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In addition to the above, the Lodging house now in course of
erection by the London County Council, in Mill Lane, which
will be completed about May or June, 1903, will provide accommodation
for 804 lodgers. The following account of the plan is
contained in the report of the Housing of the Working Classes
Committee to the London County Council: —
"The entrance is central, and gives access to the dining-room
on the right, and to the smoking and reading rooms on the left.
The office commands the entrance for lodgers and for the staff,
and is arranged close to the Superintendent's quarters. The
dining-room is planned with a long hot-plate chamber in the
centre, with lodgers' sculleries. It is well lighted from side
and roof. The hot-plate chamber is ventilated by two fans
driven by electricity, and this arrangement helps the ventilation
of the dining-room. Immediately adjoining the dining-room is
the lodgers' crockery room. The shop for sale of hot and cold
viands is placed in a convenient position with a direct servery
thereto, and with easy communication to the kitchen in the rear.
The smoking-room is arranged on the Mill Lane frontage. It
is well lighted, and has good ventilation. The reading room
is approached from two of the main corridors; it is of a suitable
shape, and is well lighted by side and top lights. This room also
will have cross-ventilation.

With regard to the sleeping accommodation, two principal
staircases leading to the dormitories, and one emergency