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Occupants of overcrowded
part of house.
Rooms occupied and
cubic feet space.
Overcrowding.
The following cases of overcrowding were visited by the Medical Officer of Health during
1903 :-
Space required.
Deficiency.
State of Premises and Family.
Address.
cubic ft.
372
Man is a carman in regular work earning about £1 per week.
His wife, son and daughter are all in regular work, the total
earnings amounting to 52s. per week, and they can well afford
to abate the overcrowding. The room is clean.
Salisbury St.
Man, wife and 2 children,
17 (F) and 15 (M)
Living and sleeping,
1600 cubic feet
Back room, first floor,
1228 cubic feet
423
Husband is a clerk earning 25s. per week, but his work is
irregular. The rent is 6s. per week. The room and bedclothes
are fairly clean.
Man, wife and 4 children,
5 (M), 1 (M), 6 (F) & 4 (F).
Living and sleeping,
1177 cubic feet
Two rooms,
1600 cubic feet
Coxsons Place
Husband is a painter earning 25s. per week. The rent is 3s. 6d.
per week. They state they are unable to get two rooms. The
room is dirty and untidy, and the bedclothes scanty and dirty.
Front room, first floor,
2000 cubic feet
734
Emba Street
Man, wife and 4 children,
13, 12 and 4 (females),
and 5 (male)
Living and sleeping,
1266 cubic feet
Husband a hop porter earning 26s. per week, and in regular
work. The rooms are clean, but bedclothes scanty.
Vine Street
Buildings
Man, wife and 8 children,
14, 6 & 4 (males), 13, 11,
9, 3 and 4 mos. (females)
Living and sleeping,
2553 cubic feet
Two rooms,
3000 cubic feet
447
Husband a foreman at a corn factors, earning 30s. per week and
in regular work. Rent 5s. 6d. Rooms fairly clean. They
could afford more room.
Braddon St.
Man, wife and 6 children,
15, 9, 7 and 1 (males),
13 and 11 (females)
Living and sleeping,
2200 cubic feet
Two left hand rooms,
ground floor,
1965 cubic feet
235
Man, wife and 6 children,
16, 14, 13, 11 (males),
9 and 6 (females)
Living and sleeping,
2800 cubic feet
Three right hand
rooms, first floor,
2255 cubic feet
545
Husband a dock labourer in irregular work, earning only a few
shillings a week. The two eldest boys earn 8s. and 6s. per week
respectively, and this pays the rent. The people seem very poor.
The back bedroom is infested with bugs, but otherwise the
rooms are all clean.
Do.
Widow and 3 children, 14
and 12 (females), and 2
(male)
Living and sleeping,
1400 cubic feet
Front room, ground
floor, 1185 cubic ft.
215
Mother earns 4s. to 5s. per week at laundry week, and the eldest
girl earns about the same amount, but is at present out of
work. Rent 2s. 9d. per week. They are very poor.
Do.
Husband a dock labourer, allows his wife 18s. to 23s. per week.
Rent 2s. 9d. per week. Husband does not live here. The wife
is lame. These people could afford another room or two.
Do.
Woman and 4 children,
10, 9, 8 and 3 (males)
Living and sleeping,
1400 cubic feet
Back room, ground
floor, 901 cubic feet
499
West Lane
Man, wife and 5 children,
11 and 4 (males), 10, 7
and 1 (females)
Living and sleeping,
2200 cubic feet
Back addition rooms,
1228 cubic feet
972
Husband a waterside labourer, said to earn on an average 10s.
per week. His wife earns 4s. to 5s. a week. The light and
ventilation is fair. The rooms and bedclothes are dirty.
Paradise St.
Man, wife and 3 children,
5, 3 and 1 (females)
Living and sleeping,
1400 cubic feet
Back room, ground
floor, 1096 cubic ft.
304
Husband a labourer at Mark Brown's, Tooley Street, his wages
averaging 25s. to 30s. a week. Rent 3s. per week. The people
are clean.
Man, wife and 1 child,
13 months
Husband a newspaper seller, and earns between 15s. and .£1 per
week. Light and ventilation fair. Room and bedclothes very
dirty.
Decima St.
Living and sleeping,
1000 cubic feet
Front room, first floor,
818 cubic feet
182
Husband a waterside labour with precarious living. The ventilation
is bad and the light fair.
Dunlop Place
Man, wife and 3 children,
3½ (m), 2½ (m) & 6 wks. (f)
Living and sleeping,
1400 cubic feet
Front room,first floor,
1050 cubic feet
350
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