This article is from The Guardian dated 27th October 1927and relates to a visit made by the Minister for Health Mr. Neville Chamberlain when he visited "some of the worst slums in Sheffield" and was accompanied by the Lord Mayor and no doubt other local dignitaries.
Sadly the article does not reveal which districts Neville visited but there were no shortage of filth and deprivation to chose from. Needless to say he offered no solutions to this blight on humanity. He did however offer an upbeat note on Sheffield's inter-war housing estates that where being built on the outskirts of the city. And so he should have. Compared to the slums these were absolute palaces
But a couple of things puzzle me inasmuch as he visited on a Wednesday and was bedevilled by rows of drying shirts. I was always told by my gran that washday was always a Monday. Perhaps it rained on Monday and Wednesday was the first "dry day." And when I put a shirt out in late October it takes forever to dry unless it is blowing a bit! And trying to keep a shirt clean amongst all that muck and grime beggars belief.
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