the factory generally more attractive by the re-
moval of unsightly dump heaps, the planting of
trees and grass plots, the setting out of park
benches, the construction of swimming pools and
sport fields (the latter being done in collaboration 
with the Sport Office of Strength through Joy).
Beauty of Work also interests itself in the living
conditions of hotel employees as well as in the
crews' quarters of sailors on German ships.
 
 A report published late in 1937 claimed that
up to that time the Office Beauty of Work had been
responsible for the building of over a thousand
workers' club houses, 3,000 canteens and rest rooms,
3500 factory parks, 200 swimming pools, and l, 500 
wash and locker rooms. It is stated that living
conditions had been improved on 3,000 barges and
inland waterway vessels and on 324 ocean-going ships.
It was estimated that as of 1937, RM 600,000,000 had
been spent by factories on the objectives of Beauty
of Work. It is stated that since that-time the
improvement of working conditions has become such
a generally accepted fact that it is no longer possible 
to record the expenditures statistically.
 
 One of the collateral activities of the office
is the campaign for the "Beautification of the Village" which is directed toward the removal of dump
heaps and outdoor manure piles, the sprucing up of