Improved means of locomotion as a first step towards the cure of the housing difficulties of London : being an abstract of the proceedings of two conferences, convened by the warden of Robert Browning Hall, Walworth with a paper on the subject / by Charles Booth.

  • Booth, Charles.
Date:
1901
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Credit: Improved means of locomotion as a first step towards the cure of the housing difficulties of London : being an abstract of the proceedings of two conferences, convened by the warden of Robert Browning Hall, Walworth with a paper on the subject / by Charles Booth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which had previously been lacking. Those who held widely different opinions on other aspects of this most complex problem, could, it was shown, and did, unite in supporting a large and practicable measure as a first step. It was decided to convene, at an early date, a larger Conference on the subject as defined by the foregoing resolution, in its special application to the needs of London, and it was resolved to invite the Chairmen of the Housing Committees of the Corporation of the City of London, of the London County Council, and of all the Metropolitan Borough Councils; the Lord Mayors, Mayors, or Chairmen of these authorities, together with other persons from provincial centres and else- where. The second Conference met at the Westminster Palace Hotel, on February nth. The chair was occupied by Mr. Pember Reeves. There were present most of the members of the first Conference, including Lord Rosebery who, however, did not speak. The roll of attendance was signed in addition by Jesse Argyle, Mr. Charles Booth’s Inquiry. Councillor F. Baily, Chairman of Housing Committee, Camber- well, Camberwell Borough Council. J. Allen Baker, L.C.C. Councillor Baldock, Hackney Borough Council. G. N. Barnes, Amalgamated Society of Engineers. A. L. Baxter. Councillor E. C. Brown, Hackney Borough Council. Wallace Bruce, L.C.C. John Burns, M.P. Councillor J. T. Clark, Chairman of the Housing Committee, Shoreditch Borough Council. William Cope, Birmingham. George Cote, Workmen’s Housing Council. The Mayor of Croydon. Councillors Judson, J. Thrift, T. R. Dorking, E. Fletcher, Thos. Betteridge, George M. Erico, S. Stranks, and J. Peck—all of Croydon County Council. Alderman Cufflin, Islington Borough Council. T. Llewellyn Davies. Alderman Dew, L.C.C. George H. Duckworth.