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houses and mills be made of certain sizes, and capable 

 of being ventilated by the admission of currents of fresh 

 air, due regard being paid to the construction of suffi- 

 ciently wide streets for the admission of light ; and also 

 that a due quantity of good water be supplied. In a 

 word, more attention to the comforts of the labouring 

 classes. 



The employers of our labouring classes require to be 

 taught that their own prosperity, and that of the com- 

 munity, is concerned in their welfare ; and that if, by 

 sanitary regulations, we can add a few years to the 

 allotted span of human existence, we afford to the artizan 

 not only that which he prizes above all wealth, viz., life, 

 and add happiness to the common stock, but we are 

 acting in conformity to the will of the Great Author 

 of that life, by prolonging and preserving his great gift 

 as much as is compatible with human power. 



At the conclusion of the paper, an interesting discussion 

 ensued, on the various points mentioned by the Rev. Gen- 

 tleman. 



Dr. Crowther said, his opinion was, that a deficiency 

 of water caused a great mortality. He had no faith in 

 the notion that high and airy situations were always the 

 best. For instance, when the building of the new prison 

 at Wakefield was under consideration, it was mooted by 

 some that Park Hills would be a much healthier situation 

 than the valley in which it at present stood. Had the site 

 of the prison been removed to the Park Hills, he (Dr. C.) 

 gave it as his decided opinion that the mortality would have 

 been increased ten times. There was Ardsley, a supposed 

 healthy situation on a hill, which was hardly ever free from 

 typhus fever, while in Wakefield there was scarcely ever a 

 case ; thus, in his opinion, showing that it was water, and 



