STATE ASSISTANCE
FLATS FOR SINGLE WOMEN
Conditions under which lower-paid single . women live . in.. London are described in a pamphlet published by the Over Thirty Association (states an exchange). . ' . It is recommended that the Minister of Health should inquire into the desirability of recognising single working persons as a class for whom housing provision should be made with State assistance. ' • ■ In the meantime it is suggested that the London County Council and local authorities, as well as housing associations, should be asked to consider the provision of low-rented, one-room flatlets without • State assistance in or near the central area.
' Two hundred and thirty-nine women were included in the inquiry, few averaging as much as £2 a week over the year. It was shown that rarely does the use of a scullery go with a room below 12s 6d a week in any part of London, and keeping clothes clean is an urgent problem for the underpaid woman.
Cooking is usually done on a gas ring in the room. Water is often carried three flights of stairs. In a very large number of cases there is no bath.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 68, 17 September 1936, Page 19
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187STATE ASSISTANCE Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 68, 17 September 1936, Page 19
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