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MESSRS. SCHNEIDER
AND CO.’S WORKS.
employé or workman, provided that lie takes charge of
his parents in bis house.
Sick workmen who have been three months and upwards
in service, and who are not able to work for three days
or more, receive a daily allowance for a maximum periocl
of six months ; workmen injured in service receive a
towards the construction of the building and by the gift
of the land on which it stands, as well as of the grounds
surrounding it, which occupy more than 150 acres. The
original funds of the hospital bave been inereased by
subséquent donations. The establishment was built to
replace an infirmary and hospital which was inadequate
Fig. 21. General Plan of the Creusot Hospital and Enclosed Grounds.
MAIN BUILDING
GROUND FLOOR
, g i z 3 g 5 6 7 9 9 ipMetreS
Fig. 22. Ground Floor Plan of the Creusot Hospital.
similar allowance from the day of the accident until tliey
are able to resume work, or until the amount of the
pension granted for this purpose is exhausted ; the daily
allowance varies from 1 to 2 francs.
The Creusot Hospital.—This establishment, opened
on September 15th, 1894, was founded by Mme. Veuve
Eugène Schneider and Mr. and Mme. Henri Schneider. The
company assistée! in this work by an important subsidy
for the requirements of the district, and which had been
maintained entirely at the expense of the Works. The
new hospital contains 127 beds, but it is arrangée! so
as to receive double that number in case of neeessity ; the
cost has been £66,000. It insures medical and pharmaceu-
tical attention to the employés and workmen, and to
their families, and the usual hospital service in case of
injury or sickness to the following :