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Whitechapel 1862

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Table: 30th June, to the day of 27th Sept., 1862.

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30th June, to the day of 27th Sept., 1862.

Total	Name of Courts or Places	No. of Houses	NO. Of Rooms	No. of Inmates	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.
1	Grigg's Court	10	30	94	1st case.— Father, Mother and son 16 years of age. sleeping in same room.	Rooms average 12 by 12 by 8.
1	Enock's Court	6	18	42	No case of indecent occupation.	Rooms average 14 by 9 by 8.
	Vine Yard, Spitalfields	8	27	67	1st case,—Man, wife and daughter, 16 years old, in same room.	Rooms average 12 by 10 by 8. In case No. 3 there averages only 149 cubic feet lor each person.
1					2nd case.—Man, wife, and wife's sister, an adult, with one child, in same room
					3rd case.—Mother, daughter, son in-law, and two children in same room.
1 *	Crown Court, Little Pearl Street.	7	16	44	1st case.— Man, wife and two daughters, respectively 18 & 20 years of age. sleeping in same room.	Rooms average 11 by 12 by 8.*
1 †	Racbaels Court, Royal Mint Street	10	23	74	1st case—Mother, daughter on-in-law sleeping in same room.	Rooms average 8 by 8 by 7. †
1	Charles Court. Whitechapel	10	18	29	No case of indecent occupation.	Rooms average 8 bv 7 by 7
1	Wentwortn Court, East	10	20	44	Ditto ditto	Rooms average 9 by 11 by 8.
1	Wentworth Court, West	10	20	39	1st case.—Two brothers and two sisters, aged respectively 22, 19, 18, and 16 years, sleeping in same room, the father and mother sleeping down stairs. The Inspector was laughed at by the mother when remonstrated with on the subject.	Rooms average 9 by 11 by 8.
1	Miller's Court, Dorset Street	6	12	21	No case of indecent occupation.	Rooms average 12 by 9½ by 9.
1	Drum Yard	8	23	46	Ditto ditto	Rooms average 10 by 12 by 8.
1	New Court, Dorset Street	3	9	16	1st case —Father, mother, and daughter, 19 years of age, sleeping together.	Rooms average 9 by 15 by 9.
1	Barleymow Court	8	24	69	No case of indiacent occupation.	Rooms average 12 by 10 by 8.
	Canterbury Court, Phœnix Street.	9	18	48	1st case —Father, mother, daughter, 18 years old, and two children, sleeping in same room.	Rooms average 12 by 12 by 7.
1					2nd case.—Father, mother, daughter, 20 years old, in same room.
					3rd case —Father, mother, daughter, 21 years old, and three children in same room.
1‡	Conant's Place, Whitechapel	11	22	75	No case of indecent occupation	Rooms average 10 by 9 by 8. ‡
1	Everard's Place, Whitechapel	20	83	151	Ditto ditto	Rooms average 9 by 8 by 8.
	Wood's Yard, E. & W. Phoenix St.	7	14	46	1st case.—(West Court) Father and daughter, 14 years old, sleeping together.	Rooms average West 12 by 16 by 8.
					2nd case.— „ Father, mother, and two sons, 14 and 16 years old in one room.	Ditto East 11 by 11 by 7.
					3rd case.- „ Mother and son, 16 years old, sleeping together.	At No, 3 West Court, a room was found let out to lodgers, not being registered.
l					4th case.—(East Court) In a room averaging 11 by 11 by 7, six persons lived and slept; the same giving 141 cubic feet for each. The family consisted of father, mother, two sons, 15 and 20 years old, and two daughters 14 and 18.
					5th case —Father, mother, two daughters, 15 and 16 years old, and one child in same room.
l	Friendly Buildings	12	24	58	No case of indecent occupation.	Rooms average 12 by 10 by 8.
1	Mundy's Place	10	20	42	Ditto ditto	Rooms average 12 by 10 by 8.
	Elizabeth Place, Middlesex Street	3	9	27	1st case.—Mother and son 21 years old sleeping in one room.	Rooms average 18 by 12 by 8½.
l					2nd case.—Mother and son 16 years old and two children in one room.
					3rd case.—Mother with two sons and a daughter, adults ditto
1	Horse Shoe Alley	7	14	36	No. case of indecent occupation.	Rooms average 8 by 12 by 8½.
	Little Love Court	5	24	49	1st case.—Father, mother and son 20 years old, sleeping in same room.	Rooms average 18 by 9 by 8½ At No. 3a room was found under- let for lodgins, not being registered.
					2nd case.—Ditto do, and daughter 23 years old, ditto
l					3rd case.—Mother and son, 40 years old, sleeping in same room.
					4th case.—Mother, son, 28 years old, and daughter 19, ditto
					5th case.—Father, mother, and two sons, 20 and 15 years old ditto
l	Vine Court, Whitechapel	15	68	121	No case of indecent occupation.	Rooms average 12 by 14 by 8.
l	Charlotte Court	40	137	263	1st case.—Father, mother, three sons, 11, 13 and 15 years old, and two daughters 7 and 18 years old in one room.	Rooms average 11 by 8 by 8.
	Hunt Court, Hunt street.	8	32	158	1st, case —Brother and sister, 18 and 19 years old, and four children slept in same room.	Rooms average 18 by 9 by 8.
					2nd case —Father, mother, daughter 15 years old and four children ditto
					3rd case.—Ditto ditto and son 7 years old and one child ditto
1					4th case.—Ditto ditto 18 years old, and three children ditto
					5th case-Ditto ditto 17 years old
					6th case —Mother, daughter 17 years old, son 15 years old, and one child ditto
1	Sarah's Place, Hunt Street	5	15	23	No case of indecent occupation,	Rooms average 10 by 9 by 7½
25		248	720	1682	No case of indecent occupation,	Rooms average 10 by 9 by 7½
* In a house in this Court on ground floor 8 persons, all one family, slept in one room, averaging 125 cubic feet to each person. † This Court has been closed by order of the Magistrate, the same being unfit for human habitation.‡A man and wife with 7 children slept in one room in this Court, giving only 80 cubic feet to each person.