[To the Editor of THE. SeacTsava4 Sm,—There is, I think,
one omission in your timely leader of January 18th on this subject. There are in this country some eight million houses, and if the average life of a house is one hundred years, the rule of three demonstrates that eighty thousand dwellings die each year. As a fact, tens of thousands do reach the stage of utter exhaustion annually. The present position is therefore not so incredible as it may appear. Sir Hilton Young's 12,000 houses a year will not nearly provide for ordinary annual mortality. Towards an improved position it contributes nothing—not one single brick. His Bill appears to me at once a farce and a fraud. If the National Government really holds that economy demands that the slum riginie continue indefinitely, let it say so honestly and openly. What does Sir Hilton Young propose to do with Shoreditch —leave it alone ? He appears to ignore the existence of such a place. Is this the way to make good citizens—or even good Conservatives ?—I am, Sir, &c.,
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