Dr. Addison went on to say that he had been
disappointed at the slowness of the Local Authorities in preparing schemes for the Board's approval. - He explained it, charitably enough, by the absence of many officials onactive service, and said that he would issue a weekly report of new schemes, presumably to stimulate the laggards. The schemes already presented, some Seven hundred in all, would provide for the erection of one hundred thousand houses, but eight or. ten times as many were required. 'Dr. Addison laid stress on the fact that it would, for the-first time, be the duty of a'Local Authority to see that its people were properly housed. The Government would find the money, and must-insist on the work being done. We can only hope that the Local Government Board-will show the necessary damns; , -Apparently the first Local Authority witiewhich it will have to -deal -will -be -the London County Council,.which-is reluctant thintpore eeponny rate Ormeet a fourth of the lose on the housing schemes-which Loudon-urgently needs.
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