'The report of the Housing Comtmittes, submitted to the Council in March' last "and. eventually referred to a sub-committee for consideration.
Was a document which firmly stated the case for reform but practically recognized the limitations on a rapid advance, The sub-committee has endorsed the main Committee's view that "the adoption of the Report by the Council will not solve the housing problem", Judging by its specie recommendations this comment seems supererogatory for so far from giving impetus to the pace of reform they appear, in an important respect, to bbe definitely reactionary, The original Feport was specially strong in cou-dernning the unauthorized erection of "lefts, partitions, and other forms of abuse on the part of occupant It recognized that it was impractle= Jebte to embark on any campaign for the wholesale remedy of this abuse by taking action to eliminate existing structures of the kind, "Yet it adopted the proposals of the Public Works Commissioner for dealing with the problem. These proposals included recommendation that sleeping lofs should "only be permitted to remain provided they are structurally safe and there exist reasonable means egress therefrom in the event of fre," The Report made special "reference to the matter by noting that the "very large number of persons housed in such 1ofig. prohibits any drastic a tion on the Counei's part," but it wen on to express the precise view that em, however pate, must use' at some poi ithe presen ation "seated "hate andy rendered Bre pictones et Bit 11 therefore recommended tout court that ints be removed rom houses used. for
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