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 THE FIRST GERMAN MUNICIPAL EXPOSITION 623

insurance card, etc. and then fill out a card giving name, age, address, trade learned, sort of employment sought, date when last employed. The employer must fill out a card stating number of persons wanted, kind of employment, wages, other requirements, or remarks. The workmen wait in the office of the agency until an opportunity for employment is offered. Usually more than the required number of applicants are sent, in order that the employer may have some chance of selection.

A small special exhibit of the Association of German Employ- ment Agencies ("Verband deutscher Arbeitsnachweis") showed, among other things, the following table, which represents its activities :

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

Seeking positions .... Positions open

567,895 352.877

629,563 438,498

651,580

554,800

779,590

588, "574

1,086,874 502,070

Positions filled

273,008

32I.Q54

700,247

435.361

434.185

E. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

Hospitals. Preparation for the fight with those conditions which menace public health characterizes the German munici- palities. The improved conditions in modern hospitals are so advantageous as to be desirable, notwithstanding the increased cost. The pavilion system is considered by far the best. The model form would be a rectangle with the pavilions or cottages along one side for men, and along the other side for women. The pavilions across the front would be devoted to offices, laboratories, study rooms, consultation rooms, and operating rooms. Along the main axis would be the chapel, the kitchens and wash houses, the boiler and engine house, and at the back the morgue. On either side of the morgue, at the back of the rectangle, would be found pavilions for contagious diseases, for uncontrollable persons, and for disinfection. The main axis should lie in a north-and-south direction, that the windows may face east and west, and so have light and sunshine all day without the direct sunshine from the south. The separated pavilions are connected with each other, as well as with the operating