86 



REPORT 1841. 



houses are points very difficult to ascertain, but so far as information could be pro- 

 cured, Hull may be considered as favourably circumstanced in both respects. 



Drainage. 



With adequate drainage 4116 



Inadequate 671 



No drainage 299 



Not ascertained 3671 



Total , 



Water. 



With an ample supply 4957 



Inadequate 209 



No supply 107 



Not ascertained 3484 



8757 Total 8757 



The dwellings in Hull have a decided advantage over those in the manufacturing 

 districts ; the rents are lower, the streets cleaner, the houses better ventilated, and 

 less frequently situated in courts. 



Number and Condition of Dwellinsrs. 



From this table it appears that two-fifths of the houses of the working classes are 

 comfortable, one-fifth middhng, and two-fifths uncomfortable. The following is the 

 return respecting cleanliness : — 



The supply of beds in each house, compared with the number of its inmates, was 

 one point tu which the attention of the agent was particularly directed, and the result 

 was far frc m satisfactory. Out of 3964 dwellings from which information was pro- 

 cured, there were 475 with only one bed for the accommodation of five persons and 

 upwards, 103 of these having from seven to eleven persons in one bed. All comment 

 on such a state of things would be superfluous ; its existence is not willingly acknow- 

 ledged by the people themselves, and the information can scarcely be elicited by di- 

 rect inquiries. 



The majority of the benefit societies in Hull are not enrolled under the Act, and 

 consequently afford little security to the subscribers, even when the principles on which 

 they are based do not happen to be unsound. 1615 heads of families are enrolled in 

 benefit societies, 3496 are not, and 3646 have not been ascertained. The last head of 

 inquiry related to the extent to which books were possessed by the people. 



Of the 3829 A in the last column, 2900 belong to the superior class, and may there- 

 fore be fairly presumed to possess books. The greater part of the remaining 929 had 



