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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3472, 29 March 1890, Page 2

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[by eleoikictelbgkaph'J , The Weather and Disease. Typhoid in an Asylum. Adoki/And, Saturday. The drought' has completely broken np. . " ' ■ The defective drainage at the Avondalo Asylum, which has caused an extensive outbreak' of typhoid amongst the patients, will necessitate the expenditure of between £SOO and £IOOO. At an inquest on one of the victims yesterday, the jury brought in the following rider " Tho jury ar# of the opinion that tbe death ol deceased, from typhoid l fever, attributed by Dr Hassell to sewer gas, calls loudly for immediate attention to the state of tho drainage of the asylum, and to which it is feared more than one will fall victim." Tho press comments strongly on the neglect of the Government,

The Sweating Commission. Startling Revelations, Auckland, Saturday. At the Sweating Commission yesterday, ovidenCe was given that drill trousers could bemade complete for 7s 6d per dozen pairs. One factory was getting them made at 2|d per pair, which was worse than Loudou prices. It would take a woman two days to malte a dozen pairs of drill trousers, by which she would earn 2s 6(1. Dr Beale said that during, tho past few montlw he had attended a number of girls suffering from incipient consumption aud other diseases. He attributed this to overcrowding and insufficient nutritive food. -Iu the saddlery trade the wages averaged £2 for men and Gs for girls. One witness said that saddles were now made complete for 5s eaoh. A tailor said that owing to the trade being slack he had been working as a chimney sweep for six or seven years; it his paid better than tailoring, as there svere not so many boys at it,