The Dwellings of the Poor and Weekly Wage-earners in and Around TownsS. Scribner's, 1901 - 164 pages |
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Page 43
... rents , the sanitary condition of the buildings is rendered worse from their having been utilized for a purpose for which they were not constructed , there being often not more than one water supply and one water - closet for each house ...
... rents , the sanitary condition of the buildings is rendered worse from their having been utilized for a purpose for which they were not constructed , there being often not more than one water supply and one water - closet for each house ...
Page 45
... rentals vary in such property from 25. to 105 . per family , the cost of accommodation being from about 120 to £ 130 , as compared with the cost of accommodation in block dwellings of from £ 150 to £ 300 . Although certain sections of ...
... rentals vary in such property from 25. to 105 . per family , the cost of accommodation being from about 120 to £ 130 , as compared with the cost of accommodation in block dwellings of from £ 150 to £ 300 . Although certain sections of ...
Page 53
... a reasonable distance of metropolitan business centres where such can be found , with a small allotment , at weekly rentals of from 4s . to 8s . Although 30 or more such cottages may be placed on an acre , COTTAGES AND COTTAGE - FLATS . 53.
... a reasonable distance of metropolitan business centres where such can be found , with a small allotment , at weekly rentals of from 4s . to 8s . Although 30 or more such cottages may be placed on an acre , COTTAGES AND COTTAGE - FLATS . 53.
Page 54
... rentals varying from 3s . 9d . to 7s . 6d . Cottages may be advan- tageously grouped in rows of four and six , with front gardens and allotments behind , as the site may permit . Without any extra cost , such cottages may be attractive ...
... rentals varying from 3s . 9d . to 7s . 6d . Cottages may be advan- tageously grouped in rows of four and six , with front gardens and allotments behind , as the site may permit . Without any extra cost , such cottages may be attractive ...
Page 57
... rentals and at the same time efficiently con- structed and managed . On the other hand , it is quite possible to build them in most of the side streets of large towns . Cottage - blocks for the near suburbs , with liberal open spaces ...
... rentals and at the same time efficiently con- structed and managed . On the other hand , it is quite possible to build them in most of the side streets of large towns . Cottage - blocks for the near suburbs , with liberal open spaces ...
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12 feet acres adjoining allotments Amendment arranged Artizans back-to-back BALCONY BEDROOM block dwellings Bon Marché Boundary Street built bye-laws cent centre CHAPTER classes closets Co-Operative constructed cost cottages court cubic feet desirable districts drainage drains dwelling-house Dwellings Company EDWARD CARPENTER erected exceeding frontage G. J. HOLYOAKE garden ground electric ground floor habitation height Hygiene improvement ings insanitary interesting John Tatham kitchen Labourers land landlord large towns LAURENCE GRONLUND least LIVING ROOM LIVING lodging-houses London County Council Manchester matter ment metropolis metropolitan model dwellings nuisance occupied officer of health open space Oullins overcrowding parish poor population Public Health London purchase refuse regulations rent require ROOM LIVING ROOM Sanitary Authority SCULLERY Section side SIDNEY WEBB six inches Socialism Société Society space round square feet staircase storeys streets suburbs suitable tenant tenements three-room tion wash-houses water supply water-closet weekly rentals whilst width workmen's trains
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Page 133 - When we mean to build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model ; And when we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of the erection ; Which if we find outweighs ability, What do we then but draw anew the model In fewer offices, or at least desist To build at all...
Page 128 - For fixing the number of persons who may occupy a house or part of a house which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family : 2.
Page 126 - For the purposes of this act, 1. any premises in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health; 2.
Page 127 - Any house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be dangerous or injurious to the health of the inmates, whether or not members of the same family: 6.
Page 125 - It shall be the duty of every local authority to cause to be made from time to time inspection of their district, with a view to ascertain what nuisances exist calling for abatement under the powers of this Act, and to enforce the provisions of this Act in order to abate the same...