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SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE POOR. 65
from 3s.6d. to 5s. per week for a set of two rooms;
and from 4s. 9d. to 6s. 3d. for a set of three rooms.
The founders of this establishment have recently
purchased land at the end of Spicer-street, Spitalfields,
on which to erect a lodging-house for 300
single men, and also houses for families.
In the Lower-road, Pentonville, houses of three
different classes have been built, on the same
general principle of furnishing every convenience
and sanitary requisite. They accommodate, on the
whole, 23 families and 30 single women—widows, or
of advanced age. The entire houses for families,
with all the above-mentioned conveniences, are at
a rent of 6s., having a good-sized living-room, two
bed-rooms, with additional enclosed recesses for
children's beds, a yard at the back of the house,
and the joint use of a wash-house and drying-yard.
A floor of two rooms is rented at 3s. 6d., and a
single room by a single person at 1s. 6d.
In George-street, St. Giles's, a model lodginghouse
has been established, affording accommodation
to 104 single men, and combining everything
essential to such an establishment. The ventilation
and drainage have been carefully attended to;
an ample supply of water is provided, gas extends
through the house, the dormitories are arranged so
as to keep their inmates private from each other;
there are washing-closets fitted up with every
requisite for cleanliness; there is a bath-room supplied
with hot and cold water; there are a kitchen
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