| Throughout the texts the
following abbreviations have been used: ARIBA
Associate of the Royal Institution of British Architects.
BA Borough Architect.
EA Borough Estate Agent.
HMSO Her/His Majesty’s Stationery Office.
LGB Local Government Board.
MOH Ministry of Health.
PP Parliamentary Papers.
RDC Rural District Council.
RIBA Royal Institution of British Architects.
WGAS West Glamorgan Archives Service
TC Town Clerk.
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report upon the methods of securing economy and dispatch in the provision of such
dwellings. London: HMSO, cd.9191, 1918 (understandably always known by the Chairman’s
name as the Tudor Walters Report).
UCSL University College of Swansea Library.
WACH Women’s Advisory Committee on Housing.
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EA5O/7-26. Swansea Corporation Estate Agent’s Letter
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TC4/Housing/l-5. Swansea Corporation Housing of the Working
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TC5O/LGB Corres/24-28. Files of Correspondence with the Local
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TC53/661 1/12. Townhill Loan Application 1917.
TC53/66 12. LGB Correspondence 1914-15.
TC53/7898. LGB Correspondence 1919-21. Shops on
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TC53/6705. Housing of the Working Classes Acts, 1890-1909.
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TC53/7807. Direct Administration 1920.
TC53/78 10. Concrete Houses.
TC53/78 11. Minutes (and other material) relating to the
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TC53/78 12.
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TC53/78 17. Fforestfach Contract File (Weaver and Co.).
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