1st Edition
Homes of the London Poor and the Bitter Cry of Outcast London
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published together in 1970, this study collects two essays on the housing situation of London in the nineteenth century. Homes of the London Poor was first published in 1875 and written by Octavia Hill, the granddaughter of the pioneer of sanitary reformation, Dr. T. Southwood Smith. Influenced by his work and by Christian socialism, she aims to outline the housing problems in London... Read more
Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; 1. Cottage Property in London 2. Four Years’ Management of a London Court 3. Landlords and Tenants in London 4. The Work of Volunteers in the Organisation of Charity 5. Co-Operation of Volunteers and Poor-Law Officials 6. Why The Artisan’s Dwellings Bill was Wanted 7. Space for the People; The Bitter Cry of Outcast London
Biography
Octavia Hill, Andrew Mearns
