NINE IN TWO ROOMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21467, 15 April 1933, Page 2 (Supplement)

NINE IN TWO ROOMS

PLIGHT OF ENGLISH FAMILY When thn clerk to tho council at Willesden, Middlesex, applied to the magistrate recently for an ejectment order against Alfred Bryeut, of Kilburn, on the ground of overcrowding, it was stated that father, mother, and seven children lived in two small rooms and were nearly 1000 cubic feet short in air space. The mother pleaded that it was impossible to liiid other accommodation. She had tried everywhere. The magistrate asked the clerk to the council if he could find the family accommodation in a council house. Clerk: I am sorry, we cannot. They would overcrowd tho largest council house wo have, and wo should be breaking our own regulations. Magistrate: Then, if the problem is beyond you, what can you expect this poor woman to do? The family must liavo a. roof over their heads, and I cannot make an order turning thorn all into the street. Alrs. Bryent: 1 would gladly go if I could. There are big holes in tho iloor, through which tho children fall. It is a torriblo life. Tho magistrato adjourned the case for a month to see what could bo done for the family.