. Report of a general plan for the promotion of public and personal health . ours, each day. Breakfast is served at 7A. M., from April 1 to September 20 ; and at 7£ for the remainder ofthe year. Dinner during the whole year at 12^ M. 45 minutes are. allowed for each meal. The number of operatives at present employed in these mills is1,867, of whom 956 are males and 911 are females. When entirelycompleted and in full operation, they will employ about 2,500, and re-quire a town population of 7,500. The principal part of the opera-tives work by the job; the males earning on the average about $5 8
. Report of a general plan for the promotion of public and personal health . ours, each day. Breakfast is served at 7A. M., from April 1 to September 20 ; and at 7£ for the remainder ofthe year. Dinner during the whole year at 12^ M. 45 minutes are. allowed for each meal. The number of operatives at present employed in these mills is1,867, of whom 956 are males and 911 are females. When entirelycompleted and in full operation, they will employ about 2,500, and re-quire a town population of 7,500. The principal part of the opera-tives work by the job; the males earning on the average about $5 80per week, and the females about $2 75 per week, besides board,which is $1 50 to $2 00 per week for males, and $1 25 for females are principally inmates of the boarding-houses. Mostof the males, however, at present have houses of their own, or boardelsewhere. The boarding-houses for the accommodation of the operatives inthese mills, as in other manufacturing establishments, are owned by PLANS OF THE BOARDING HOUSES BELONCING TOTHE BAY STATE MILLS IN
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