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Address.
Occupants of overcrowded
part of house.
Rooms occupied and
cubic feet space.
Deficiency
Space required.
State of Premises and Family.
Bermondsey Wall
Man, wife, boys 9, 5 and 3,
and girl 10.
cubic feet.
600
The husband, a casual labourer, has had no regular work for 18
months. He earned 12/- last week, 8/- the week before, and
this week (ending Jan. 26th) has earned nothing up to the time
of visit. The wife is a cripple. The ventilation was good in
the front room, but bad in the middle room. The rooms, bedclothes,
etc., were clean. The rent is 4/- per week.
Living and sleeping,
1600 cubic feet.
Middle and back rooms,
top floor,
1000 cubic feet.
Alscot Road
Man, wife and boy 8 months
Back room, first floor,
691 cubic feet.
309
Living and sleeping,
1000 cubic feet.
The husband is a labourer in an iron works at Bow, and I was
informed by the landlady that he is lodging in that district, and
had left his wife and children there until they had paid up the
small arrears of rent they owed. The rent is 2/6 per week
The light and ventilation were fair, and the room clean at time
of visit.
Queen's Place
Woman, girls 14, 5, 3 and
16 months.
Back room, first floor,
613 cubic feet.
Living and sleeping,
1400 cubic feet.
787
Stanworth Street
The husband, a labourer, is ill with consumption in the Infirmary.
The wife earns 5/- to 6/-, and the eldest child 5/- per week.
The rent is 2/6. They seem very poor. The room is dirty and
untidy, and the light and ventilation are bad.
Man, wife, boys 7 and 1¾
girl 4
Front room, first floor,
1349 cubic feet.
Living and sleeping,
1400 cubic feet.
The husband is a carman and earns 30/- per week. The rent is
4/- per week. The light and ventilation were fair, but the
room and bedclothes were not very clean at the time of visit.
51
Sards Rents
Woman, girls, 15, 13, 10
and 6, and boys 7 and
4 years.
Front room, ground floor,
1552 cubic feet.
648
Living and sleeping,
2200 cubic feet.
The mother earns from 8/- to 10/- per week at charing, and
receives 6/- from the Parish. They are very poor. The room
was fairly clean, but the bedclothes were scanty and dirty.
Silver Street
404
Front room, ground floor,
646 cubic feet.
Man, wife, boys 5 and 1,
and girl 3.
Sleeping,
1050 cubic feet.
The husband is a casual labourer at present earning about 10/—
per week, but, when in full work, is stated to earn 5/- to 6/-
per diem. The place is fairly clean but the bedclothes are dirty.
They are very poor there being no other earnings but those of
the husband.
Do.
Girls 13 and 11.
Sleeping,
600 cubic feet.
Back room,
702 cubic feet.
102
Donne Place
Man, wife, girls 10 and 6,
and boys 8, 5, 1¾ and
1¾.
777
Sleeping,
1650 cubic feet.
Back room,
873 cubic feet.
Alscot Road
The husband is a dock labourer earning about 15/- per week.
The light and ventilation were bad, but the place was fairly
clean at the time of visit.
197
Man, wife, boy 1¼.
Living and sleeping,
1000 cubic feet.
Back room first floor,
803 cubic feet.
The husband is a casual labourer stated to earn 12/- to 15/-
per week. His wife finds great difficulty in getting another
room as it is generally known in the neighbourhood that he is
frequently out of work owing to general slackness in casual
labour. The wife states that the baby is staying with the
husband's mother until they get a larger room, and this would
temporarily abate the overcrowding.