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London County Council 1909

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

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Table: TABLE I. Number of Homeless Persons distributed according to locality.

TABLE I. Number of Homeless Persons distributed according to locality.

Locality.Men.Women.Young persons.
Embankment.—Waiting for the distribution of tickets by officers of the Salvation Army*1,524——
Charing Cross, Shaftesbury-avenue, Holborn, City, Shore-ditch7533—
I.ong-acre, Great Queen-street, Kingsway, Finsbury, Broad-street, Bishopsgate73111 boy
Millbank, Wardour-street, Soho, Long-acre, Chancery-lane, Ludgate-hill121339 boys 1 girl
King William-street, London-bridge, Thames-street, Dock-street, Aldgate11028—
Wheeler-street-arches, Booth-street-dwellings, Flower and Dean-street-arches and stairs, Commercial-street8960—
Westminster-bridge, Vauxhall, Borough, New Kent-road, Peckham-rye2015 boys
Knightsbridge, Edgware-road, Westbourne-grove, Notting hill, Shepherd's Bush, Kensington, Fulham, Chelsea95191 child
Lambeth, Southwark, Bermondsey, Wandsworth14935—
Totals73222014 lads and 1 girl (14—16 yrs). 1 boy (7 yrs.). 1 child

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*1,450 of these men obtained tickets for food and shelter, and are included among the persons occupying
shelters. The remaining 74 dispersed after the distribution of tickets, and would have been included among the
homeless in the streets, or as inmates of other institutions, if they were able to find shelter.

Table: TABLE II. Common Lodging Houses.

TABLE II. Common Lodging Houses.

Sanitary District.No. of Houses.Accommodation.Census on 18th-19th February, 1910.No. of vacant beds on 18th-19th February, 1910.
Men.Women.Couples.Men.Women.Couples.Men.Women.Couples.
Battersea81577823105233525520
Bermondsey51,073——993——80——
Bethnal Green14712——493——219——
Camberwell6536——413——123——
Chelsea6248——134——114——
City of London*1434——427——7——
Deptford81,15580—53718—61862—
Finsbury8539——345——194——
Fulham24351—3146—125—
Greenwich4150——89——61——
Hackney7495——302——193——
Hammersmith9466—4308—458——
Hampstead——————————
Holborn271,629162—1,353106—27656—
Islington431,22827618825175134031015
Kensington24431272—292148—139124—
Lambeth7693——585——108——
Lewisham130——17——13——
Paddington719540—15423—4117—
Poplar91,143——616——527——
St. Marylebone171,306109—1,077101—2298—
St. Pancras972736—56720—16016—
Shoreditch12765——541——224——
Southwark443,379449—2,435305—944144—
Stepney545,3106671804,2104171421,10025038
Stoke Newington137——35——2——
Wandsworth101855201503153525
Westminster172,30075—1,85850—44225—
Woolwich2453644—45421—8223—
Totals38425,9022,34424519,3461,4561776,55688868

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*For the figures relating to the City of London I am indebted to Dr. W. H. Collingridge, medical officer of
health.
Note.—In addition to the figures given above there were in Rowton Houses on the same night 4,413 men and
607 vacant beds, or 62 more vacant beds than in 1909.