Report On Housing Conditions In Springfield Massachusetts

Author : Carol Aronovici
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ISBN 13 : 9781332189069
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Report on Housing Conditions in Springfield, Massachusetts written by Carol Aronovici and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report on Housing Conditions in Springfield, Massachusetts: Prepared for the Housing Committee of the Union Relief Association The present report relates to a housing investigation carried on in the city of Springfield by the Bureau of Social Research of New England (Mr. Carol Aronovici, Ph. D., Director) under the auspices of the Housing Committee of the Union Relief Association (Society for Organizing Charity) with the cooperation of the Springfield Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Industrial House Charities, People's Institute, Baby Feeding Association and other philanthropic organizations. The investigation was undertaken mainly with a view to ascertaining existing conditions in old buildings and the extent and efficiency of the administrative machinery provided for the control of unsanitary conditions; examining existing laws and determining their effectiveness as a means of controlling the construction of new and the alteration of old buildings; and, finally, suggesting changes in the present system of legislative and administrative control that would make possible the removal of objectionable conditions and prevent the construction in the future of buildings which are below a normal standard of safety and sanitation. The point of view of the committee was constructive and with an outlook into the future rather than critical and of the present. When the investigation was started, neither the committee nor the agent engaged to undertake the work expected to find any serious housing evils such as were discovered later, and it was a source of considerable disappointment to find that much had been left undone in preventing the development and existence of housing conditions which are a menace to the community. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.