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[page 503] great many fires are? Not an extraordinary fire, but the roof on fire and the room filled with smoke and a panic among them? A. I should rather doubt whether you could get them all out, so many of them. Dr. Butler: I will ask the trustees if there has not been a committee of the trustees appointed in reference to fire escapes? Mrs. Quimby: Yes, sir, on the outside; escape ladders Dr. Butler: That is what I supposed, so I do not need to pursue that. Q. Mr. Hodgkins, up to the time you left the hospital what was the condition of the bath rooms and bath tubs? were they in connection with the privy? A. Yes, sir. Q. What was the general condition of the bath tubs? A. They were used for most every thing; could not help it the way they were constructed. Q. Were they or not in an extremely filthy condition? A. At times they were. Q. Used by the patients, as you have said, for a variety of uses? A. Yes, sir; emptied their dishwater into it generally. Q. And it was so until you left? A. Yes, sir.