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Memoranda on housing, issued by the Local Government Board. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD [14355]

Memoranda on housing, issued by the Local Government Board.

Published: London, unpublished.
Date: Items have late 19th century dates to c1902.
Description: An important bound ledger. 31x29. Good.
Notes: Contains directives, extracts and memoranda issued by the Local Government Board and accompanied in many cases by pencil drawings, manuscript notes and so on. Clearly compiled by, or for, a member of the Board, senior civil servant or Minister. Memoranda laid onto ledger pages include, for example, "Memoranda with respect to the Provision and Arrangement of Dwellings", ( The Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890), 4pp; "Memoranda on the Provision of Grouped Cottage Homes for Children", 3pp, dd 1904; five pages of plans for cottage homes and, tipped in loose, several pages of architects(?) pencil and pen drawings and notes; “Memoranda on the Construction of Poor Law Infirmaries”, 4pp; with text of 6pp and plans, again with freehand drawings; "Points to be attended to in the Construction of Workhouse Buildings", 5pp and several others on design and operation of workhouses.
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Price: £200.00