File 1: Archival file re housing, lodging houses

DescriptionTitle ProperCOV S069 BOX 145-C-1 FILE 1Date(s) of material from this resource digitized1913General material designation

From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.

Scope and content

This file includes archival records of the Director of Environmental Health relating to housing and lodging houses in Vancouver from as early as 1913 to 1956. Included are discussions of the "oriental death rate"; of the lodging houses on Powell Street and Hastings street; maps of the city; concerns regarding control over new buildings; and reports regarding West Vancouver and care for elderly citizens. These records reveal influences from UK housing policy traditions and imperial understandings of settlement.

Name of creator

Vancouver (B.C.) created or collected this archive.

Immediate source of acquisition

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

This record was digitized in full.