Five documents on housing at H.M. Dockyard, Rosyth, Scotland: 'Report upon the House Accommodation available for Workers' (1911), and four mimeographed items, including 'Rules for the Superintendent of Rosyth Village' (1913) and tenancy agreement.

Author: 
Thomas F. Dewar and John Wilson [H.M. Dockyard, Rosyth, Scotland; Sir Alexander Gibb (1872-1958)]
Publication details: 
Report published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1911. The four mimeographed items dating from 1913 and 1914 [Rosyth, Scotland].
£320.00
SKU: 10339

All items clear and complete: good, on aged paper, with punch holes for ring binder. ITEM ONE: Printed 'REPORT upon the House Accommodation available for Workers employed at Rosyth and for their Families, and upon the Provision for Sickness and Accident' (London: H.M.S.O., 1911). By Thomas F. Dewar (Medical Inspector) and John Wilson (Architectural Inspector). Folio, 10 pp. Scarce: no copy in the British Library, and the only copies on COPAC at Oxford and the National Libraries of Scotland and Wales. ITEM TWO: mimeographed 'Report of meeting held at the offices of Messrs Easton Gibb & Son, Ltd., Contractors, Rosyth, in connection with the housing accommodation in the district and the hospital accommodation at Rosyth'. Dated 10 March 1914. Folio, 13 pp. Sections on 'Overcrowding' and 'Increase of cost of living'. ITEM THREE: mimeographed 'Information given by Dr. McGregor, Medical Officer of Health for Dunfermline, 11th March, 1914. H.M. Dockyard, Rosyth'. Folio, 2 pp. Giving details of those housed in four lodging houses and the 'Bruce Street Model'. ITEM FOUR: mimeographed 'RULES FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF ROSYTH VILLAGE'. Folio, 4 pp. Twenty rules. In pencil at head of first page: 'Copy handed to McRobbie 28/8/13'. Signed by Alexander Gibb, Managing Director, Easton Gibb & Son, Limited. ITEM FIVE: mimeographed 'DRAFT. ROSYTH VILLAGE. CONDITIONS OF TENANCY OF HABITATIONS BUILT BY MESSRS. EASTON GIBB & SON, LTD., HEREINAFTER CALLED THE FIRM.' Folio, 7 pp. 12 conditions.