Multiple occupancy in 1841 mentioned earlier in this thread does not appear to have improved much by 1901:
12 persons living in a single room?
Shields Daily Gazette 06 March 1901
OVERCROWDING AT AMBLE
REMARKABLE FIGURES
At the monthly meeting of this Council yesterday, some remarkable facts were brought out by the Council's Surveyor with regard to overcrowding at Amble. In the course of his statement he said there were 106 single roomed tenements in the town, 14 of which were occupied by one person to a room, 25 by two persons to a room, and so on a graduated scale until they had so many houses at six persons up to twelve persons to a single room. There were some very bad cases, even with three to a room, where the third person was a lodger. With regard to the domestic sanitary conveniences, two or three glaring cases had come under his notice. In High Street there was a house with 5 tenants; the total number of persons living here was 25. An exactly similar case was to be seen in Byron Street. Cliff house was another case where four tenants lived in one house. After prolonged discussion on the subject, it was decided to write to the owners of the worst cases to have them put it right.
A deputation waited upon the Council with a view to urging upon its members the necessity for adopting the Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890. They made lengthy speeches, the burden of which was that Amble stood in need of homes better adapted to the requirements of working men.
A somewhat lively discussion followed, and it was eventually decided to again take matters into consideration. Councillor Rutherford gave notice of motion of the adoption of the Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890.