31 DECEMBER 1927, Page 15

MR. TOWNROE'S ARTICLES ON THE SLUMS

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It is gratifying to those of us who are keenly interested in housing to note that one so well informed upon the subject as Mr. B. S. Townroe is writing in your excellent journal a series of articles upon "The Slum Problem." I for one read his contributions with very great interest.

I should like, however, to question the accuracy of the statement in Mr. Townroe's first contribution that "in the last year Medical Officers of Health by patience and per- suasion have succeeded in bringing about a reconditioning of half a million houses in England and Wales by private owners." I doubt very much whether Mr. Townroe himself accepts the full implication of this statement,--I am, Sir, &c.,

F.S.I.A.