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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 occupiedApparent Financial Condition.
608—20Bessy Street2 adults and 3 children1 RoomWidow. Outworker. Matchboxes. Poverty case.
609—20Poyser Street2 adults and 4 children1 do.Man out of work. Great poverty. Went to workhouse.
621 -20Squirries Street2 adults and 4 children1 do.People in poor circumstances.
629-20Church Street2 adults and 1 child1 do.Overcrowding by owner Wilful.
657—20Anglesey Street2 adults and 3 children1 doMan a casual labourer out of work. Great poverty.
713—20Gibraltar Buildings8 adults and 10 children4 do.Men at work. Fair wages. No poverty.
746—20Bandon Road2 adults and 6 children2 do.Misuse of room for sleeping purposes. Remedied by re-arrangement.
787 -20Coate Street2 adults and 3 children1 do.Great poverty caused by illness.
833—20Meadows Buildings4 adults and 4 children2 do.No apparent poverty.
840-20Seabright Street2 adults and 3 children1 do.Man out of work. Returned emigrant Poverty case.
849—20James Street5 adults and 3 children3 do.Great poverty caused by illness.
967 -20Turin Street2 adults and 4 children1 do.Poverty caused by drunken habits.
1001—20Canrobert Street2 adults and 4 children1 do.No apparent poverty.
1037—20Code Street3 adults and 4 children1 do.Do.
Do2 adults and 6 children1 do.Man a cripple, unable to work. All effects pawned. Great poverty,
1067—20Turin Street2 adults and 6 children2 do.No apparent poverty.
1143—20Pedley Street2 adults and 4 children1 do.Wilful overcrowding.