23 NOVEMBER 1918, Page 17

Housing : the Present Opportunity. By E. J. Smith. (P.

S. King. Is.)—Mr. Smith, the Chairman of the Bradford Health Committee, has done a great deal to arouse interest in the Housing question, and this reprint of recent addresses by him is well worth reading. His object is to stir up the cautious and puzzled municipalities to embark on housing schemes. While there may be differences of opinion as to the _details of the programme, there is no doubt that the demolition of slums and the transfer of their inhabitants to suburban districts would do more in a few years to improve the health of the nation than the doctor and the sanitary engineer could accomplish in a century.