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room only only large enough for the occupation of two adults.
The breathing space for each adult was less than 150 cubic feet
if the room had been empty. At 22, Templar Road, a family
consisting of the father, mother, two daughters, of 16 and 3
years old, slept in one small room. At 16, Palace Road, three
grown up persons and four children were found living and sleeping
in a room sufficiently large for two adults and one child only.
At 51 New Church Road, two men (one a lodger) one woman
and four children lived and slept in a room which should only
have contained two adults and one child. No. 18, Rosina
Street, a house containing only four living rooms, was occupied
by four families, consisting of 17 persons. In one of the rooms,
a very small one, the father, mother, two daughters, one 29 and
the other 15; two boys, one of 12, the other 7 years old, lived
and slept. And in another room of the same house father,
mother, a son of 15, and two girls lived and slept. At a house
in William Street, Kingsland, one of the rooms was occupied as
a living and sleeping room by the father, mother, a daughter of
20 and her illegitimate child, a boy of 14 and two girls of 11
and eight years respectively. At 4, Pratt's Court, Homerton,
the father, a daughter of 12, and three sons aged 18, 16, and 8
years lived and slept in a very small room. At 5, Silk Mill
Hill, in a room only large enough for two, there lived and slept,
the father, mother, two daughters of 17 and 10, and three boys
of 14, 7, and 3 years old. At 13, King's Terrace, Homerton,
two women, an unmarried lodger, a girl of 17, a boy of 15 and
three children, making altogether eight persons lived and slept
in a room large enough only for four. At a house in Albert
Street, Homerton, the mother, father, daughters of 23 and 17,
and an illegitimate infant lived and slept in a room only large
enough for two adults; another room in same house contained
the father, mother, a girl 17, and a boy of 12, who lived and
slept in a room only large enough for two adults.