CONFERENCE ON THE INFLUENCE OF DWELL- INGS ON PHYSICAL AND
MORAL HEALTH.
[TO THE ED/TOR OP TEE "SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—The Evangelisoh-Sozialer Kongrese, among whose members are Professor Adolf Harnack, Professor Baum- garten, and Professor Hans Delbriick, will meet this year at Essen on May 28th, 29th, and 30th, and, for the first time, will consider, among other important subjects, the influence on physical and moral health of the existing system of dwellings in the large German towns and the measures which can be taken to amend the system. The chief paper on the subject will be read by Professor Rudolf Eberstadt, who has carefully studied the housing systems of England and other countries as well as that of Germany. The co-operation in the Congress of English members of any branch of the Christian Church would be welcomed, and, as English people have much to learn from Germans respecting the planning of the sur- roundings of dwellings, and Germans have much to learn from the English respecting dwellings, the Congress offers an opportunity for the useful co-operation of members of the two nations in efforts to solve a problem of immense im- portance which has been far too long neglected by the Churches of both countries. English people who wish to attend the Congress should send their names and addresses
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