25 MAY 1918, Page 16

Welfare and Housing. By J. E. Hutton. (Longmans and Co.

5s. net.)—As manager of the labour and catering department of Messrs. Vickers, Ltd., Mr. Hutton has gained a special knowledge of welfare and housing work in large factories under war con- ditions, and his book is a description of that work as carried out in the Vickers factories. Though intended primarily for the guidance of " those who may find themselves under the necessity of .making drastic changes in their ordinary mode of business, owing to the ever-increasing requirements of the various Govern- ment Departments," the book should have an interest for a wider public, as a revelation of the many and various activities which have become a necessary part of big industrial enterprises.