Excerpt from Report on Housing and Living Conditions in the Neglected Sections of Richmond, Virginia, 1913
The Society for the Betterment of Housing and Living Conditions in Richmond was organized on June 7, 1912. On November 15th, the Executive Committee of the Society appointed Mr. Gustavus A. Weber, of Washington, D.C, Executive Secretary of the Society. On December 21st, the Executive Secretary made a report to the Executive Committee giving the results of a preliminary study made by him of housing and living conditions in Richmond. On January 6, 1913, the Executive Committee appoint'd committees on Investigation, Publicity, Law-Enforcement, Legislation, and Organization. The work of the Committee on Organization resulted in a plan of permanent organization, which was presented at a meeting of the Board of Directors, and also immediately after at a meeting of the Society held on February 20th. At the latter meeting this plan of organization, with slight modifications, was adopted by the Society, and officers were elected and committees appointed under the new constitution. The Society was incorporated on June 4, 1913.
The present report consists of returns made by volunteers who conducted a house to house investigation in selected sections of the city, the results of personal observations made by the Secretary, an analysis of the laws, regulations and ordinances affecting the housing and living conditions in Richmond, and a discussion of the measures that, in the opinion of the Committees on Investigation and Law Enforcement, are needed to bring about a better condition.
The data presented as a result of the house to house investigation were collected in typical districts in different sections of the city. The work was begun February 13, 1913, and closed on April 30, 1913, a period of eleven weeks.
In selecting the districts to be studied it was deemed advisable to confine the inquiry to sections of the city where the usual family income does not exceed $15 per week.
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