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The father had never been known to work. The mother occasionally
did a little washing-.
4. The baby was 10 months old. The mother had an abscess
in her right breast. The family occupied one room, containing a
bed, a small table and a broken chest of drawers. There were no
chairs. The baby had no clothes, was quite naked, and was being
cared for by a child of 10 or 11 years. The family had been
ejected from their last tenement.
5. The baby was fat, and six weeks old. There were three
children, all living. The family occupied two rooms. The father
was a carpenter, and gave his wife from 6s. to 9s. per week ;
some weeks he gave her nothing. The mother was very weak
and anaemic. She was a homeworker, and made ties for 6d. a
dozen. She was able to do one dozen in 1½ hours if she was
quick.
6. The baby was 4 weeks' old. There had been 9 children,
but only 5 were now living. The family occupied two rooms.
The mother was weak and faint from want of food.
The husband was a casual labourer, out of work, and
" picked up a few odd pence where he could." There was no
food in the house. The home was dirty and bare. It contained
one bed, one small table, two broken chairs and one battered tin
teapot, standing on an empty hearth.
Weighing Centres.—There are three municipal weighing
centres in the Borough, held in the afternoon at 2.30 p.m., at the
following times and places.
Tuesday: St. Luke's Institute, Radnor Street.
Wednesday : The Branch Library, 47, Penton Street.
Thursday : 268, St. John Street, Clerkenwell.
The weighing centre at the Town Hall was transferred to 268,
St. John Street in 1913. The Town Hall attendances are included
in the statistics under St. John Street.