'A speech with which the Prince opened the slum clearance and rehousing campaign in May, 1933, was of the most forceful description, ahd the strong feeling he displayed made deep impression on his audience of municipal representatives, He referred his personal visit to slums and said have been appalled that such conditions can exist in a civilized country [such as ours."
His advice to the local administeators was "Instead of demolishing one side of the street and building new houses, demolish four or five streets and build a large block. a three.sided lock, leaving space in the middle for gardens and allotments."
This sounded rather bold and. sweeping at the time. But before many months had passed, local, authorities all over the country, stimu-ated by public opinion and the pressure of the National Government, were framing slum clearance schemes
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