ABSTRACT
This chapter takes the form of a sandwich. It begins with the perception of the slum as a social entity and ends with a discussion of the manner in which slum clearance as a remedy fitted into more general patterns of sanitary and social reform. The middle of the sandwich is filled by two sections which deal with occupations, degrees of poverty, rents and overcrowding, mostly at Boundary Street. They bring together information which can now be gathered to characterize the social condition of the slum and, unlike the outer portions, are based on statistics presented in tabular form.
