Perth Improvement Acts papers

Administrative / Biographical History
The Victorians of urban Scotland took a modicum of civic responsibility and searched out new ways to deal with problems generated by urban living, particualry health and housing. Refuse collection, the widening of dark and narrow streets, huge public buildings and parks were all attempts to create a better urban society. This was often done through local government, as in the City Improvement Acts of the latter half of the 19th century, when a great deal of Scotland's worst slum areas were publicly bought and cleared. It became regular practice for public bodies to provide when the private sector failed to do so and, whether in water management, the creation of new housing, or the supply of gas and other fuel, Victorian Scotland did attempt to provide a basic standard of living through public bodies
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Administrative / Biographical History