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husband and wife, with four children lived and slept in a room
only large enough for two adults and one child. In Queen's
road, Homerton, a family consisting of the husband and wife, a
daughter of 23, a son of 15, and two children under 12 lived
and slept in a room large enough only for two adults and a
child. At 16, Urban's Place, Sheep Lane, the mother, a son of
18, two daughters of 16 and 14, and four children under 12
years of age were discovered living and sleeping in a room
which ought to have been used by two adults only—the size of
the room being 10 feet long, 9 feet 8 inches wide, and 9 feet
9 inches high. At Pratt's Place, Homerton, the husband, wife,
and two grown-up daughters, each having an illegitimate child,
lived and slept in one small room. In another house in the same
Place, the father, mother, a son 25, a daughter 23, and two
children under 12 lived and slept in a room containing only
1005 cubic feet of air. In a very small room in Brook Street,
Homerton, there were found sleeping, the husband, wife, a son
of 25 years, and a man lodger of 23 years old. In another
in Templar road, the husband, wife, two young women, one a
lodger, and a boy of 13, lived and slept—this room was only
large enough for two adults. Another bad case was discovered
in Wharf road, where the father, mother, a son of 20, a daughter
of 17, and two under 12 years, lived and slept in a room, the
cubic capacity of which was 1208 feet. These and other bad
instances of overcrowding, amounting in all to 34, were discovered
by an inspection made under the powers of the Sanitary
Act, 1860. As no less than 6193 houses were examined, the
cases of overcrowing cannot be considered to have been very
large, although many were very flagrant.
The sanitary work performed during the year was extremely
large, as no less than 7964 premises were inspected, of which,
6657 were examined under the Sanitary Act, without complaint
previously received; 486 in consequence of complaints made to
mo or to the inspectors; and 267 from information received that