THE IDEAL HOUSE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 173, 16 April 1919, Page 7

THE IDEAL HOUSE

Sir C. Hercules Eead, in his presidential address on "War and Anthropology" at the annual meeting of the Royal Anthoropologieal Institute, said that the war had given them a splendid opportunity of putting forward the study of anthropometry, and he hoped that physical training, preferably on the military method, would always find a place in the curriculum of British schools. The belter housing of ttio- community, would probably do more to improve the physical condition of the people than anything else. Three qualities wre wanted in an ideal residence, in this order:—(l) Healthiness j (2) convenience; and (3) beauty. Usually these things were put in the reverse order, and the final result was thnt the cost was so high as to make it impossible for anyone bnl a generous Government l<i build a workman's cottage. The Office of Works, although its functions ranged from the erection of ;i new Embassy at Pekin to the mowing of the lawns at the British Museum, had had no man whose function it was to provide for Hie ereefton of suitable houses. He supposed it must now be left to a Ministry of Health.