ABSTRACT
Staff were recruited within a well-understood pattern of work practices that were based on a sequence from the single servant who would provide general functions to more sophisticated arrangement and specialisms, within its own hierarchy. The subject of accommodation for servants, alongside their management and control, was supported by a continual flow of literature and advice on domestic economy and household management. The article continued by suggesting improvements in servant’s rooms ‘that would be one means of civilizing them and improving their tastes’. Some good housewives, therefore, like their store-room among the servants’ offices, and object to the servants’ bedrooms being isolated from the house. Every room ought to have a fireplace, and good light and ventilation. The article then assumed that these improvements would filter down to the servant’s own home when the time came to move into one.
