There was no furniture there-- only a bit of straw in a corner, which served as the bed of the woman's four children.

In another case a woman, who was said to be too weak to apply for relief, was visited.

Her husband had been out of work a long time by reason of his illness; he was now of a fashion recovered, and had gone off to seek for work.

He left his wife and three children in their cellar-home.

The wife was very near her confinement, and had not tasted food for two or three days.