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Occupants of overcrowded
portion of house.
Cubic feet space
required.
Rooms occupied and
cubic space.
Deficiency.
State of Premises and Family.
Man, wife, boys 14 years
and 6 months, girls 6
and 3 years.
Living and Sleeping,
1,800 cubic feet.
First floor front room,
1,375 cubic feet.
cubic feet,
425
The husband is a packer earning £1 per week, and the boy, aged 14,
earns 7s. per week. The light and ventilation were good, and the
people were very clean, but poor.
Man, wife, boys 8 and 2,
and girls 12, 6 and 4
years.
Living and Sleeping,
2,000 cubic feet.
First floor back room,
1,561 cubic feet.
439
The father is a lighterman. The room was fairly clean, but the light
and ventilation were bad. Two children, included .in the previous
report, have been removed to the Infirmary suffering from scabies,
and this has temporarily reduced the overcrowding from 1,039 to
439 cubic feet.
Man, wife, girls 2 years
and 7 weeks.
Living and Sleeping,
1,200 cubic feet.
Ground floor back room,
830 cubic feet.
370
The husband is a barge builder's labourer, with uncertain work. The
light and ventilation were fair, and the room was clean and tidy,
but very small.
Man, wife and 2 children,
aged 2 years and 2
months respectively.
Living and Sleeping,
1,200 cubic feet.
First floor back room,
874 cubic feet.
326
The husband is a waterman, with very little work at present, earning
about, 15s. per week. The room was fairly clean, but very small.
The light and ventilation were indifferent at the time of visit.