ABSTRACT
The aim of this chapter is to examine the various programmes designed to remedy slum conditions in the 1930s, and to show the extent of their achievement. The clearance programme in England and Wales is first discussed, and statistics presented relating to the main cities and regional groupings of the county boroughs. Attention is given to the varying types of process that clearance involved, only a portion of the effort requiring the compulsory purchase of sites on which rehousing could take place. By contrast, this was the main process in London, and the clearance programme there is considered in more detail in the second part. Finally, overcrowding and multioccupation are examined; there is a discussion of their incidence in relation to that of unfit housing, and of the choice of priorities for housing action.
