Proportion of Bournville Householders working in
| Per Cent. | |
| Bournville | 41.2 |
| Birmingham | 40.2 |
| King's Norton and Selly Oak (manufacturing villages within a mile of Bournville) | 18.6 |
| 100.0 |
Occupations of Bournville Householders
| Per Cent. | |
| Factory workers | 50.7 |
| Clerks and Travellers | 13.3 |
| Mechanics, Carpenters, Bricklayers and others | 36.0 |
| 100.0 |
Having this working population of people paying rentals between 5s. 6d. including rates and 12s. 6d. excluding rates, the rate of infantile mortality in Bournville in 1903 was only 65 per 1,000 against 331 in the district of Birmingham known as St Mary's.
The architectural beauty of Bournville has not been secured by extravagant expenditure, but by tastefully treating good and simple materials with due regard to utility. Mr W. A. Harvey, the architect, says: "The idea of a cottage home that I have always endeavoured to keep in view is one in which beauty is based on utility." There is nothing tortured, nothing deliberately and queerly "quaint," no plastering of ornament. The houses look comfortable because they are comfortable. The windows are pretty because they are simple casements, the best possible sort of window.
A type of house which particularly pleased me had the following accommodation:
Ground floor:
Living room, 17 feet by 16 feet with ingle-nook and bay window.
Scullery, 13 feet by 11 feet 3 inches, with bath sunk in floor.