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400 Here also scientific instruments will be of similar design. are being made for the display of apparatus ready for work, electric supply where needed being provided. The equipment of a large dark room is under consideration, and in this projection apparatus, such as oscillographs, spectroscopes, optical lanterns, and photometers, could be
THE HOUSING PROBLEM IN SOUTH WALES. (FROM OUR SPECIAL SANITARY COM1BlISSIONER.)
arrangements
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shown to advantage. The organisation of the exhibits referred to has been placed by the Exhibitions Branch of the Board of Trade in the hands of Dr. F. Mollwo Perkin, under the direction of a joint subcommittee of the Chemical Industries Committee and the Mathematical and Scientific Instruments Subcommittee. This joint sub-committee considers that exhibitors could nothave more favourable conditions for demonstrating the merit of their exhibits than those which this new arrangement will afford, and that, at the same time, in the way of instruction by such demonstrations the visiting public will be greatly benefited. I am, Sir, yours faithfully, BOVERTON REDWOOD. REDWOOD, Chairman, Chemical Industries Committee. Board of Trade, Westminster, S.W., Feb. 2nd, 1911.
The S1Vansea Strand. THE
problem at Swansea is similar in most details to that )f Merthyr Tydfil. There is in both towns the sudden augmentation of population due to the rapid and recent developments of the mining and metallurgic industries. But at Swansea we find further complications arising from the growth of the port, with its ever-increasing fleet of ships that bring ore and take away coal, attract poor dockers in quest of work, and land sailors in search of dissipation. This
necessitates such districts as the Swansea Strand, which Mr. George R. Sims, in his little book entitled " Human Wales," describes as a district of difficulties built by "the river of sin upon the strand of shame," where there are girls of 20 who are old already. As a matter of fact, however, it is very fortunate for the town as a whole that the more vicious and disreputable elements of the population should concentrate in a particular district. Of this Swansea has had recent TUBERCULOSIS AND STATE INTERexperience. Some labour members of the borough council of VENTION. Swansea complained that too much care was taken in the choice of tenants for the houses built by the corporation, and To the Editor cf THE LANCET. that it was precisely for the poorest and the most unfortunate this head to further under SiR,-Referring correspondence that the houses were intended. The result was that several in your issue of Jan. 28th will you allow us to add that the persons gained admittance into corporation dwellings who purpose of our recent letter to THE LANCET, which was to were poor only in manners and morals. A little experience correct a misleading impression which seemed currentof this sort soon brought abcut a reaction, and now every namely, that the Edinburgh Conference on Tuberculosis effort is made to secure only respectable tenants for the favoured the principle of separate legislation directed espehouses. At the same time, preference is shown corporation cially against tuberculosis-has been achieved. A motion in for a tenant who comes from one of the congested districts. favour of such legislation wa2’, indeed, submitted to the The Strand is a main street facing some of the docks. meeting, but was lost. The resolution which was passed by There are a few common lodging-houses in this thoroughfare the Conference was definitely limited to the question of and many courts behind on rising ground. The common tuberculosis in the scheme of invalid including proposed are only overcrowded on Saturdays in the lodging-houses Your special Sanitary Commissioner clearly insurance. winter. The is then driven in by stress of weather. grasped the distinction as shown by the report in your The cottages tramp in the courts are often overcrowded, and here columns.