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connection with water supply were taken in one instance. Owners are
recommended in all cases to fit a proper sink in connection with the
new supply on upper floors and so prevent risk of walls and ceilings
being spoiled.
Notwithstanding the small rainfall last summer, the Water Board,
by reason of the large storage reservoirs which have been erected and
the system of inter-communication between districts, were able to
maintain a satisfactory supply during the whole period.
Common Lodging-houses.
The total common lodging-house accommodation available is now
2,269 beds for men, 75 for women.
The County Council report that there is a steady demand at Bruce
House for accommodation of a slightly better class than that afforded
by the ordinary cubicles, and a number of cubicles which have been
specially fitted up by increasing the height of the partitions and
providing a few small articles of furniture have readily let. They have
therefore fitted up a room in Kean Street, previously let for commercial
purposes, with seven of these special cubicles, for which a charge of 1s.
a night or 6s. a week is made.
Deaths.—80 deaths (76 males and 4 females) occurred in 1911
among inmates of the common lodging-houses and shelters in the City.
26 of the deaths were due to phthisis, 15 to respiratory diseases,
8 to nervous diseases, 6 to diseases of the heart and blood vessels, 9 to
cancer, and 4 to kidney disease. There were 31 deaths from St. John's
Ward, 2 from Begent, 1 from St. Anne's, 8 from Covent Garden, and 38
from Strand.
The following is a list of the common lodging-houses in
Westminster, the number for which they were licensed, and the number
of deaths which occurred during the last four years among persons
alleged to have been inmates:—

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