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gain in health and morality has therefore been considerable.
The following are particulars of some of the cases of overcrowding.
In one small room in Goring street, containing
cubical space for two adults and one child only, there were
found living and sleeping, viz.: the father, mother, a man
lodger, and four children. In another room, in Winchester
place, but little larger, the father, mother, a boy of 16, another
of 13, and three children under 10, lived and slept. In a small
room in James place, Homerton, there were living and sleeping
the father, mother, and three sons aged 21, 15, and 13 years
respectively. In a room not large enough for two persons at
John street, Shacklewell, there were living and sleeping, the
father, mother, two children, a young man, and a young woman.
In a room in the Havelock road, the father, mother, five
children, and the grandmother lived and slept. At Bridge
street, Homerton, the father, mother, and five children lived and
slept in a room too small for two persons. In College street,
Homerton, the father, mother, two girls nearly grown up, a lad
of 10, and a young child lived and slept in a room large enough
for two adults and a child only. There were numerous cases of
overcrowding which were not of an indecent kind, and consisted
of far too many members of the same family occupying a room.
I need not enter into the details of these here, as it would
extend the report to an unnecessary length. I would, however,
remark that a few cases of overcrowding by the same families
constantly recur. Amongst widows with young families, this
cannot always be prevented; but I have put the law vigorously
in force against heads of families who preferred drinking to
providing proper accommodation for their wives and children.
Several nuisances consisting of effluvia escaping from manufactories
have been removed or mitigated during the year. The
manufacture of varnish, at White Post lane. Hackney Wick.