Homes of the London Poor

Octavia Hill

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511790102

Octavia Hill (1838–1912) is today best remembered as one of the founders of the National Trust. However, her involvement in education and social reform, and particularly housing, was a large part of her work. Shocked at the poverty and overcrowding she found in London slums, she began to acquire and improve properties which would restore the tenants' dignity and self-respect. She organised a team of volunteer 'district visitors' to help the residents, and especially children, to achieve a better quality of life, including recreational amenities. These articles, dating from 1866 to 1875, show the development of her thinking on how to achieve reforms by a mixture of legislation and charity. As the number of properties and helpers grew considerably, she argued that the personal involvement of volunteers achieved more than a larger bureaucracy could. Her work, which was internationally recognised, led to the development of housing associations.

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Frontmatter
pp i-viii

Contents
pp ix-x

PREFACE
pp 1-12

I - COTTAGE PROPERTY IN LONDON
pp 13-32

II - FOUR YEARS' MANAGEMENT OF A LONDON COURT
pp 33-66

III - LANDLORDS AND TENANTS IN LONDON
pp 67-107

IV - THE WORK OF VOLUNTEERS IN THE ORGANISATION OF CHARITY
pp 108-142

V - CO-OPERATION OF VOLUNTEERS AND POOR-LAW OFFICIALS
pp 143-161

VI - WHY THE ARTISANS DWELLINGS BILL WAS WANTED
pp 162-195

VII - SPACE FOR THE PEOPLE
pp 196-212

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