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Lectures on housing. The warburton lectures for 1914. By B. Seebohm Rowntree and A. C. Pigou. Manchester: The University Press. 50 cents

John Ihlder

National Municipal Review

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This abstract, from "Lectures on housing" (1914), describes various activities initiated by public schools, including normal schools, kindergartens, evening schools, trade schools, vacation schools, playgrounds, and school gardens. It also mentions music, drawing, manual training, household arts, physical training, medical inspection, school nurses, special classes for children with disabilities, visiting teachers, and school lunches. Part 2 of the primer summarizes the aims and activities of the New York association.