Report on the condition of the poorer classes of Edinburgh and of their dwellings, neighbourhoods, and families : prepared by order of a public meeting of the inhabitants, held in the Council Chamber, under the presidency of The Right Honourable the Lord Provost, on the 15th April 1867, and adopted and ordered to be published, at a meeting held on the 28th of February 1868.

Date:
1868
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Credit: Report on the condition of the poorer classes of Edinburgh and of their dwellings, neighbourhoods, and families : prepared by order of a public meeting of the inhabitants, held in the Council Chamber, under the presidency of The Right Honourable the Lord Provost, on the 15th April 1867, and adopted and ordered to be published, at a meeting held on the 28th of February 1868. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    B. Overcrowding in Houses, . . 13. Want of Water, .... 14. Want of Light, .... 15. Want of proper arrangements for removing offen- sive matter, . 16. Summary of Causes, Section III.—Kemedies Calculated to Restore the Lapsed Classes.— 1st. Remedies which can only be enforced by Law and by Authority. A. To run streets through the densest blocks (Provost Chambers' plan), 53 B. To shut up Houses utterly unfit for habita- tation, .... 55 C. To Improve those Houses that are capable of Improvement, 55 D. To prevent Overcrowding, 55 E. To secure for each House a due supply of water, 56 F. To secure House Drainage, 56 G. To Erect Public Washing-Houses, 57 H. To suppress Street Begging, 58 I. To Improve Education, 58 K. To Amend and Regulate the Traffic in In- toxicating Liquors, . 63 L. To endeavour to Amend the Poor Law, . 66 M. To Appoint a Sanitary Committee, • 66 2d. Remedies which can only be applied by those who are superior to the Sufferers in the Social Scale. A. Systematic house-to-house visitation, . 67 a. How commenced in New York, . 70 b. Its operation in Paris, . . 71 c. Its result in Elberfeld, . . 72 d. Explanation of Proposed Plan, . 76 e. Partially introduced in London, . 78 3d. Preventive measures which can be applied by the Working-Classes themselves, either by their unaided efforts., or with the encour- agement and assistance of others. A. Means of inducing Habits of Sobriety, . 80 B. Savings' Banks, . .