, and to the sub- 

 sequent cleansing and ventilation of their chambers, bed- 

 ding, and apparel ; and the allowance of a sufficient time 

 for perfect recovery, and complete purification of their 

 clothes, before they return to their work, or mix with their 

 companions in labour. 



' Under the third head are comprehended : medical 



