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Case 942

18. Letter from Hemel Hempstead about overcrowding 18 May 1895

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Home for Girls
George Street
Hemel Hempstead
May 18th

Dear Sir,

Dr. Turner forwarded yours this morning, saying he had wired back to you. We are at the present until M. goes, seventeen (girls) she is occupying [?] where House Matron has always been, when

Crosswritten text: quite unfit sleeping on the floor in bathroom or dress cupboard would be a necessity with nineteen.
Yr faithfully
H.L. Stowe
Overwritten in black: ans 20.1.95

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