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Occupants of overcrowded
part of house.
Space Required.
Rooms occupied and
cubic feet space.
Deficiency.
State of Premises and Family.
Address.
:i
cubco ft.
The following casas of overcrowding were visited by the Medical Officer of Health during
1904:-
Weston St.
Man, wife and 2 children,
18 (F) and 14 (F)
Sleeping, 1200 cubic
feet
Front room, first floor,
816 cubic feet
384
The occupants of this house are all Italians, and considerable
difficulty was experienced in making them understand.
Do.
332
Three men, lodgers
Sleeping, 900 cubic
feet
Second room,first floor,
568 cubic feet
Man, wife and 3 children,
8 (M), 2 (F) and baby 2
months
Sards Rents
Living and Bleeping,
1400 cubic feet
Front room, top floor,
708 cubic feet
692
The husband is a hawker and sells fruit and flowers. He earns
about 15s. per week. Rent 3s. per week. Light and ventilation
bad. The room is clean and the people very poor.
1246
Risdon Street
Man, wife and six children,
9, 7, 5, 3 (M), and
11, 5 months (F)
Living and sleeping,
2200 cubic feet
Front room, first floor,
954 cubic feet
The ventilation was bad and the light indifferent when I called.
Husband a -waterside labourer, who met with an accident some
18 months ago, and his wife stated he has done little work
since. They were evidently in very straitened circumstances.
This is a very bad case of overcrowding. The wife stated she
was unable to obtain room anywhere owing to the children.
232
Parkers
Buildings
(Registered
house)
Man, wife and 2 children,
2 (M) and 1 (F)
Living and sleeping,
1200 cubic feet
Front room, first floor,
968 cubic feet
Husband a casual labourer, earning 12s. to 15s. a week. His
wife takes in needlework and earns 5s. a week. Walls and
ceilings fairly clean, but bedclothes scanty and dirty. The
room generally untidy. Light and ventilation fairly good.
Marshalls
Place
2 adults and 2 children
Living and sleeping,
1200 cubic feet
Front room, first floor,
811 cubic feet
387
Husband a waterside labourer, earning 15s. to 20s. a week, but
his work very uncertain. Room and bedclothes fairly clean,
but floor dirty at time of visit. Light and ventilation fairly
good.
Overcrowding.
Maltby Street
31
192
3 adults, mother, son 18
and daughter 13
Living and sleeping,
1200 cubic feet
Front room, first floor,
1008 cubic feet
I was informed that at the time of visit another brother, a
soldier, aged about 20, was sleeping here also. This would
bring the deficiency up to 392 cubic ft. Mother a widow,
making a living by nursing and washing. The son, aged 18,
earns 12s. per week in a leather warehouse. Light and
ventilation not very good.Room fairly clean but bedclothes
scanty and dirty. This is not only a case of overcrowding but
of indecent occupation.
Living and sleeping,
1200 cubic feet
605
Ground floor, room on
right, 595 cubic
feet
Hick mans
Folly
Man, wife and 2 boys (9
months and 3 years)
Husband is a leather dresser but had done no work at his trade
for two years. He at the time of visit earned a precarious
living by selling fish (about 10s. per week). Boom dirty
and bedclothes scanty and dirty. Light and ventilation bad.
The husband stated he was recovering from an illness.
Living and sleeping
(1 adult) 400
Sleeping (3 adults
and 1 child) 1050
Attic, 780 cubic feet
670
Gillhams
Court
4 adults and 1 child, 7
years
I was informed at the time of visit that there were only three
adults, viz., an old lady, aged 75, in receipt of parish relief, a
girl 20, a girl 15 and a child occasionally. Whichever figure
is correct the place is overcrowded and very unhealthy, as the
light and ventilation are very bad.
Total (cubic ft.) 1450
Living and sleeping,
1200 cubic feet
Dunlop Place
Mother and 3 children,
12 (M), 4 and 6 (F)
First floor, front room,
752 cubic feet
448
The tenant of this room is a widow, who is stated to earn 9s. or
10s. per week at Messrs. E. &T. Pink's. The room is dirty
and the bedclothes scanty and dirty. Light and ventilation
somewhat deficient.