-We are, Sir, yours faithfully, and there the closets get out of order and require very frequent W. LESLIE LYALL, Joint Honorary inspection so that the flushing cisterns should act properly. Secretaries. JAMES MILLER, M.D. Naturally, I made a point of visiting these places, notably Edinburgh, Jan. 30th, 1911. Neptune-court, Bargeman’s-row, Jones’-court, and the neighbouring courts and alleys. Here I saw some houses built on terraces cut out of the hillside, so that the backs were close THE NOMENCLATURE OF THE SUPRA- to the bare earth, which rose up perpendicularly to the height of the first floor back windows, leaving a space of only live RENAL PRINCIPLE. feet between the house and the earth. Some cottages were so small that there was no room for a proper staircase, and To the Editor of THE LANCET. tl-e steps from the living-room on the ground floor to the SiR,-In THE LANCET of Sept. 3rd, 1910. p. 778, you sleeping-room above were so precipitous that they seemed short entitled " a New Words." You paragraph printed Elsewhere there was a row of one-roomed more like ladders. commented upon the supplement of four pages to the so small that the wall from the earth to the eaves cottages Standard Dictionary of the English Language which you had of the roof was not six feet high. But they gave on to an received from Messrs. Funk and Wagnalls, and you menand were swept on all sides by fresh air. open space tioned that the word adrenalin had been included in that Increase in Trade, OL’e?’ororvding, and Distre3S. supplement to the well-known dictionary. It may be interesting to quote the full definition there given. It is as Swansea is fortunate in possessing a large quantity of land followsso that the corporation can build without having to purchase A hemostatic of Adrenalin. Chem. astringent princiole sites. This is the more welcome, as there is a most the suprarenal gland : the most powerful astringent known. building demand for houses at rents varying from 6s. to pressing (Coined by Dr. Norton L. Wilson, Nov., 1900.) 7s. 6d. a week. Houses at 12s. 6d. could more easily be I am, Sir, yours faithfully, obtained, but this is too much for a workman, and means INTERESTED. London, J&n. 31st, 1911. that he would have to divide the house with another family and then there would be overcrowding. It was some 15 years ago that a very bitter cry was raised for better housing, and after a good deal of hesitation the corporation had TRAINED NURSES’ ANNUITY FuND.-Her Its first experiQueen Alexandra has approved of the suggestion that the! to undertake the work of housing. In one case the houses surplus of .690 remaining after the purchase by the members! ments were not all successful. of the Territorial Nursing Service of a cross for the tomb of built were too good for the neighbourhood. Those who lived King Edward VII. shall form the nucleus of an additional near could not pay the rent and those who lived elsewhere annuity for disabled trained nurses. The annuity will be: would not take up their quarters in such poor surroundinge. called the King Edward VII. Memorial Annuity and the: So there is a slight loss on this property, but all the other are self-supporting. Council of the Trained Nurses’ Annuity Fund has issued an Altogether, the town has built appeal for subscriptions to make the amount up to .f.900, the: 207 houses and it is inviting tenders for the construction of Con- 103 more. sum required to endow an annuity of 10s. per week. They are to be built in central parts of the town tributions may be sent to the Bankers, Messrs. Coutts andl where they will be far more useful than those in suburbs Co.. 440, Strand, London, or to the honorary secretary, Dr. which the workers have difficulty in reaching, especially if A. Ogier Ward, 73, Cheapside, London, E.C. they are employed in the docks. Many tenants absolutely
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THE HOUSING PROBLEM IN SOUTH WALES. (FROM OUR SPECIAL SANITARY COM1BlISSIONER.)
arrangements
(Concluded from p. 334.)
shown to advantage. The organisation of the exhibits referred to has been placed by the Exhibitions Branch of the Board of Trade in the hands of Dr. F. Mollwo Perkin, under the direction of a joint subcommittee of the Chemical Industries Committee and the Mathematical and Scientific Instruments Subcommittee. This joint sub-committee considers that exhibitors could nothave more favourable conditions for demonstrating the merit of their exhibits than those which this new arrangement will afford, and that, at the same time, in the way of instruction by such demonstrations the visiting public will be greatly benefited. I am, Sir, yours faithfully, BOVERTON REDWOOD. REDWOOD, Chairman, Chemical Industries Committee. Board of Trade, Westminster, S.W., Feb. 2nd, 1911.
