ABSTRACT
DR. J. P. Kay (now Sir J. P. Kay-Shuttleworth, Bart.), writing in 1832, says of the home of the Manchester operative-" Home has little other relation to him than that of shelter-few pleasures are there-it chiefly presents to him a scene of physical exhaustion from which he is glad to escape. His house is ill-furnished, un-- cleanly, often ill-ventilated, perhaps damp; his food, from want of forethought and domestic economy, is meagre and innutritions ; he generally becomes debilitated and hypochondriacal, and unless sup-- ported by principle falls the victim of dissipation. Those who are employed in the process of spinning, and especially of fine spin-- ning (who receive a high rate of wages, and who are elevated on account of their skill), are more attentive to their domestic arrangements, have better furnished houses, are consequently more regular in their habits, and more observant of their duties than those engaged in other branches of the manufacture.
