Reports of the President's Homes Commission Appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt, 1–4. köide |
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... five are only one - ninth of the population , they furnish one - third of the deaths . " That the death rate in cities is largely influenced by the number of occupants to a room has been repeatedly demonstrated by sanitary statistics ...
... five are only one - ninth of the population , they furnish one - third of the deaths . " That the death rate in cities is largely influenced by the number of occupants to a room has been repeatedly demonstrated by sanitary statistics ...
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... five the mortality was 29 per thousand , and where it was from six to ten the mortality increased to 32 per thousand . In the City of Washington the death rate among the colored popula- tion , in 1875 , was 42.86 per thousand . In 1906 ...
... five the mortality was 29 per thousand , and where it was from six to ten the mortality increased to 32 per thousand . In the City of Washington the death rate among the colored popula- tion , in 1875 , was 42.86 per thousand . In 1906 ...
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... five feet on each side of such roadway for a walk or footway , and that it shall be unlawful to erect or place a dwelling house on or along any alley which does not run straight to , and open at right angles upon one of the public ...
... five feet on each side of such roadway for a walk or footway , and that it shall be unlawful to erect or place a dwelling house on or along any alley which does not run straight to , and open at right angles upon one of the public ...
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... Five , almost all adults , sleep in one room - the mother 43 , a son 21 and daughters 19 , 17 and 14 ; and four persons use another room- a mother 45 , an aunt 70 , a son 22 , and a baby 9 months old . " In the " Preliminary Report of ...
... Five , almost all adults , sleep in one room - the mother 43 , a son 21 and daughters 19 , 17 and 14 ; and four persons use another room- a mother 45 , an aunt 70 , a son 22 , and a baby 9 months old . " In the " Preliminary Report of ...
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... five years opportunity was had at the same time to make general observations upon the character of dwellings which obtained prior to 1903 and to note how the laboring man fares outside the city limits . " So diverse are conditions in ...
... five years opportunity was had at the same time to make general observations upon the character of dwellings which obtained prior to 1903 and to note how the laboring man fares outside the city limits . " So diverse are conditions in ...
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Page 196 - ... Second. If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or if the contents of the 'package as originally put up shall have been removed in whole or in part and other contents shall have been placed in such package or if...
Page 139 - ... in the case of partial incapacity the weekly payment shall in no case exceed the difference between the amount of the average weekly earnings of the workman before the accident and the average weekly amount...
Page 169 - During the period between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise...
Page 254 - Such register shall be open for inspection to the said commissioners, their officers and agents, on every day, except Sundays and legal holidays, between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon.
Page 139 - Any weekly payment may be reviewed at the request either of the employer or of the workman, and on such review may be ended, diminished, or increased, subject to the maximum above provided; and the amount of payment shall, in default of agreement, be settled by arbitration under this act.
Page 165 - Unless the cargo is stowed sufficiently far from the ladder to leave at each rung of the ladder sufficient room for a man's feet.
Page 77 - ... and to carry away the dust arising from or thrown off by such wheels or belts while in operation directly to the outside of the building, or to some receptacle placed so as to receive and confine such...
Page 154 - Act, unless he proves that he had taken all reasonable means, by publishing and to the best of his power enforcing the said rules as regulations for the working of the mine, to prevent such contravention or non-compliance.
Page 13 - An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended (DC Code, sec.
Page 155 - Whereas the manufacture of electric accumulators has been certified in pursuance of Section 79 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, to be dangerous ; I hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by that Act, make the following regulations, and direct that they shall apply to all factories and workshops or parts thereof in which electric accumulators are manufactured. Definitions. — In these Regulations ' lead process ' means pasting, casting, lead burning, or any work involving contact...