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London County Council 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Common Lodging-Houses.
The administration of the Common Lodging Houses Acts devolved upon the Council in 1894.
By the passing of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902, the Council obtained powers
to license common lodging-houses annually. New by-laws for the regulation of common lodginghouses
came into force on the 1st October. 1903.

Table: In the following table will be seen the number of houses, the authorised number of lodgers, the number of convictions, with the penalties inflicted, and other particulars during each year since 1894 :—

In the following table will be seen the number of houses, the authorised number of lodgers, the number of convictions, with the penalties inflicted, and other particulars during each year since 1894 :—

Year.No. of houses on register.Authorised number of lodgers.No. of day visits by inspectors.No. of night visits.No. of prosecutions.No. of convictions.Penalties and costs.No. of deaths.†No. of cases of infectious disease.
£s.d.
189562629,574--161237605199
189659629,14028,331—31301121606571
189758128,71826,121-3130921105948
189856028,33227,658-2929167308744
189954428,44828,2291,1622522183909654
190052828,31128,42866816131021509140
190151428,03735,2252,13316159630102166
190249128,97040,5121,44922219840120684
190347028,89333,4024,79066261109853
190445128,89627,5012,970151462607466
190541327,57128,1581,565211677305314
190640228,06330,0282,3494411106522
190739528,65133,6302,3073312908127
190838728,37932,2972,429112206013

Table: The number of cases of notifiable infectious disease reported in common lodging-houses was as follows :—Erysipelas, 6 ; scarlet fever, 4; diphtheria, 2 ; enteric fever, 1—total 13.The following table shows the total number of common lodging-houses, and the authorised accomodation for the different classes of lodgers in the several sanitary areas of London, other than that of the City, on 31st December, 1908.—

The number of cases of notifiable infectious disease reported in common lodging-houses was as follows :—Erysipelas, 6 ; scarlet fever, 4; diphtheria, 2 ; enteric fever, 1—total 13.

The following table shows the total number of common lodging-houses, and the authorised accomodation for the different classes of lodgers in the several sanitary areas of London, other than that of the City, on 31st December, 1908.—

Sanitary district.No. of houses.Authorised accommodation.
Men.Women.Couples.Total.
Battersea81577823281
Bermondsey51,073--1,073
Bethnal Green14712--712
Camberwell6536--536
Chelsea933752-389
Deptford81,15980-1,239
Finsbury8543--543
Fulham143--43
Greenwich4157--157
Hackney6401--401
Hammersmith9466-4474
Hampstead-----
Holborn281,701162-1,863
Islington431,228215181,479
Kensington24431272-703
Lambeth7693—-693
Lewisham130-30
Paddington719540-235
Poplar91,143-1,143
St. Marylebone171,306109-1,415
St. Pancras10727109-836
Shoreditch12774--774
South wark443,231430-3,661
Stepney565,4406941806,494
Stoke Newington137--37
Wandsworth10185520230
Westminster, City of172,30075—2,375
Woolwich2351944—563
London—excluding the City of London38725,5242,36524528,379

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The number of deaths stated in the above table includes only the deaths actually occurring in common
lodging-houses and a few deaths occurring in public institutions among persons of the common lodging-house class,
which are brought to the knowledge of the inspectors in certain cases in which death is followed by an inquest.