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Ground rent of Glasgow Dwellings, 94
Ground values-see land values
Haghill Tenements, Glasgow, 93
Hartlepool, Proposed action, 56
Health Officers, Appointment of, 19
Half salary paid from Imperial
Exchequer, 19

Heavy building construction in Scot-
land, 92

Hereford, Clearance and Dwellings
Scheme, 56

Loans, Part II, 48

Hertford, Adoption of Part III

Heston Isleworth, Land bought, 56
Loans under Part III, 53

Hexham, Land bought, 56

Loan under Part III, 53

Highgate (Hornsey), Municipal Cottage
Scheme, 111

Hill's, Miss Octavia, Pioneer work in
reconstruction, 215

Holland, Housing facilities, 256
Hollow walls, construction of, App. 87
Home Office-evidence on removal of
factories to the country, 189

Home Secretary may decide how
expenses of Part II Scheme shall be
met, App. 23

Hornsey, Description of Municipal
Cottages, 73, 77, 110 and 172
Loans, Part III, 53
New Scheme, 113

Nightingale Lane Scheme, 110
Horse traction, Tramways, 227
Horsfall, Mr. T. C., on housing in
Germany, 253

House-building Associations, 253
House, Definition of (census report),
App. 96

House famine in large towns, I

Rural districts, 2

Villa districts, 2 and 3

House purchase system, Co-operators,

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Housing

Committees, Appointment of,
App. 32

Councils should be formed every-
where, 14

Lessons from other countries, 247
Loans to companies, societies,
and individuals, App. 28
Scheme at Norsiel, France, 260
Housing and Rating Bill, 269-270
Housing of the Working Classes (Rural
Districts) Bill, 269

Housing sites, Writing down the value
of land for, App. 31

Housing subsidies (Ireland), 38
Howard's, Mr. Ebenezer, Scheme of
Garden Cities, 187-189

Huddersfield, Municipal Cottages, 57,
76, and 172; Lodging House, 65
Hull-Action under Part II, 57

Cottages with baths, scheme for, 214
Defective houses, 4

Municipal Block Dwellings,
Hungarian towns and the outer building
belt, 251

Hungary Zone system of railway fares,
246

Ilford, House Purchase Scheme, 143
Illustrations-see Contents pages at
beginning of book

Immediately necessary housing re-
forms, II

Improved railway service necessary in
large centres, 235

Improved travelling facilities create
heavy traffic, 230

Improvement schemes

Under the Housing of the Work-
ing Classes Act, 1890

Law relating to, Part I, 29, and
App. 2

Part II, 33, and App. 18
Carried out, Particulars as to, 45
Two cases for, under Part II, 33
Whether they should be under
Part I or Part II, 33

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Action under Part III, 62
Adoption of Part III, 62
Application of Act of 1890 to,
App. 36

Of Schedule II to, App. 48
Of Small Dwellings Act to,
App. 70

Municipal cottages erected under

Labourers' Acts, 39

Rural housing in, 139

Ixworth (Suffolk), Municipal Cottages,
134

Joint Stock Housing Companies in
Belgium, 255

Joists in floors, Regulations as to,
App. 90

Justices, Powers of, to complain of
unhealthy area, Part I, App. 2
Juvenal Street Dwellings, Liverpool,
95

Keighley, Municipal Cottages, 57 and
77

King, His Majesty the, and the housing
ques ion-Introduction

Krupp, Housing Scheme at Essen, 260
Labour and cost of building, 159
Labourers' Association and rural hous-

ing, 134

Labourers' cottages (Ireland)
Acts, 37

Construction of, 139-140
Erected in Ireland, 39

In Middleton Rural District, 139
Labouring classes, Definition of, 41
Lancaster, Loans, Part I, 96

Land

Municipal Lodging House, 65
Slum clearance, 47

Acquisition of, under Housing of
Working Classes Act, 1890,
App. 57

Cost of, 51, 69 to 78, 155, 156,
176, 177, 189

Compulsory taking of, under Part
I, App. 8

How to get, for housing, 34
Under Part II, App. 16, 18, 19
Corner, How to forestall, 196
Definition of, App. 34

