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Chapter 10. Pub lic Institutions. Justice. — Police. — Fire=Office. — Public Halls and Squares. — Hospital^ and Sanitary System. N aturally the task of arranging and directing the dif­ ferent institutions is much easier in a small country than in a large. Thanks to the proportionally good economic conditions of this country a t the end of last century and .then to an in­ dustrious and incorruptible staff of public funtionaries, Den­ mark lias succeeded in creating and m aintain a number of ne­ cessary public institutions, of which the population ju stly may be proud. As well the justice as the police is working according to liberal democratic principles, giving every one his due, and the poorest man may count on being treated as ju st as the highest official. The public hospitals in the country are directed by the best physicians and it may be said truly, th a t no person living in Denmark must be w ithout a doctors or hospitals help for economic reasons. Especially during the present century the building of hospitals, according to the most modern p rin ­ ciples, has increased considerably, and these hospitals now often serve as models for foreign buildings. B ut Copenhagen and most of the provincial towns have no market-halls, as they are found in many large cities. It is the intention though, as soon as the money-market impro­ ves, to s ta rt the erection of market-halls as modern and up-to- date as possible.

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