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Bethnal Green 1907

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1907 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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No. of CaseLocality.No. of overcrowded Persons.No. of Rooms occupied.Apparent Financial Condition.
2795—18Florida Street3 adults and 2 children1 RoomNo apparent poverty.
121—19Cranbrook Street4 adults1 do.Man out of work. Poverty case.
311—19Quinns Square3 adults and 6 children2 do.Man ill; consumption. Great poverty.
345—19Eastman Street Buildings5 adults and 3 children2 do.Man ill and both himself and son out of work. Poverty case.
366—19Scott Street3 adults and 5 children2 do.Man casual dock labourer, out of work; woman office cleaner. Had overcrowded four places previously, and from which they had been moved on. Great poverty.
369—19Anglesea Street3 adults (also indecently occupied)1 do.Man casual labourer. Small earnings. Poverty case.
375—19Fleet Street Hill2 adults and 2 children1 do.Wilful overcrowding.
Do.2 adults and 4 children1 do.Do.
386—19Princes Court2 adults and 5 children1 do.Man a labourer. Out of work four months. Poverty case.
427—19Tent Street3 adults and 1 child1 do.Poverty case.
497—19Bethnal Green Road2 adults and 1 child1 do.Overcrowding doubtless caused by poverty. No direct evidence.
619—19Treadway Street4 adults and 5 children2 do.No apparent reason for overcrowding.
790—19Cambridge Road4 adults and 3 children1 do.Fair. No apparent financial reason for overcrowding.
791—19Gales Gardens2 adults and 3 children1 do.Drink led to poverty and thus to overcrowding.