Dr. Addison-in the House of Commons on Monday made an
interesting. and hopeful speech on.his new Housing Bill. He estimated that-the war-had -prevented three hundred and fifty thousand workmen's houses from-being built, apd that in 1914 there were four hundred thousand houses which -were unfit for habitation. Underethw existing law the slum problem, in- extrieably bound-up with the tuberculosis.problem, could not be solved. Only thirty-two rehousing schemes inelum setae -had been completed under the Act of 1890. The law was too tender to theelnm'owuer and was fertile-of delays. Dr.-'Addison illus- trated the saving to be made under the clause of the new Bill preventing an- owner•from receiving payment for his aumble- down rookeries, apart from the land by saying that the Boundary Street area cosV the London- County Council f220,000 for com- pensation, whereas under the new43111 it would cost only £115,000. It was important thatslums should be cleared away and replaced by decent dwellings; as- many men-had tcelive near their work.
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