| Description | Large bundle of correspondence and papers relating to the allocation of homes, principally on the Shaw Lane housing site. Includes: extracts from Prescot Urban District Council Housing Committee meeting minutes; government circulars; lists of tenants in unfit houses to be accommodated, some of which include names, addresses, number of occupants, cost of rent, state of cleanliness and whether the house is infested with bugs; list of cases of overcrowding as at January 1939; handwritten notes and calculations; letters of application from Prescot residents for rehousing; letter from the Private Secretary of Richard Pilkington, MP, regarding rehousing appeals they have received from the Ellis family (September 1938); letter from the Minister of the Huyton Congregational Church regarding the Ellis family's situation (September 1938); letters from the School Medical and Child Welfare Department regarding different families and the poor health of children and their need for rehousing; and correspondence with the Ministry of Health. |