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London County Council 1908

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

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Table: TABLE II.Common Lodging Houses.

TABLE II.

Common Lodging Houses.

Sanitary district.No. of housesAccommodation.Census on 15th—16th Jan., 1909.No. of vacant beds on 15th—16th Jan., 1909.No. of persons turned away unable to pay, &c.
Males.Females.Couples.Males.Females.Couples.Males. •Females.Couples.Males.Females.Couples.
Battersea8157782397169606214---
Bermondsey51,073—-821—-252—-4-—
Bethnal-green14712--523--189--10--
Camberwell6536-—523--128——7--
Chelsea933752—25436—831633-
City of London1452--442--10-----
Deptford81,15980-65222-50758-32--
Finsbury8543--414--0758-21--
Fulham143--36--7--7--
Greenwich4157--102--55--1--
Hackney6401--254--147--6--
Hammersmith9466-44310-3156-1---
Hampstead-------—-----
Holborn281,701162-1,487118-21444-29--
Islington431,2282151883612673928911281-
Kensington24431272-277146—154126----
Lambeth7693--626--67--9--
Lewisham130—-20--10----—
Paddington719540-13626—5914-5--
Poplar91,143-—599—-544—-46--
St. Marylebone171,306109-1,12775-17934-192—
St. Pancras10727109-59744-13065-87-
Shoreditch12774—-592--182—-10--
Southwark443,231430—2,372273-859157-44--
Stepney565,4406941804,3695061281,0711885219027
Stoke Newington137--35--2—---—
Wandsworth101855½201675½1418-6---
Westminster172,30075-2,07064-23011-48--
Woolwich2351944-43626-8318-20--
Totals38825,9762,365½24520,0591,483½1615,91788284544157

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½ 1 child.
Note.—In addition to the figures given above there were in Rowton Houses on the same night 4,473 men
and 635 vacant beds.

Table: TABLE III.Number of permanently Free Beds in premises licensed as Common Lodging Houses on the night of the 15th January, 1909. In other licensed Common Lodging Houses, some COO or 700 beds occupied on that night were paid for by charitable institutions, chiefly by the Church Army.

TABLE III.

Number of permanently Free Beds in premises licensed as Common Lodging Houses on the night of the 15th January, 1909. In other licensed Common Lodging Houses, some COO or 700 beds occupied on that night were paid for by charitable institutions, chiefly by the Church Army.

Premises.Free beds.For labour.
Men.Women.Children.Men.
Bermondsey.
Salvation Army, Spa-road———321
Bethnal-green.
Holy Trinity Church, Old Nichol-street21——-
Ghurch Army Labour, Warner-place———71
Finsbury.
Church Army Home, Banner-street---132
Kensington.
Barnardo's Home, St. John s-place-615-
St. Pancras.
Salvation Army Home, Argyle-square---96
Stepney.
Medland Hall343-8-
28, Betts-street-6—-
Barnardo's Home, Commercial-street-22—-
Salvation Army, Quaker-street---202
Westminster.
Ham Yard Hospice, Great Windmill-street20---
3843423822
Unoccupied on night of census447—33