Case 941

The lawful mother of these children is dead. The father is an indigent and worthless man cohabiting with a single woman. Two married women reside in the house whose husbands are abroad and who are now living as prostitutes, receiving men in the house. The children earn pence by waiting on them and running errands for them. There have been prostitutes in the adjoining house and the children have been waiting on them. The children are almost nude and are in a wretched condition. The women with whom the father is cohabiting was confined last night. The whole family resides in one room.

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The Rectory
Woolwich