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Second Floor Front.—930 cubic feet, occupied for living and
sleeping by the mother, the 3 girls and 2 female lodgers, 25 and
16 years. The mother and the female adults slept in a double bed,
the 3 girls slept on the floor.
Second Floor Back.—575 cubic feet. There was one bed
occupied by the father, the boy 16 years and a lodger 20 years.
This family had a dog and 3 cats.
7. A married woman and a married man, not her husband,
went to live together. They lx»th had families by their previous
spouses. The united children numbered six, and consisted of 2
hoys, 10, 5 years, and 4 girls, 9, 8, 7 years and 13 months respectively.
They occupied two rooms, and paid 7s. weekly rent. There
were 2 beds, a double bed and a single one. The larger bed was
occupied at the top by the parents ; the girl 7 years and the baby
slept at the foot. '1 he single bed was occupied at the top by the
girls 9, 8 years, and at the bottom by the girl 7 years and boy 10
years. The male adult earned 17s. 6d. per week and his
food. The rooms were overcrowded.
8. A family, consisting of the father, mother, boys 11, 7, 2
years, and girls 9, 4 years, and 15 months respectively, rented 2
rooms, content 1,449 cubic feet, and 880 cubic feet. They sublet
the smaller room to a woman and her daughter.
The above examples taken from the records of the work of the
Department will give some indication of the stress on room accommodation
that is experienced in the poorer quarters of the borough
and of the devices the poor have to adopt for sleeping purposes.
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts, 1890 and 1903.—
Applications were received for certificates in respect of one
common lodging house, and 8 tenement houses. They were all
carefully inspected, but no certificates were granted. In inspecting
a common lodging house for such a certificate weight is
attached to the following matters:—