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5. A room contained 678 cubic feet, and was occupied for
living and sleeping by an old married couple. There was one bed.
The tenement was slightly overcrowded. Their daughter and her
four children, who had been in the workhouse for some considerable
time, came out and went to live in the room which was already
overcrowded. The four children slept with their grandparents.
The mother was said to sleep elsewhere but she came and lived
with her parents during the day time.
6. A complaint was received of an overcrowded room. The
whole house was inspected, and 4 tenements were found to be overcrowded
as follows :—
Ground Floor Front.—837 cubic feet, occupied for living and
sleeping by the father, mother, and boys 9 and 3 years., Overcrowded.
Ground Floor Back.—564 cubic feet, occupied for living and
sleeping by the father, mother and a boy 13 years. Overcrowded.
First Floor Front.—1,153 cubic feet, occupied for living and
sleeping by the father, mother, a boy 11 years, and 2 girls, 6 years
and 8 months respectively. Overcrowded.
First Floor Back.—586 cubic feet, occupied for living and sleeping
by one female adult.
The second floor was rented by one family, consisting of the
father, mother, girls 13, 8, 3 years and a boy 16 years.
The occupancies were :—
Second Floor Front.—930 cubic feet, occupied for living and
sleeping by the father, mother, and 3 girls. Overcrowded.
Second Floor Back.—575 cubic feet, occupied for sleeping by
the boy 16 years. Whilst the notices for the abatement of the
overcrowding were still outstanding, the occupants of the second
floor were, to the astonishment of the staff, increased by the addition
of three lodgers, and the occupancies then became as
follows:—