Definition of, in Public Health
Act, App. 73

What may be done with land
under Part III, 35

Land Law Reform Association, 2
Land Nationalisation Society, 264
Land values, Taxation of, 262; in the
Colonies and Germany, 265
Lands Clauses Acts

Application of, in compulsory
purchase under Part III, 34
Modification of, App. 57

Partial application of, to Parts I
and II schemes, App. 8, 16,
20, 26, 41

Large living rooms, Manchester new
scheme, 107

Lawrence, Mr. Frederick, on Artizans
Rents, 178

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Leigh, Loans, Part I, 46

Municipal Cottages, 57, 71, and
172

Leinster, Municipal Cottages erected, 39
Leith, Municipal Lodging House, 61,65
Lepreux, Monsieur, Director of Belgian
Savings Banks, on house purchase
schemes, 255

Letting of houses for working classes,
Implied conditions, App. 31
Penshurst Municipal Co.tages, 138
Richmond Municipal Cottages,
119, 128

Lever's, Mr. W., Experiment at Port
Sunlight, 194

Liberal Publication Department, Leaf-

let on Taxation of Land Values, 262
Lichfield, Adoption of Part III, 54
Light Railways Act, 1896, Summary of,
225

Light Railway schemes approved, 226
Limit imposed on borrowing by local
authorities, App. 81

Limit imposed on local rates not to
apply to Part I, App. 10
Linthwaite, Municipal Cottages, 57 and

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Local inquiries

Housing Act of 1890, App. 33
Public Health Act, 81

Local Government Board

Circular to Urban District Coun-
cils, 59

Inquiries, App. 81

Inspectors, App. 81

Local rate, Definition of, in Act of
1890, App. 34, 39

Local Tramway Acts, 225

"Lodging Houses" in the Act of 1890
include all kinds of working class
dwellings, App. 25

Municipal, Statistics as to, 65
London Borough Councils

Borrowing powers of

Slum clearances, Part II, 49
London County Council

Block Dwellings, 69, 79, and

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Measles, symptoms and other indica-
tions, App. 98

Medical men-any two may give cer-
tificate as to unhealthy house, 17
Medical officers of health, duty to
inspect, App. 2

To make representation as to
unhealthy area, App. 2
Merthyr Tydvil, Municipal Cottages,
Part III, 57

Method of repayment of loan

Small Dwellings Acquisition Act,
App. 63

By annuity more suitable than in-
stalment system-introduction
Metropolitan Boroughs, as local authori-
ties under Small Dwellings, Act,
App. 67

Metropolitan Railway-reduced fares
and improved traffic, 238

Middle-class houses, "made down" for
workmen's dwellings, 218
Middlesbrough, Proposed action, 57
Middleton Place, Glasgow, reconstruc-
tion of houses, 216

Milk Street, Cottage Flats, Birming-
ham, 108

Millbank Estate, London, 80
Minor Housing Acts, Summary of,
App. 61

Miscellaneous proposals for housing
reform, 261

Mitcham (Rural), Refusal of County
Council to sanction municipal action,
138

Model Byelaws, App. 85; also see
"Byelaws"

Model lodging houses, 62; Manchester,

104

66

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See "Lodging Houses" and
'Municipal Lodging Houses'
Modification of scheme, Part II, App. 19
Money for building workmen's dwel-
lings, 164-165

For Part III schemes, How to
get, 35

Morpeth, Sale of municipal sites to
workmen, 57

Mortar, Good, Definition of, App. 86
Mulhouse, Experience of house pur-
chase system, 259

Type of workmen's dwellings, 259
Mumps, Symptoms and other indica-
tions, App. 99

Munster, Municipal Cottages erected, 39
Municipal

Adaptation of houses at Camber-
well, 220

Block dwellings erected, Statistics
of, 68, 69

Corporation Act, Housing section,
App. 62

Cottages erected in Ireland, 39
Cottages erected, Statistics, 76-78
Cottage flats erected, Statistics, 74
Dwellings erected, Statistics of,
78; cost, 78

