30 JULY 1927, Page 13

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

SIR,—Like many others I am appalled at the state of the slums in Westminster and write to ask if there is anything the " Man in the Street," such as I am, can do to help. If such things as disclosed by your article are possible in the City of Westminster, what may there not be in poorer districts ? —I am, Sir, &c.,

[We suggest our readers getting in touch with their local Housing Associations ; in this instance he might communicate with Miss A. S. Rayne, 28 Eldon Road, W. 8, the Secretary of the Improved Tenements Association.—En. Spectator.]