In the second case, before the Luton Guardians a
few days ago, an old woman of seventy-two appeared,
asking for relief. " She was a straw hat maker, but
had been compelled to give up the work owing to
the price she obtained for them namely, 4?? cents
each. For that price she had to provide plait
trimmings and make and finish the hats."

Yet this mother and her three children we are
considering, have done no wrong that they should
be so punished. They have not sinned. The
thing happened, that is all; the husband, father, and
breadrwinner, was struck down. There is no guard
ing against it. It is fortuitous. A family stands
so many chances of escaping the bottom of the
Abyss, and so many chances of falling plump down
to it. The chance is reducible to cold, pitiless figures,
and a few of these figures will not be out of place.

Sir A. Forwood calculates that,
/tab\i of every 1400 workmen is killed annually.
/tab\i of every 2500 workmen is totally disabled.
/tab\i of every 300 workmen is permanently partially disabled.
/tab\i of every 8 workmen is temporarily disabled 3 or 4 weeks.

But these are only the accidents of industry.
The high mortality of the people who live in the
Ghetto plays a terrible part. The average age at
death among the people of the West End is fifty-
five years; the average age at death among the
people of the East End is thirty years. That is to

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