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v. social movements.
problems, such as the housing question, small property ownership, co-operation,
labour questions of various kinds, social insurance, public hygiene, etc.
The social information bureau, which is also free to the public, imparts
information by letter and orally concerning social conditions and social work in
different spheres. When social undertakings are to be organized the bureau is in
a position to refer to existing models in Sweden and abroad, or else to give
advice and information. The records contain extensive material, consisting of
reports systematically arranged, statutes, newspaper cuttings, etc., referring to
associations and enterprises for social work.
A special source of information consists of interviews with expert architects,
by means of which builders of small property intended for workmen
tenant-landlords can obtain advice and information about the building, fitting-up, and
upkeep of the dwellings.
The social exhibition came into existence in 1906, and has ever since been
kept permanently accessible to the inhabitants of the metropolis. For short
periods it has been removed to other places, such as Gothenburg, Norrköping,
Örebro, Lund, Västerås, Malmö, Kristiania, where its contents, or part of them
have been exhibited in connection with other exhibitions. It is intended by
means of graphic tables photographs, drawings, models, etc., to provide an idea
of social conditions and social work in Sweden. Among other things it
includes illustrative material respecting dwelling-houses and "own homes" (egna hem),
public and private aid work, care of children, co-operation, education of the
people, public hygiene and social statistics.
A distinct form of exhibition work was pursued by the C. S. A. at the
Exhibition of art and industries in Stockholm in 1909, where the society
undertook to install furniture and cooking apparatus inside an working-man’s cottage
with special view to the interest for hygiene, aesthetics, and practical economy.
Lecturing work includes lectures and debates on present social problems, as
well as courses of lectures dealing with certain groups of subjects in political
economy, national economy or municipal administration and also circles of study,
in which social subjects may be more thoroughly discussed.
Educational courses for practical social work are occasionally arranged expressly
for the benefit of those who intend to devote themselves to work as inspectors
of dwellings or of foster-children, or otherwise to the more exacting tasks of
social work. The courses, which generally last for a year, include theoretical
as well as practical work.
Inquiries and investigations have been pursued in many social directions
according to requirements and available resources. The most important of these dealt
with poor relief and were promoted by a gift of 20 000 kronor handed to the
society for this purpose in 1905. A committee was appointed, which, after two
years of work, produced "Principles of reform in Swedish legislation for Poor
Relief’, a work which, in many respects, added impetus to the efforts for reform
in this department.
The next great question for the consideration of C. S. A. was that of the
homework question. In the autumn of 1906, the association was able, after long
preparation, to open an Exhibition of home-work in Stockholm, and this brought
the regulation of the system to the forefront. The necessity of fighting against
the conditions prevalent in this industry was manifested not only by information
imparted by notices fastened on the objects exhibited, but also by enquiries into
sonditions concerning different branches of Swedish home-industries: these were
sommunicated in the report "Conditions of Swedish home-work."
Another great investigation was made by C. S. A. upon hours of work for
ihop-assistants of different kinds in Stockholm, in connection with a question,
;hen under consideration — legal closing time for business houses. The condi-
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