sentences:  Slum dwellers were eventually rehoused in the suburbs and the scheme cost local government £300,000.The death-rate in Corporation Street decreased dramatically – from approximately 53 per 1,000 between 1873 and 1875 to 21 per 1,000 between 1879 and 1881.During Chamberlain's tenure of office, public and private money was used to construct libraries, municipal swimming pools and schools.