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7. Bradford Adopted, October, 1899. No steps taken.
8. Nottingham Not adopted. The Corporation has a small block of
dwellings with rents at 1s 6d. to 5s. per week, annual
receipts about £550, expenditure about £430.
9. West Ham Adopted, March, 1895. Have erected 54 double-
tenement houses, purchased sites for 376 single and
92 double-tenement houses, and have several large
schemes under consideration.
10. Hull Not adopted.
11. Salford Adopted, 2nd July, 1890. A scheme of a total cost of
£111,400 has been submitted to the Local Government
Board.
12. Newcastlr Adopted, 3rd June, 1891. Plans for the erection of
buildings obtained, but upon difficulties arising with the
Local Government Board as to single-room tenements
the whole scheme was abandoned.
13. Leicester Adopted, 25th May, 1897. Buildings in course of
erection estimated to cost £6000. Total cost of land
and buildings £8316.
14. Portsmouth Not Adopted. Has cleared a small area and sold the land.
15. Oldham Not adopted.
16. Sunderland Not adopted.
17. Cardiff Adopted, 1892. Have not yet secured land.
18. Blackburn Adopted, 5th August, 1897. No steps taken.
19. Brighton Adopted. Erecting 28 five-room cottages to cost £7195
on land presented in commemoration of Her Majesty's
Diamond Jubilee.
20. Bolton Not adopted.
21. Preston Not adopted.
22. Croydon Not adopted. Have erected 10 cottages in connection with
an improvement scheme under a Local Act. Cost of
land £1950. Cost of buildings £3525. Rent of
cottages 9s. 6d. to 10s. per week.
23. Norwich Not adopted. No proceedings taken under the Housing
of the Working Classes Act.
24. Birkenhead Adopted. Plans under consideration.
25. Huddersfield Not adopted. The Corporation in 1853 was the first in
the United Kingdom to erect municipal lodging houses,
and in 1882 made a scheme under a Local Act and
leased ground for 999 years, upon which 157 cottages
were built.
26. Derby Not adopted.
27. Swansea Not adopted. No dwellings provided by the Corporation
for the Working Classes (Vestry Clerk).
28. Halifax Not adopted.
29. Burnley Not adopted.
30. Gateshead Not adopted.
31. Plymouth Adopted. In 1895-6 erected 62 cottages of 3, 4, and 5
rooms at 4s. to 7s. 6d. per week. In 1897-8 erected
50 cottages of 3, 4, & 5 rooms at 4s. to 8s. per week.
32. Wolverhampton Not adopted.