Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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In Endive Street a man and wife with one son and 4 daughters lived and
slept in one room.
A man and wife with 4 sons and 3 daughters occupied 2 rooms in Great
Pearl Street.
Three rooms in Harford Street were occupied by a man and wife with 6
sons and 4 daughters. The eldest son was 23 and the eldest daughter was 24
years of age. These rooms were overcrowded to the extent of 7 adults.
One small room in Juniper Street was occupied by a man and wife with
3 children.
Another room, in Lower Fenton Street, large enough for the man and wife
with one child, had 6 children in excess.
A room in Margaret Buildings in Whites Row was occupied by a man and
wife with 3 grown up sons.
A room in Martha Street, sufficient for the man and wife, had 5 children
in excess of the space required, and another room in the same street but in a
different house was occupied by a man and wife with 7 children, being overcrowded
to the extent of 7 children.
Two rooms in Muriel House were occupied by a man and wife with 6
sons, the eldest being 26 years of age, and one daughter, aged 18.
Two rooms in Norfolk Buildings were occupied by a man and wife with
5 sons, the eldest being 22, and 5 daughters, the eldest being 18 years of age—
3 in excess—as well as being indecently occupied.
A room in Pearl Street was occupied by a man and wife and 5 children—
4 children in excess.
A room in Raymond Street was occupied by a man and wife with 6
children, 4 children in excess.
A room in Tarling Street was occupied by a man and wife with 9 children,
being overcrowded to the extent of 7 children.
Two rooms in Tasburgh Buildings were indecently occupied, and overcrowded
to the extent of 3 adults and one child. In addition to the parents
there were 3 sons, the eldest being 25, and 5 daughtrrs, the eldest being 24
years of age.
Another family in Tasburgh Buildings was similarly overcrowded.
In Tench Street, one room was occupied by a man and wife with one
daughter and four sons, the eldest being 16 years of age—4 children too many.
A room in Bedford Street was occupied by a man and wife with 3 sons
and 3 daughters, the eldest being 17 years of age; 4 children in excess.