...contemplate. Mr. Holme, a leading builder at Liverpool, visited one where a poor woman, lately confined, was lying on straw in a vault, through the outer cellar, with a clay floor, and he had to walk on bricks to reach the bed-side, the floor itself being flooded with stagnant water....

...contemplate. Mr. Holme, a leading builder at Liverpool, visited one where a poor woman, lately confined, was lying on straw in a vault, through the outer cellar, with a clay floor and he had to walk ori bricks to reach the bed side, the floor itself being flooded with stagnant water....

...Commisslon, vol. i. 277. drain, nor any convenience ; and these pest-houses are constantly filled with fever. Some time ago I visited a poor woman in distress,...clay floor, impervious to water. There was no light or ventilation in it, and the air was dreadful. I had to walk on bricks across the floor to reach her...

...occupants of these worse than bestial dens. " Some-time ago I visited (says Mr. Holme of Liverpool) a poor woman in distress, the wife of a labouring...to Water. There was no light nor ventilation in it, nnd the air was dreadful. I had to walk on bricks across the floor to reach her bedside, as the floor...

...Commission, vol. i. 27T. drain, nor any convenience ; and these pest-houses are constantly filled with fever. Some time ago I visited a poor woman in distress,...clay floor, impervious to water. There was no light or ventilation in it, and the air was dreadful. I had to walk on bricks across the floor to reach her...

...damp, with no drain, nor any convenience ; and these pest-houses are constantly filled with fever. Some time ago, I visited a poor woman in distress, the wife of a laboring man ; she had been confined only a few days, and herself and infant were lying on straw in...