Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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 Case | Locality. | No. of overcrowded Persons. | No. of Rooms occupied. | Apparent Financial Condition. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2795—18 | Florida Street | 3 adults and 2 children | 1 Room | No apparent poverty. |
| 121—19 | Cranbrook Street | 4 adults | 1 do. | Man out of work. Poverty case. |
| 311—19 | Quinns Square | 3 adults and 6 children | 2 do. | Man ill; consumption. Great poverty. |
| 345—19 | Eastman Street Buildings | 5 adults and 3 children | 2 do. | Man ill and both himself and son out of work. Poverty case. |
| 366—19 | Scott Street | 3 adults and 5 children | 2 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—19 | Anglesea Street | 3 adults (also indecently occupied) | 1 do. | Man casual labourer. Small earnings. Poverty case. |
| 375—19 | Fleet Street Hill | 2 adults and 2 children | 1 do. | Wilful overcrowding. |
| Do. | 2 adults and 4 children | 1 do. | Do. | |
| 386—19 | Princes Court | 2 adults and 5 children | 1 do. | Man a labourer. Out of work four months. Poverty case. |
| 427—19 | Tent Street | 3 adults and 1 child | 1 do. | Poverty case. |
| 497—19 | Bethnal Green Road | 2 adults and 1 child | 1 do. | Overcrowding doubtless caused by poverty. No direct evidence. |
| 619—19 | Treadway Street | 4 adults and 5 children | 2 do. | No apparent reason for overcrowding. |
| 790—19 | Cambridge Road | 4 adults and 3 children | 1 do. | Fair. No apparent financial reason for overcrowding. |
| 791—19 | Gales Gardens | 2 adults and 3 children | 1 do. | Drink led to poverty and thus to overcrowding. |