HOUSING THE POOR
ENQUIRY AT DUBLIN
LORD MAYOR ON THE QUESTION-
(Bt Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, November 18.
A searching enquiry by the Local Government authorities into slum hous ing has opened in Dublin.
The Lord Mayor gave evidenco that tramway fares wero a vital factor in connexion with dwellings in tho suburbs. The fares ought to be fixed at a halfpenny a mile. If ten thousand cottages were provided, it would be possible to squeezo out the owners of the worst tenements. In the Mountipy Ward there were 2600 families each living in one room, and 1145 families in two rooms each.
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Press, Issue 14828, 20 November 1913, Page 7
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102HOUSING THE POOR Press, Issue 14828, 20 November 1913, Page 7
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