Hints to working people about the houses they live in.

  • Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association.
Date:
[between 1850 and 1859]
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Credit: Hints to working people about the houses they live in. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    MANCHESTER AND SALEORD SANITARY ASSOCIATION. TRACT SERIES, No. 2. HINTS TO WORKING PEOPLE ABOUT THE HOUSES THEY LIVE IN. The value of health to a working man and his family will be best understood by those who have seen the misery, suffering, and poverty which sickness occasions among working people. The bad state of the houses in which such persons live, is a common cause of the loss of health, and hence the following hints are of serious importance. I. —Wherever a working man and his family may live, (whether in a neat cottage or a wretched cellar,) every thing in and about his dwelling should be kept neat and clean. II. —Nothing in the way of cleansing tends more to keep away fevers, cholera, and infectious disease, than the frequent and proper use of lime in the washing of ceilings and walls of houses. Working men should therefore lime-wash in the spring of every year, and oftener if necessary, all walls not papered or painted, and every ceiling of their dwellings; and every privy or midden outside their dwellings. Ill-—Lime-washing may be done by a man or his wife, at a very trifling cost; and the proper way to do it is the following :— How to Lime-Wash Walls, Sc. 1. Brush away all the dust; and wash the walls with clean water. (The lime-washing brush may be used for this purpose.)