6 AUGUST 1927, Page 13

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—With reference to slum

clearance, it may interest some of your readers to know that in Holland .grading of tenants, in the new housing schemes, has been tried quite successfully. As the tenant learns to take better care of his premises, he is moved up into a better tenement, thus avoiding the making

of fresh slums.—I am, Sir, &c.,

GRACE M. OLDFIELD, National Council of Women, Vice-President and Hon. Sec. Chelsea Housing Association. 5 Burton Court, S.W. 3.