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*' JVorplesdon. — At least two labourers with 

 large families were recently turned out of 

 cottages rented at 6s. 6d. a week, and had 

 nowhere to go to. One of them, who worked 

 for the Council, was admitted to the Union 

 Workhouse, and the other man, wife, and 

 seven children were temporarily housed in 

 one room of another cottage. In another 

 instance, the inspector found a family of three 

 occupying an out- building, with filthy sur- 

 roundings, on a small farm. 



" Artington. — Only two cottages have 

 been built during the last five years. 



" East Horsley. — No cottage-building has 

 taken place in this parish for many years, 

 and six cottages pulled down before the date 

 of the last census have not been replaced. 



" East Clandon. — My recent inspection 

 revealed a very unsatisfactory state of things 

 in this village, both as to the condition of the 

 cottages, and also in respect to overcrowding. 

 There is special need here for further cottages, 

 in addition to the repair or reconstruction of 

 those existing." 



The rural housing question as well as the 

 land question have presented features as 

 baffling as that of the rustic mind. Not that 



