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But the problem as to what to do with the
vacated inferior tenements would still remain.
Vacated by their present occupants, it is not to be
supposed they would remain untenanted. A lower
social stratum would replace that removed by the
attraction of the better and cheaper houses, and the
old evil would go on in the insanitary dwellings
at a still lower social level. What is primarily
needed is an equitable arrangement by which
irremediable insanitary property can be demolished.
Such property is the sore at the heart of the housing
problem in Willesden. It will not be healed by
indirect measures.
I have, Gentlemen, the honour to be
Your obedient Servant,
WILLIAM BUTLER.
10th November, 1904.