Health has declined on certain new estates owing to the economics that the tenants have had to practice on food. It is perfectly true that it is an excellent thing for a man to have a garden, but we cannot afford too high a price for that. In large cities the price is often too high. Every one of us should consider the problem of working-class housing. Perhaps the average owner or tenant of a privately-built house will ask what business it is of his.
All design is everybody's business.
I would almost go so far as to say that design in its widest sense really means civilisation. If everybody had their own house in order, I believe we should soon have the world's house in order. However, that is a question that cannot be discussed here. But it is as well to remember, now and then, that behind all this business of taps and teapots and where to put electric light, there lies a very big idea-the idea of man planning and making for a civilised life. But if that is too philosophical and speculative a reason for taking an interest in working-class housing, there are always our pockets to consider.