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Temporary housing linked to deaths of at least 74 children

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At least 74 children have died in temporary housing in England in the last five years .

58 of those children were babies under the age of one, according to the NHS -funded National Child Mortality Database .

Homelessness combined with overcrowding, mould and lack of access to cots and Moses baskets, report finds.

She and her daughter Evie, now aged six weeks old , have been placed in hotels by her council.

She says there are no cooking or sterilising facilities and she feels vulnerable and frightened.

Angela Rayner : "We will fix the current system that has left far too many families trapped in temporary accommodation with no end in sight".

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76

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72

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73

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informal

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English

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48

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short-lived

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