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Title: Health in home and town
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Brown, Bertha Millard, b. 1870
Subjects: Sanitation, Household Public health
Publisher: Boston, D.C. Heath
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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arise from the kitchen windows.It is indeed wonderful that you can distinguish anyone voice among them all. If we are to give the reasonfor the peoples loud voices, let us first consider howdifficult it is for one to make himself understood in thismedley and confusion; in this congested House of Babelit becomes habitual for us to raise our voices. After the children are sent to school, the variousmothers commence their house-cleaning. Then comesthe question, What is to be done with the garbage ofthe day? Most women solve it by throwing it into thestreet or the air-shaft. It is much easier than climbing 1 The following account is written by a young woman of twenty,a tenement house dweller in New York. THE DWELLING HOUSE iS the dark stairs and running the risk of breaking oneslegs. In some cases it is almost a necessity to throwit out, the premium on space is so high in their tinykitchens, which hold wash-tubs, water-sink, and chairs;and just room enough to turn about. In this room the
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A Tenement House of the Better Sort cooking, the washing of clothes, and the daily ablutionsof the various members of the family take place. The cooking is generally abbreviated to one meal aday, the other meals consisting of tea or coffee, withbread and butter. On washing and ironing days the 16 HEALTH IN HOME AND TOWN children are sent to school with a cent to buy candy,instead of lunch. After the principal meal of the day is over, thekitchen changes its appearance into a study room; theolder children sit at the table doing their arithmetic,while the younger ones sit on the floor or any availablespace, with a large book on their laps for a desk. The public schools are beginning to realize the EastSide needs by opening their buildings and playgroundsfor quiet study and play, which are a dire necessity;where every inch of space is utilized in their houses, itis a relief to get into a large, airy room. The law forbids putting pots or pans outside ofwindows on fire-escapes, but the room

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