308 APPENDIX B. 
The Jews also benefit, not only by the annual thorough turning 
out of their dwellings at Passover and by the whitewashing ; but 
by the ceremonial bathing, especially on the eve of the weekly 
Sabbath, which is also practised, and conduces to cleanliness. 
It is worthy of note that at a recent annual inspection of the 
Whitechapel Baths and Washhouses, the Inspector, Colonel F 
reported that these institutions were mainly supported by Jews and 
Jewesses, who resort to them in thousands annually. 
Ceremonial purification of the person, the clothing, and the 
dwellings among Jews does check the spread of disease, and help 
to strengthen the constitutional immunity created in past genera- 
tions by obedience to the law of God as to diet and purification. 
K. A. Finn, 
Member of the Royal Asiatic Society. 
