The Artizais and Labourers Dwellings Improvement (Scotland) Act 1875
WHEREAS various portions of many cities and burghs in Scotland are so built, and the buildings thereon are so densely inhabited, as to be highly injurious to the moral and physical welfare of the inhabitants: And whereas there are in such portions of cities and burghs as aforesaid a great number of houses, courts, and alleys which, by reason of the want of light, air, ventilation, or of proper conveniences, or from other causes, are unfit for human habitation, and fevers and diseases are cons...