Graduation Day Dress Up, South Africa

Slums are often associated with Victorian Britain, particularly in industrial, northern English towns, lowland Scottish towns and Dublin City in Ireland. These were generally still inhabited until the 1940s, when the government started slum clearance and built new council houses. There are still many examples left of former slum housing in the UK, however they have generally been restored into more modern housing.
Growth and countermeasures
Recent years have seen a dramatic growth in the number of slums as urban populations have increased in the Third World.