SLUM CLEARANCE
PROGRESS IN BRITAIN
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, March 9,
The continued progress of the; Government's slum clearance and rehousing campaign is shown in the returns for February and January respectively. During February local authorities declared areas comprising 5088 houses representing a displacement of 21,401 persons, compared with 4336 houses and a displacement of 16,787 persons in January.
The total number of houses in confirmed areas is now 131,000, involving the displacement of 556,148 persons.. At the end of January there were 58,140 houses under construction, compared with 56,549 at the end of December. In January 5761 houses were completed, compared with 5450 during December.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 59, 11 March 1937, Page 9
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