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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 Case.Locality.No. of overcrowded Persons.">No. of Rooms occupied.Apparent Financial Condition.
2755—19Collingwood Street2 adults and 8 children2 RoomsMan unable to get work. In great poverty.
2744—19Linden Buildings1 adult and 4 children2 do.Widow with 4 children. Very poor.
21 -20Hare Street2 adults and 4 children1 do.No apparent poverty.
63—20Robert Street2 adults and 3 children1 do.Man a casual workman out of work. Extreme poverty.
64—20Emma Street2 adults and 4 children1 do.No apparent poverty or cause for overcrowding.
159—20Lisbon Street2 adults and 6 children1 do.Man unable to get work. In great poverty.
160—20Do2 adults and 4 children1 do.Do. do.
208—20Meadows Buildings2 adults and 6 children2 do.Apparently wilful overcrowding.
215—20Norah Street3 adults and 7 children3 do.No apparent poverty.
259—20Bethnal Green Road1 do.Do. do.
346—20Bon well Street6 adults and 4 children3 do.Poverty a contributory cause.
396—20Quinn's Square2 adults and 6 children1 do.Man a casual labourer. Wife did few match boxes at home. Severe poverty.
457—20Church Street1 adult and 4 children1 do.Man gone to America and left wife with children. Poverty case.
462—20Satchwell Street2 adults and 6 children1 do.Poverty doubtless due to drunken habits of
506-20Austin Street2 adults and 4 children1 do.Man given to drunken habits. Woman respectable and hardworking. Poverty case.
598—20Old Bethnal Green Road1 adult and 4 children1 do.No apparent poverty.