Interest on Loans for, 172
Cost of superintendence, 172
Rates and taxes, 172

Housing-Does it pay? 170

Ought it to pay? 168
Lodging houses, 62-66
Housing scheme, How to prepare,

153

Housing schemes, Analysis of
finances, 171

Financial and practical in-
formation, 153

Financial results, 170-172
Self-supporting, 171

Subsidies for cheap transit, 245
Tramways, Capital expenditure,
232

Results of working, 234
Municipalities, Deputation of, to Local
Government Board on housing pro-
cedure, 269

Nantyglo and Blaina, Adoption of
Part III, 54

Naples, Transformation of slums, 252
New buildings, bye-lsws, App. 80
New building, Definition of, App. 80
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Proposed action, 58
New Estates, plans must be submitted,
App. 92

Newport (Mon), Adoption of Part III,
54; population, 58

Newry, Municipal Dwellings, 62

New sites, must be under more com-
plete public control, II

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Of Housing Scheme Act of 1890,
App. 33

Of entry for valuation, App. 32
(Part I) Of arbitration, Schedule
II, App. 41

Of holding local enquiry, App. 8
Of scheme before petition for
sanction, App. 3

Of taking of fifteen houses, App. 7
(Part II) Of closing order to
tenant, App. 13

Of land proposed to be taken,
App. 18

Publication and service of, App.
3 and 47

Requiring abatement of nuisance,
App. 49

Owner to sewer private street,
Form G, App. 84

Nottingham, Block Dwellings, 69,
Cottages, 74 and 77

Municipal Dwellings schemes, 58
Pail closets in, 6

Plans of Municipal Cottages, 75
Nuisances, Complaint of, by individuals,
App. 79

Definition of, 21, and App. 77
Likely to recur, App. 49
Notice as to, App. 77

If notice disregarded, App. 78
Police officer may take proceed-
ings, App. 79

What is a nuisance? 21

Who may give

App. 77

information,

Nuisances Removal Act, 1855, App. 49

Nuremberg, Housing Scheme, 259

Obstructive buildings, 32

Compensation for, App. 16
Part II scheme for, App. 15
Obstruction of Act of 1890, Part II, by
occupiers, App. 24

Obstructing execution of Act of 1890,
App. 33

Occupations of tenants of Richmond
Municipal Cottages, 128

Offensive accumulations, How to deal
with, 23

Official representation

Part I, App. 2; Part II, App.
12, App. 15 and 16

Duty of local authority on receipt
of, App. 2

Old age pensions

Might come from municipal rents,
131

Fund used for housing loans in
Germany, 257

Oldham Road Area, Manchester, 101
Open conduit system of tramways, 228
Open space round buildings, App. 90
Order, to abate nuisances (Form C),
App. 83

To demolish house, App. 14
Toexecute works of repair, App. 14
Of Justices for admission of officer
of local authority (Form F),
App. 84

To pull down obstructive building,
App. 16

Owner

Definition of, Act of 1890 (Part I,
no definition); Part II, App. 12
Public Health Act, App. 73
May petition against clearance
scheme, App. 18
Powers of, 16

Overcrowding

On area, 5

1891, Provincial towns, 4
Closing order, App. 79
Standards of, 22

What is overcrowding? 21
Overhead electric tramway traction, 228
Paisley, Municipal Lodging House, 61
Paris, Building regulations, 250

The model Continental city, 249
Parish council and housing, 139
Parish councillor, Powers of, 17

May set Part III in motion, App. 56
Parish, Definition of, Public Health
Act, App. 73

Parliament and housing legislation, 267
Parliamentary Committees on

Rehousing of the working classes,
267

Repayment of loans, 268

Savings banks funds, 268

Part I of Housing Act, 1890, App. I

Part II, App. 12

Part III, App. 25

Adoption of, procedure, 34, and
App. 25

Part of property may be taken com-
pulsorily under housing scheme,
App. 42

Part of site of obstructive building,
App. 16

Party walls, Byelaws as to, App. 88
Definition of, App. 86
Passenger duty, Conditions of exemption
from, 243

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