Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1905 page 32

Bermondsey 1905

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1905

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Table: Overcrowding. The following cases of overcrowding were visited by the Medical Officer of Health during 1905.

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Overcrowding. The following cases of overcrowding were visited by the Medical Officer of Health during 1905.

Address.	Occupants of overcrowded part of house.	Space Required.	Rooms occupied and cubic feet space.	Deficiency.	State of Premises and Family.
Tower Bridge Rd.	2 adults and girl (9), boy (6)	Living and sleeping, 1200 cubic feet	Second floor, back room, 840 cubic feet	Cubic feet 360	The husband is a leather dresser by trade, but is now working as a waterside labourer, earning from 6s. to 12s. per week. They have lived here 9 months. The room is dirty, and the light and ventilation fair.
West Lane	2 adults, and girls (2½ and 9 months)	Living and sleeping, 1200 cubic feet	Second floor front room, 1053 cubic feet	147	The husband is a labourer, out of work, and the wife earns 12s. to 14s. per week at Southwell's. The room is clean, but the bedding is very scanty and dirty. The light and ventilation are fair.
Blaekman's Court	Man, wife, son (17), daughter (15)	Living and sleeping, 1600 cubic feet	Ground floor front room, 727 cubic feet	873	The husband is a calf kid dresser, but has not followed his occupation for some years. He now earns a precarious living as a casual labourer, earning from 5s. to 10s. weekly. The son is a van boy and earns 7s. per week. The wife and daughter are not earning anything. This is a bad case of overcrowding and indecent occupation. The room is fairly clean, but the light and ventilation were indifferent on the day I visited it.
Parkers Buildings	Man, wife, 2 girls (15 and 11)	Sleeping, 1200 cubic feet	Ground floor front room, 792 cubic feet	408	The husband is a purveyor of calves' feet and makes a precarious living, the gross receipts, he states, being 30s. per week, out of which he pays his son 5s. or 6s., besides feeding him. He is an epileptic. The other members of the family assist him in the business, The rooms generally are dirty and untidy, and the bedclothes scanty and dirty. The light and ventilation are not very good.
Do.	Woman, 2 boys (13 and 10), and girl (14)	Living and sleeping, 1600 cubic feet	First floor front room, 968 cubic feet	632	The woman earns about 5s. per week by washing, receives parish relief, about 3s. per week, and the girl earns about 5s. per week. The light and ventilation are good but the room is damp and out of repair ; it is fairly clean. She states that the boy (aged 13) now sleeps at 18, Hargrave Square.
Do.	Man and wife	Living and sleeping, 800 cubic feet	First floor back room, 590 cubic feet	210	The husband is a casual labourer at present out of employment, but when in work, states, he earns about 15s. per week. The room itself is dirty and dilapidated The bedclothes are clean, but the people are evidently very poor. The light and ventilation are passable.
Clarks Orchard	Man, wife, and 2 children, 11 (male), and 3 (female)	Living and sleeping, 1400 cubic feet	Ground floor right hand room, 1012 cubic feet	388	The husband is a waterside labourer earning a precarious living. The wife works at a jam factory, and is stated to earn 8s. or 9s. per week. The light is indifferent, and the ventilation fair. The room is fairly clean but untidy, and the bedclothes are scanty. They are evidently very poor, but could, I think, afford another room.
Rotherhithe Street	Man, wife, girls (1¼ and 9), and boys (3 and 6)	Living and sleeping, 1600 cubic feet	First floor, 2 back rooms, 1305 cubic	295	The husband, a casual dock labourer, is stated to earn 15s. per week. The rent is 4s. 6d. per week. The room is clean and the bedclothes fair. The light and ventilation were good at the time of visit.