FLATS FOR WORKERS
ENGLISH ENTERPRISE The first working-class flat estate in England—a model village in storeys—recently opened by Sir Kingsley Wood, Minister of Health, in North Kensington, London, has a nursery school, separate clubrooms for children and . the grown-ups, workshops, playgrounds, a concert platform and a canteen. Its 379 inhabitants have been salvaged from some of tho worst slums in London —those of tho Royal Borough of Kensington—by tho Gas Light and Coko Company. Tho company, operating as tho Capitol Housing Association, set out to prove that it was possible to give working-class people social amenities enjoyed by tho wealthier middleclass at costs they could afford. Tho rent for a three-bedroom flat is lis 6d, including rates, and for a twobedroom only 9s 6d. Sixty children on tho estate who are under fivo arc looked after by nursery-school experts and given their meals —all for 3d a day, with an extra penny for codliver oil. Tho well-being of the community is supervised by an executive committeo of the tenants—two representatives for each of tho seven staircases. A caretaker looks after tho general tidiness.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22823, 2 September 1937, Page 3
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183FLATS FOR WORKERS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22823, 2 September 1937, Page 3
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