Artisans

Artisans, artificers. The (English) Artisans and Labourers' Dwellings Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 130), repealed and re-enacted with amendments by the (English) Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 (since extended and amended), made provision for taking down or improving dwellings occupied by working men and their families, which were unfit for human habitation, and for the building and maintenance of better dwellings for them instead. As amended in 1874, the Act applied to the Metropolis except the City, to municipal boroughs, and urban sanitary districts. See HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.