Cleanliness Is Stated To Be Universally Deficient.

[RichardB]

The persons employed in the trades of Sheffield commonly obtain food and clothing amply sufficient for health and warmth.

Cleanliness is stated to be universally deficient.

Sheffield, says the Sub Commissioner, is one of the dirtiest and most smoky towns I ever saw.

There are a quantity of small forges without high chimneys. The town is also very hilly, and the smoke ascends. the streets instead of leaving them.

It is usual for Children to wash before they go to bed, but not universal, and their bodies imbibe continual dust and grime.

One cannot be long in the town without experiencing the necessary inhalation of soot, which accumulates on the lungs, and its baneful effect is experienced by all who are not accustomed to it. There are however numbers of persons in Sheffield who think the smoke healthy.