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Bethnal Green 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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1, 3, 4, Austin Street—
In same condition ; no back ventilation.
Myring Place: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 —
These houses have no back light or ventilation; the rooms are
small and low.
Collingwood Place: 2, 3, 4—
Back-to-back houses; no proper light or ventilation; rooms small
and low.
Duke Street: 7 and 8; Princes Street: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8—
All these houses are dilapidated and damp.
New Street; No. 1—In similar condition.
Church Street: No. 9—Cellar entrance.
Cumberland Place: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14, 15, 16—
These houses contain two rooms each; the measurements are
about 6 ft. 6 in. high, 6 ft. 6 in. broad, and 10 ft. deep, giving
a cubic capacity of about 400 ft., sufficient for one person only;
yet each of these houses is inhabited by a family of six or
seven people (including children). The houses are damp and
dilapidated.
Glo'ster Gardens: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20—
These houses are in about the same condition as those in Cumberland
Place. The rooms are small and low, and the houses are
dilapidated.
Derbyshire Street: Nos. 11, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 45,
59, 61, 63, 65, 69, 71, 75, 77, 79, 81 —
These houses are all, more or less, damp and dilapidated; the
flooring is laid upon the earth, and the cubic capacity of the