[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 67

London County Council 1908

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

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Deaths among inmates of common lodging houses.
The following table shows the proportion of deaths from several causes per 1,000 deaths
among males in common lodging-houses, the corresponding figures for London being shown for comparative
purposes. The deaths ot persons removed from common lodging-houses to infirmaries and
other like public institutions have been included. The total number of deaths among lodgers (males
and females) in common-lodging houses during the year was 867; the large majority of these deaths
occurred in nublic institutions.
Homeless persons.
Efforts were made in 1904, 1905, and 1907 to ascertain the number of persons in the Metropolis
who, being without homes, passed the night in the street, or on the staircases of tenement houses of
which the street doors are left unfastened. On the night of 15th January, 1909, a similar investigation
was made. The result on the last occasion differed but slightly from the results of the three previous
investigations, and the statement made in 1905 that homeless persons were in the proportion of about
1 in every 2,000 of the population was practically upheld. It should, however, be mentioned that
of 2,088 homeless persons found in 1909, charitable institutions provided shelter and food, but no bed,
for 1,329 men, for a few hours during the night. It is interesting to note that the vacant
beds in common lodging-houses on the night of 15th January, 1909, would have accommodated three
times the number of persons found to be without lodging. A satisfactory feature of the inquiry was
the diminution in the number of homeless women found. Appended to this report is a more detailed
account of the results of this inquiry. (See appendix IV.)
Seamen's Lodging-Houses.
Under the provisions of section 214 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, the Council has made
by-laws for the regulation of houses accommodating seamen. These by-laws came into force on the
1st October, 1901.

Table: Table showing the number of deaths of males at five age periods from certain causes per1,000deaths from all causes in London(1907)and licensed common lodging-houses(1907 and 1908).

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Table showing the number of deaths of males at five age periods from certain causes per1,000deaths from all causes in London(1907)and licensed common lodging-houses(1907 and 1908).

Cause of death.	Age 25 to 35.			Age 35 to 45.			Age 45 to 55.			Age 55 to 65.			Age 65 and upwards.
Cause of death.	London. 1907.	C.L.H. 1907.	CL.H, 1908.	London, 1907.	C.L.H. 1907.	C L.H. 1908.	London, 1907.	C.L.H. 1907.	C.L.H. 1908.	London, 1907.	C.L.H. 1907.	C.L.H. 1908.	London, 1907.	C.L.H. 1907.	C.L.H. 1908 +- -+, 1908
Phthisis	390	571	500	325	559	463	219	374	307	108	259	314	26	110	148
Other tubercular	25	—	69	15	17	-	14	13	20	4	12	6	1	14	4
diseases Alcoholism (including cirrhosis of the liver)	26	24	22	37	17	20	42	26	32	35 1	54	38	11	5	24
Urinary diseases	31	48	22	51	42	47	65	65	63	87	36	49	85	71	33
Violence	102	48	22	79		37	66	26	38	39	18	17	29	24	20
Cancer	26	"	22	54	17	47	121	65	38	160	72	43	95	81	76
Circulatory diseases	98	71	46	129	119	131	167	103	189	224	169	155	252	152	152
Nervous diseases	36	-	46	37	34	47	32	6	20	41	24	39	44	43	52
Bronchitis	16	—	22	28	8	37	50	103	78	90	121	155	148	195	192
Pneumonia	91	143	207	106	111	114	98	168	130	90	139	110	70	110	52
Other causes	159	95	22	139	76	57	126	51	85	122	96	74	239	195	244
Total (all causes)	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000

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In the year 1908 proceedings before the magistrate were instituted in three instances, resulting
in three convictions, the penalties amounting to £17 and £7 costs.
The number of cases of notifiable infectious disease reported in seamen's lodging houses was
six, all being cases of scarlet fever. The patients were children belonging to the families of three
keepers.

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 the supervision of seamen's lodging houses was undertaken by the Council:—

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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 the supervision of seamen's lodging houses was undertaken by the Council:—

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 cases of infectious disease.
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.	£	s.	d.	No. of cases of infectious disease.
1902	97	1,665	2,842	-	-	-	-			-
1903	102	1,748	1,956	4	2	1	1	16	0	7
1904	90	1,585	1,298	10	3	3	11	7	0	10
1905	77	1,509	1,509	15	5	5	9	13	6	1
1906	84	1,551	1,431	38	9	8	43	7	0	2
1907	82	1,550	2,169	70	8	7	38	19	0	5
1908	85	1,571	2,081	78	3	3	24	0	0	6

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Table: Table showing the number of deaths of males at five age periods from certain causes per1,000deaths from all causes in London(1907)and licensed common lodging-houses(1907 and 1908).

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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 the supervision of seamen's lodging houses was undertaken by the Council:—