Donaldson Medallist, etc., Holder of the Godwin Bursary and Medal, 1892; WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY G. V. POORE, M.D., F.R.C.P. "Wherever masses of human beings congregate, whether in towns or London SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS ERSITY CALIFOR INTRODUCTION. BELIEVING that the most important duty of sanitary authorities is the control of building operations, and that it is better to prevent the erection of insanitary dwellings than to attempt the correction of their defects when built, I have no hesitation in writing a few words of introduction to Mr. Worthington's truly admirable and most comprehensive treatise. A treatise by an architect, whose published. work has already shown a keen appreciation of the artistic side of his profession, but who, nevertheless, is impressed with the fact that a house has not merely to be looked at, but also to be lived in, must be hailed with satisfaction. This work, by an author who shows that he is fully alive to the difference between the best V 169720 |