CHAPTER XV.. Healthy Homes.

HEALTHY HOMES.

Healthy existence--Necessity for pure air--The fever tax--The Arcadians--The rural poor--Influence of the home--Unhealthy homes--Health and drunkenness--Wholesome dwellings--Edwin Chadwick--Expectancy of life--The poor laws--The sanitary idea--The sanitary inquiry--Sanitary commission--Sanitary science--Results of uncleanness--Losses by ill-health--That terrible Nobody!--Home reform--Domestic improvement--Cleanliness--Dirt and immorality--Worship in washing--Knowledge of physiology--Domestic economy--English cookery--Morals and cookery--Work for ladies--Joseph Corbet's story. Pages 315--353