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Common Lodging Houses.—The Common Lodging Houses in the Borough number 22, and
contain accommodation for G70 persons. From the following table it will be seen that 19 of these
houses are situated in the Norland Ward:—

In three streets in the Notting Dale area there are six houses capable of receiving 229 single
women and eleven houses licensed to accommodate 223 single men. It is difficult to avoid the
conclusion that the presence of this population of 500 persons, who for the most part come from
the lowest ranks of society, must necessarily constitute an effective bar to the progress of social
reform in the neighbourhood where the Common Lodging Houses are situated.
Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations 1910.—These regulations prescribe the
methods to be adopted by Local Authorities in causing inspections of their districts to be made
with a view to ascertaining whether any dwelling houses therein are unfit for habitation. By Art. V.,
the Medical Officer of Health is required to include in his annual report information and particulars
in " tabular form " in regard to the number of dwelling houses inspected for the purposes named
above, and in regard to certain specific points which are marked with an asterisk in the tabular
statement which follows:—