SOME USEFUL HOUSING BOOKS. The following books may be studied with advantage by all housing reformers :- LEGAL. Lumley's Public Health Acts, by Macmorran and Lushington. (67/6; Shaw, London). Knight's "Annotated Model Byelaws of the Local Government Board." (10/6; Knight, London). Allan's "The Housing of the Working Classes Acts." (7/6; Butterworth, London). SANITARY. Willoughby's "Health Officer's Pocket Book." (7/6; Lockwood, London). Taylor's "The Sanitary Inspector's Handbook." (5/-; Lewis, 136, Gower Street, W.C.) OFFICIAL. Eighth Special Report of the U.S.A. Commissioner of Labour (Housing of the Working Classes)—Washington. "The Housing Question in London," by C. T. Stewart, late Clerk to the London County Council. (P. S. King & Son, London). Nottingham Housing Report, by A. M. Brown, M.I.C.E. Liverpool: Report of the Deputation of the Housing Committee, 1901 (Austin Taylor, Esq., J.P., Chairman). Manchester: Report on the Housing of the Working Classes, by the Sanitary Committee (Ald. Walton Smith, Chairman). GENERAL. "No Room to Live," by George Haw. (2/6; Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co., 3, Paternoster Buildings, E.C.) "Britain's Homes," by George Haw. (2/6; Clarion Press, 72, Fleet Street, E.C.) "Rural Hygiene," by G. V. Poore, M.D. (6/6; Longman's, London). 'Housing of the Working Classes," by Bowmaker. (2/6; Methuen, London). "Public Health and Housing," by J. F. J. Sykes, M.D. (6/-; P. S. King and Son, London). "The Cottage Homes of England," by W. Walter Crotch. (2/-; P. S. King and Son, London). USEFUL PAMPHLETS ON THE HOUSING QUESTION. Fabian Tract No. 76: "Houses for the People." (Id.; Fabian Society, 3, Clement's Inn, Strand, W.C.) "Better Homes for the Workers," by H. R. Aldridge. (1d; 432, West Strand, W.C.) CONTENTS. General facts as to deficient accommodation-Overcrowding on area--“The Box Dwellers”—Existing supply unhealthy-All the Working Classes affected -Sanitary Law paralysed at present-Public and private enterprise must be combined-New sites must be under more complete public control-Some CHAPTER II.-WHAT MAY BE DONE BY INDIVIDUALS. The Public Conscience must be aroused-Housing Councils must be formed CHAPTER III.-WHAT MAY BE DONE UNDER THE Duties of Sanitary Inspector--Bye-laws--Nuisances-Overcrowding- CHAPTER IV. ABSTRACT OF HOUSING OF THE How to get large slum districts condemned---How to deal with small slums ---Improvement schemes-How to get more workmen's dwellings-How to CHAPTER V.-- MINOR HOUSING ACTS. Labourers' (Ireland) Acts-Cottages erected in Ireland. SECTION III.—WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BY LOCAL CHAPTER VI.-CLEARANCE OF SLUMS BY IMPROVEMENT Local improvement schemes and railway Bills-Artisans' and labourers' CHAPTER VII.-WORKMEN'S DWELLINGS PROVIDED BY Loans under Part III-General information as to municipal dwellings in 100 towns-Statistics as to model lodging houses, number of beds, cost per head, charge per night, receipts and expenses-Statistics as to municipal CHAPTER VIII.-LONDON AND GLASGOW BLOCK DWELLINGS DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCES. London County Council dwellings--Tabular statements as to cost and financial results-Analysis of working expenses-New sites-Glasgow muni- cipal dwellings Cheap block dwellings for the very poor-Analysis of CHAPTER IX.-DETAILS AS TO CONSTRUCTION AND FINAN- and new suburban dwellings' scheme-Birmingham cottage flats-Hornsey The first Richmond scheme-Site, roads and sewers-Details as to buildings—The second Richmond scheme-Analysis of the cost of building cottages--Cost of labour and materials-Financial particulars of the two completed schemes-The Richmond tenants-Useful official forms and regu- lations Twenty important conclusions. The Ixworth (Suffolk) municipal cottages—The Penshurst (Kent) Pioneer Abstract of the Act-Loans sanctioned-The Ilford District Council SECTION IV. WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE, AND HOW CHAPTER XIII.-MUNICIPAL HOUSING SCHEMES. FINANCIAL AND PRACTICAL INFORMATION. How to prepare a municipal housing scheme-Cost of site-Cost of CHAPTER XIV.-CO-OPERATION, SMALL HOLDINGS, AND Houses built by co-operative societies-Housing scheme of the Woolwich Co-operative Society-Small holdings and the rural exodus The Garden CHAPTER XV.-SUBURBAN HOUSING AND MODEL VILLAGES. Estates of the Artizans' Dwellings' Company-The garden village of Port Sunlight-Mr. Cadbury's experiment at Bournville-The Bournville Trust. Effect of bye-laws on building construction—Cheap building materials— CHAPTER XVII.-ADAPTATION AND RE-CONSTRUCTION Miss Octavia Hill's experiment-Glasgow Workmen's Dwellings Company The need for improved means of locomotion.---What cheap transit will do, General conditions in Continental towns--Sanitary administration--Re- construction of street systems--Planning out of new suburbs-Building Associations-Statistics as to cost, rent, and size of dwellings--Interesting. Cheaper land, money, transit and building required—Taxation of land I.—Text of the following Acts of Parliament, with short explanatory notes, and compared with recent digests and circulars of the Local Government (1) Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. (2) Housing of the Working Classes (Amendment) Act, 1900. (3) Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1899. II.—Summary of the following Acts of Parliament, bye-laws, and other official documents relating to housing (1) Housing of the Working Classes Acts, 1893, 1894, 1896. (2) Public Health Acts (Sanitary Clauses), 1875 and 1892. (3) Model Bye-laws relating to new streets and buildings. (4) Death rates, Census returns, and miscellaneous subjects. |