The S1Vansea Strand. THE
problem at Swansea is similar in most details to that )f Merthyr Tydfil. There is in both towns the sudden augmentation of population due to the rapid and recent developments of the mining and metallurgic industries. But at Swansea we find further complications arising from the growth of the port, with its ever-increasing fleet of ships that bring ore and take away coal, attract poor dockers in quest of work, and land sailors in search of dissipation. This
necessitates such districts as the Swansea Strand, which Mr. George R. Sims, in his little book entitled " Human Wales," describes as a district of difficulties built by "the river of sin upon the strand of shame," where there are girls of 20 who are old already. As a matter of fact, however, it is very fortunate for the town as a whole that the more vicious and disreputable elements of the population should concentrate in a particular district. Of this Swansea has had recent TUBERCULOSIS AND STATE INTERexperience. Some labour members of the borough council of VENTION. Swansea complained that too much care was taken in the choice of tenants for the houses built by the corporation, and To the Editor cf THE LANCET. that it was precisely for the poorest and the most unfortunate this head to further under SiR,-Referring correspondence that the houses were intended. The result was that several in your issue of Jan. 28th will you allow us to add that the persons gained admittance into corporation dwellings who purpose of our recent letter to THE LANCET, which was to were poor only in manners and morals. A little experience correct a misleading impression which seemed currentof this sort soon brought abcut a reaction, and now every namely, that the Edinburgh Conference on Tuberculosis effort is made to secure only respectable tenants for the favoured the principle of separate legislation directed espehouses. At the same time, preference is shown corporation cially against tuberculosis-has been achieved. A motion in for a tenant who comes from one of the congested districts. favour of such legislation wa2’, indeed, submitted to the The Strand is a main street facing some of the docks. meeting, but was lost. The resolution which was passed by There are a few common lodging-houses in this thoroughfare the Conference was definitely limited to the question of and many courts behind on rising ground. The common tuberculosis in the scheme of invalid including proposed are only overcrowded on Saturdays in the lodging-houses Your special Sanitary Commissioner clearly insurance. winter. The is then driven in by stress of weather. grasped the distinction as shown by the report in your The cottages tramp in the courts are often overcrowded, and here columns.-We are, Sir, yours faithfully, and there the closets get out of order and require very frequent W. LESLIE LYALL, Joint Honorary inspection so that the flushing cisterns should act properly. Secretaries. JAMES MILLER, M.D. Naturally, I made a point of visiting these places, notably Edinburgh, Jan. 30th, 1911. Neptune-court, Bargeman’s-row, Jones’-court, and the neighbouring courts and alleys. Here I saw some houses built on terraces cut out of the hillside, so that the backs were close THE NOMENCLATURE OF THE SUPRA- to the bare earth, which rose up perpendicularly to the height of the first floor back windows, leaving a space of only live RENAL PRINCIPLE. feet between the house and the earth. Some cottages were so small that there was no room for a proper staircase, and To the Editor of THE LANCET. tl-e steps from the living-room on the ground floor to the SiR,-In THE LANCET of Sept. 3rd, 1910. p. 778, you sleeping-room above were so precipitous that they seemed short entitled " a New Words." You paragraph printed Elsewhere there was a row of one-roomed more like ladders. commented upon the supplement of four pages to the so small that the wall from the earth to the eaves cottages Standard Dictionary of the English Language which you had of the roof was not six feet high. But they gave on to an received from Messrs. Funk and Wagnalls, and you menand were swept on all sides by fresh air. open space tioned that the word adrenalin had been included in that Increase in Trade, OL’e?’ororvding, and Distre3S. supplement to the well-known dictionary. It may be interesting to quote the full definition there given. It is as Swansea is fortunate in possessing a large quantity of land followsso that the corporation can build without having to purchase A hemostatic of Adrenalin. Chem. astringent princiole sites. This is the more welcome, as there is a most the suprarenal gland : the most powerful astringent known. building demand for houses at rents varying from 6s. to pressing (Coined by Dr. Norton L. Wilson, Nov., 1900.) 7s. 6d. a week. Houses at 12s. 6d. could more easily be I am, Sir, yours faithfully, obtained, but this is too much for a workman, and means INTERESTED. London, J&n. 31st, 1911. that he would have to divide the house with another family and then there would be overcrowding. It was some 15 years ago that a very bitter cry was raised for better housing, and after a good deal of hesitation the corporation had TRAINED NURSES’ ANNUITY FuND.-Her Its first experiQueen Alexandra has approved of the suggestion that the! to undertake the work of housing. In one case the houses surplus of .690 remaining after the purchase by the members! ments were not all successful. of the Territorial Nursing Service of a cross for the tomb of built were too good for the neighbourhood. Those who lived King Edward VII. shall form the nucleus of an additional near could not pay the rent and those who lived elsewhere annuity for disabled trained nurses. The annuity will be: would not take up their quarters in such poor surroundinge. called the King Edward VII. Memorial Annuity and the: So there is a slight loss on this property, but all the other are self-supporting. Council of the Trained Nurses’ Annuity Fund has issued an Altogether, the town has built appeal for subscriptions to make the amount up to .f.900, the: 207 houses and it is inviting tenders for the construction of Con- 103 more. sum required to endow an annuity of 10s. per week. They are to be built in central parts of the town tributions may be sent to the Bankers, Messrs. Coutts andl where they will be far more useful than those in suburbs Co.. 440, Strand, London, or to the honorary secretary, Dr. which the workers have difficulty in reaching, especially if A. Ogier Ward, 73, Cheapside, London, E.C. they are employed in the docks. Many tenants absolutely
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Majesty
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II schemes
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