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XLJX.—OUR FRENCH CORRESPONDENT.
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Xljx.—Our French Correspondent.
XLJX . —OUR FRENCH CORRESPONDENT .
» Paris, November, 1862. Iw A Late Numbe...
» Paris , November , 1862 . Iw a late number of tlie English Woman ' s _Jotjunajla
correspondent expressed a desire to obtain some information , respecting neither the socie general tes de secours nor nourishing mutuels , in althoug France h . the Unhap female pily population they are
here are hardworking and have not even the miserable asylum provided by the workhouse in case health fails or employment
cannot be obtained . In the manufacturing districts , in the North of France , "women are sometimes allowed to become members of the
associations formed for the purpose of aiding sick and unemployed workmen . But the benefits they derive from them are much less
than those to "which their male associates are entitled ; and the subscription demanded from each woman is one-third higher than
that which a workman pays . They receive nothing but medicine and medical attendance ; while the others are given a certain sum ,
weekly , during the season when employment is not easily obtained _. The reason alleged for this apparent injustice is , that women
_aremore frequently sick than men . But M . Emile Laurent has collected , in all the chief towns of France- medical statistics which
, show that if their illnesses are more frequent , they are of much shorter duration , which renders the balance equal .
But in Paris , where there is more enlightenment than in the provinces , the principle of that equality which is based on justice
is carried out in the statutes of these societies . There are in the French capital thirty-five municipal societes de secours mutuels
seventy-two private ones , as well as a great number authorized by , decree or simply tolerated . The first are the best organizedand
, receive , under the following conditions , every woman who chooses to become a member .
1 st . Every female associate is gratuitously attended by the doctor of the society during every illness except her accouchement .
2 nd . All prescriptions written by the society ' s doctor are furnished gratuitously . 3 rd . In cases of illness lasting more than three days
each invalid receives daily , till the time of her convalescencethe , , sum of If . 25 c . But this allowance cannot be continued during
the same year for more than ninety days—that is to say , it is not to exceed in the course of one year , 112 f . 50 c . 4 th . In case
of the death of a member , the society binds itself to pay her funeral expenses , and if need beto allow her children a sum not
ex-, ceeding 10 Of . To obtain these advantages , each woman pays to the
society—1 st , a monthly subscription of If . 25 c . ; 2 ndly , on the day of her entrancea droit $ inscription of If . 25 c ; and 3 rdlythe same day
if she be , more than forty years old , a further sum of , 15 £ ,
vol . x . tr
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1862, page 265, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121862/page/49/
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