The Homes of the Working Classes: With Suggestions for Their Improvement |
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accommodation Akroyd AKROYDON amount ASHES ashpits average back to back baths and wash-houses BED ROOM BED blocks borough British Land Company building society capital cellar cent COALS comfort committee common lodging-houses conveniences cost cottage courts disease districts DITTO drainage drains Edward Akroyd Edwin Chadwick erected evils existence expense feet fever floor Freehold Government ground-floor Hunslet improved dwellings increased inhabitants interest investment kitchen labour labouring classes land landlord Langbourn large towns Leeds Leeds Borough Leeds Township loan lodging-houses London Majesty's Treasury Manchester medical officers ment mortality Mulhouse nuisances Nuisances Removal object obtain occupied outlay overcrowding paid persons places poor population portion powers present privies profit purchase rent rental ROOM BED ROOM Salford Saltaire SCULLERY sewage Society of Arts Sowerby Bridge space streets supply tenants tion ventilation wages water-closet week Yard


