31 JULY 1964, Page 14

BED-SITTER-LAND

SIR,—We would like to take this opportunity of thanking the many readers of the Spectator who provided data for a special study—the first-ever- of the lives of people who reside in bed-sitting-rooms. Our study will include data on leisure, loneliness, rents, of living, cooking and eating within the four walls of one room and our findings will be published as a 40,000-word report in the autumn entitled Bed-

CYRIL DONSON

13 Colnemead, RickmansIvorth, Hertfordshire