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APPENDICES.

APPENDIX I.

The MEMORIAL of the Council of the CHARITY ORGANISATION SOCIETY, and a Committee composed of Members of both Houses of Parliament, of representatives of 'The Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes;' 'The Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring-Classes;' 'The London Labourers' Dwellings Society, Limited;' 'The Trustees of Mr. Peabody's Gifts to the Poor of London;' 'The Improved Industrial Dwellings Company, Limited,' and of others interested in the Improvement of the Dwellings of the Poor of London.

To the Right Honourable Richard Assheton Cross, M.P., Secretary of State for the Home Department.

Sheweth,

That the dwellings of the poorer classes in various parts of the metropolis are in such a condition, from age, defects of construction, and mis-use, as to be deeply injurious to the physical and moral welfare of the inhabitants, and to the well-being of the community at large.

That so long as unsuitable and unhealthy houses are allowed to stand near the great centres of employment, such houses, owing to their position and comparative cheapness, will always attract occupants, and all efforts to improve the condition of the London poor may thus be permanently frustrated.

That the power entrusted to local authorities to condemn houses as unfit for human habitation is insufficient to bring about the requisite