Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser/1891/Obituary: Charles Gatliff
Obituary
The death is announced, at his residence in Hampstead, of Mr. Charles Gatliff, in his 81st year. Mr. Gatliff, a solicitor by profession, was the first to call the attention of the country, in the year 1841, to the necessity for the improvement of the dwellings of the artisan class, a subject which has since so largely occupied public attention The result of Mr. Gatliff's labours was that on the 15th of September, 1841, an association for improving the dwellings of the industrial classes was formed. This association obtained a Royal charter of incorporation during the Administration of Sir Robert Peel in the year 1845. The first block of improved dwellings was opened by the association in the year 1847 in the old Pancras-road, and was visited by the late Prince Consort, who took deep interest in the movement. A medal was awarded to this association at the great Exhibition of 1851, since that date five other medals have been awarded to this association for their models of improved dwellings for the poor erected in all parts of the metropolis. Mr. Gatliff was secretary to the above-mentioned association from the time of its formation in 1841 till the year 1888.