Sanitary Reform Through Housing and Railways Clash in London
The piece argues that improving urban housing for the poor is essential and that railway demolitions worsen overcrowding. It cites Mr. Rawlinson on how spending on housing and sanitary reforms could reduce disease and crime, proposing government loans at 3 percent to fund tenement improvements and a national push to uplift living conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoreditch
Hackney
Bethnalgreen
London
Rowlinson
Rawlinson
Loss of the Captain court-martial proceedings at Portsmouth
The Portsmouth court-martial on the loss of the Captain heard Admiral Milne describe the ships performance under sail with a heavy heel. Witnesses Laird and Reed discussed design responsibility and seaworthiness, while survivors were heard from gunner May before the court adjourned awaiting judgment in three to four days.
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Portsmouth
Alexander Milne
Burgoyne
Colea
Cules
Admiral Milne
Coles
Henry Laird
E. J. Reed
Laird
Admiralty
Mr. Laird
Messrs. Laird and Coles
Reed
Mr. Reed
Messrs. Laird
Messrs. Coles
Criticiams
May
War Prisoner Camps Across Germany Detail Hardships and Labor
Reports describe large numbers of French prisoners in Hanover Spandau Wittenberg Magdeburg Rastatt and Mayence camps. Prisoners perform heavy labor including canal and dam work while housing food and health conditions are noted with mixed sentiment among inmates and locals.
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Hanover
Ems
Vechte
Spandau
Wittenberg
Magdeburg
Wiesbaden
MacMahon
Times
Stettin
Swinemunde
Pomerania
Rastatt
Wahn
Cologne
Oldenburg
Mayence
Daily News
Rhine
Munster
Landwehr
Holstein
Pirole
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