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Table: Table VIII Summary of Courts and Places visited by the Inspectors, from December 1861, to the 29th day of March, 1862.

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Table VIII Summary of Courts and Places visited by the Inspectors, from December 1861, to the 29th day of March, 1862.

Total.	Names of Courts or Places.	Number of houses and Rooms, and Number of Inmates when Visited.			Courts or places where Adults of both Sexes were ascertained to be living and sleeping in the same room, and particulars of such indecent occupation.					Remarks.
Total.	Names of Courts or Places.	No. of Houses	No. of Rooms	No. of Inmates						Remarks.
1	Bell Court, Bell Lane	8	18	52	No case of Indecent Occupation.					Rooms average 7 by 12 by 7
1	Nelson's Court, Fashion St.	8	13	44	Ditto			ditto		Rooms average 13 by 13 by 9
1	Hairbrain Ct. Blue Anchor Yd.	12	40	138	Ditto			ditto
1	Crown Court, ditto	12	36	122	Ditto			ditto
1	Well's Yard Gower's Walk	18	54	142	Ditto			ditto		Rooms average 11 by 11 by 6½
1	Montague Court, Whitechapel	5	10	16	At No. 5, on 2nd floor, father, mother, and daughter, 16 years of age slept together					Rooms average 9 by 9 by 7½
1	Ely PL, Mile End New Town	10	26	48	No case of Indecent Occupation.*					Rooms average 9 by 11 by 6 * The sleeping room at No. 3. in this Court is overcrowded, but it arises from the parties preferring to do so as they rent the entire house.
1	Swan Yd.,High St ,Whitechpl.	11	33	48	Ditto			ditto
1	Chicks and PL., M. E. N. T.	10	20	60	1st case.	* Father, mother, 2 daughters (adults) and 3 children sleeping in 1 room.				Rooms average 10½ by 9 by 7
					2nd do.	Mother, (a widow,) son, 20 years old, and 2 adult daughters			ditto	* 95 cubic feet of space for each occupant.
					3rd do.	Father, Mother, and 2 adult daughters
					4th do.	Father, mother, adult daughter, and 1 child
					5th do.	Ditto	ditto	ditto	ditto
1	Garden PL, Chicks and St.	14	28	83	1st case.	Mother, daughter, 24 years of age. & 2 sons, aged respectively 19 & 29 do.				Rooms average 10 by 9 by 7
					2nd do.	Father, daughter 44 years of age, and her 2 sons acred 15 and 18. ditto				* 79 cubic feet of space for each occupant.
					3rd do.*	Father, mother, daughter 17, son 16, and 4 children (8 persons)			ditto
					4th do.	Father, mother, and adult daughter,			ditto
					5th do.	Ditto	ditto		ditto
1	Well's Place, Gower's Walk	10	22	56	No case of Indecent Occupation.
1	Leman Row, Leman Street	9	24	50			Ditto	ditto
1	Hunt Place, Hunt Street	5	20	41	Only one case, viz :—Father, mother, and son 18 years of age				ditto	Rooms average 14 by 14 by 8
1	John's Place, Hunt Street	11	23	57	1st case.	Father, mother, son 17, 2 daughters 14 & 22 yrs. old, & 4 children. do.				Rooms average 14 by 8 by 8
					2nd do.	Father, 2 sons 16 & 19 years old, and daughter 18,			ditto
					3rd do.	Father, mother, and daughter 17 years of age,			ditto
1	White Bear Ct., Whitechapel	23	47	108	No case of Indecent Occupation.
1	Davis Buildings	11	22	58	Ditto			ditto
1	Charlotte Place, Hunt street	2	6	18	Ditto			ditto		Rooms average 15 by 11 by 8
1	Ellerm's Place, Spicer Street	8	24	65	Ditto			ditto		Rooms average 12 by 15 by 5
1	Bracey's Bldgs. B. Anchor Yd.	12	36	116	1st case.	Father, mother, and adult son			ditto
					2nd do.	Man and wife, and wife's brother, 19 years of age			ditto
					3rd do.	Husband and wife and husband's mother,			ditto
1	Fives Court, Mansell Street	4	12	45	No case of Indecent Occupation
20		203	514	1367