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Description: | This photograph is of a tent constructed of tarpaulin sheets, in a recess in a court yard in August 1950. The tent measured 13'10" long x 8'7" broad and the height was 5'8". There was no light or ventilation to the tent and water was obtained from houses in the court yard. The tent was occupied by a man and wife and their two boys aged 2 years and 1 tear respectively. The wife was in an advanced state of pregnancy. The family had previously occupied part of a house as sub-tenants but had been evicted on account of arrears of rent. The two children were later removed from the tent by the N.S.P.C.C. The woman was admitted to hospital for the purpose of confinement and later both herself and the baby returned to live in the tent. The husband was constantly in trouble with the Police and was abusive and threatening to the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector and refused to quit the tent. The family eventually left the tent, which they demolished, and by some means obtained a house which they arranged to purchase. The family are still of a poor type and the husband is still in trouble with the Police. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ |
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Sheffield |
Rights holder: | Press Photo Agency | Subjects: | Sheffield | Source: | Sheffield Images | Creator: | Picture Sheffield Administrator | Identifier: | http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend... | Go to resource |
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