Planning our new homes : report by the Scottish Housing Advisory Committee on the design, planning and furnishing of new houses / Publication prepared for the committee by the Department of Health for Scotland.

Great Britain. Scottish Housing Advisory Committee

Date:: 1944

Credit: Planning our new homes : report by the Scottish Housing Advisory Committee on the design, planning and furnishing of new houses / Publication prepared for the committee by the Department of Health for Scotland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$w.c. cistern 110 cooking 88, 114-20, 156, 164, 219 by solid fuel . ‘ 114-5 by gas 5 : : : ; q waelG by electricity : 117-8 external piping—appearance . 108 hot water—including district SuPEly: ‘and supple- mentary facilities 3, 125-7 lifts in multi-storey flats . pene —2, 147 lighting. : : ip 128, 209-10, 301 mechanical installations . : 147 prefabricated kitchen- bathroom unit i ma SF prefabricated plumbing units . Ol wea refuse disposal . 132-9 sanitary fittings (conveniences) 86, 109- es 201, 244, 258, 337 storage facilities (see under ‘‘ Storage Me omrates dation ”’) . washing facilities (see under “ Kitchen-Utility Room ”—“ clothes-washing facilities ’’) water supply... : : 98-100, 337 W.c. accommodation, lack “hn p 7 .. 102 SHELTERS IN HOUSING SCHEMES . : ; .. 301: SHops (see under “ Layout ”’) SHORT TERM HOUSING POLICY 259, 327-29, 341-3 SHOWER-BATHS . i ; ; , ane GS SINGLE PERSONS, Tecan OF : . 24, 29 planning of houses for, including equipment ,214-8 SINK : 5 3 149, 151, 164, 214, 244 SITE Wares : : ; ‘ «i 330 SrTE. PLANNING (see “‘ Lacon Hy) S1TZ-BATH : ; : : : : lee SIZE OF HOUSE built by local authorities in Scotland ; : { i447 in England and Wales _ : : : : BF in nineteenth century . - in U.S.A. for transferred war workers 319-24 for family occupation. ; A ETS for aging persons (see “ Aging persons *). for single persons (see ‘‘ Single persons ”’) small houses, radical defect of pee conditions in Scotland. 176 SKILLED LABOUR (see ‘ ‘Building craftsmen’ ' SKIRTINGS concrete , , j : ; , . 250 coved . “ : ; : , A en 243 tiled . ; ; : ; : : ee O SLATES, SCOTTISH. ; ; f : . 270 SMOKELESS FUEL . 115, 120 SOUND INSULATION 16, 20, 239-41, 341 SPACE HEATING (see also ‘“ Piya and hot water ”’) SPACE HEATING IN U. sat ; : : Rae P| STAIRS AND STAIRCASES minimum width . : ‘ ; : Bah at movement of furniture . ; ‘ ; ead | wheeling steps , : f : eas! fs STANDARDS OF CONSTRUCTION 230-63 brickwork replacing stonework : raed A external finishings (see under “ Finishings ~) facing brick . A : : 232, 237 faience tiles . ; : ‘ 7 ; cP eae floor finishings d : 5 P : . 243-6 floating floor . . . 240 insulating materials t Shei te : way x. local stone, use of . ‘ é : j ans] miscellaneous questions . : .251-4 acceptance of lowest tender . 252, 254 cheaper substitutes, use of . 251 contracts, placing and management of . a 334 costs, capital and maintenance. : 253 undesirable economies deprecated. 239, 341 plastic materials . : ; , 243 prefabrication 235, 255-63 skirtings ; 243 sound insulation : : : 239-42 steel-clad houses. ; : : a » oie thermal insulation. .. : 2 ‘ e238 timber construction : : ; : et se traditional building materials . : ; eek traditional methods of et . 261-3 vermin infestation . 2 ; : . 250 wall finishings A : ; : ° . 243-6 weatherproofing . : : P25 STANDARD EQUIPMENT, Fcoaet Ere, (a) in individual apartments : kitchen where utility room provided penny kitchen without utility room . 184-92 utility room . 173-83, 191-2 living-rooms . ; : ; . 193-9 bedrooms. : : : ; 02005 bathroom-w.c. ; ogee (6) in other parts of house : coat cupboard 30, 204, 217 fuel store 140-5, 205-7, 218 general store. 208 linen cupboard :202-3 (c) for distinctive types of household : aging persons : 5 214-18 large families ; : : 3 guages single persons : : ; : 214-18 - rural . : ; é ? » el Oa2e (d) miscellaneous : curtain rods . ; > Os ala ae door handles and fastenings : é eggs fittings for lights . : ; : 2 Og meters . : : : <n 200 vermin infestation . : : : . 250 window blinds : . : benaede (e) costs of, and effect on rent. 224-7 | STANDARDISATION 235, 255-63 baths, etc. 111 . building components 256-60 fittings and domestic equipment : ; . 255 refrigerators . EA . 188 solid fuel heat-storage cookers. ; BRE SY STANDARDS COMMITTEE OF DIRECTORATE OF POST- WAR PLANNING : a : Wb, STANDARDS OF sca hae acmneatae capacity eee per aaa: ent .41-54 Be be of factors determining 5152 bedrooms : assessment of accommodation capacity . ives cubic capacity minimum areas of space per person. : } : ‘ two-person bedroom . . : : . 55-8 one-person bedroom . : Y : . 57-8 Burgh Police Act, 1903 . bye-laws under Housing (Scotland) Act, 1938, county areas cubic content of house . ‘ 31-4, 37-40 of individual aparinents 31-2, 37-8, 40, 52 defects of, in the past 50c Department of Health for Scotland—Circular gugioe . 51, 52, 336 ee 27/1930 England and Wales 45-50 existing standards in Scotland . 31-S50D — family house . : % ‘ ; : a bey eee$