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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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TABLE III. Number of permanently Free Beds in premises licensed as Common Lodging Houses on the night of the 18th February, 1910. In other licensed Common Lodging Houses, some 400 or 500 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. | |
| — | — | — | 414 | |
| (Closed) | — | — | — | |
| Church Army Labour, Warner-place | — | — | — | 69 |
| — | — | — | 121 | |
| — | 23 | — | — | |
| — | — | — | 96 | |
| Medland Hall | 318 | — | — | — |
| 28, Betts-street | — | — | — | — |
| Barnardo's Home, Commercial-street | — | 14 | 8 | — |
| Salvation Army, Quaker-street | — | — | — | 197 |
| 20 | — | — | — | |
| 338 | 37 | 8 | 897 | |
| Unoccupied on night of census | 25 | 85 | — | 51 |
TABLE IV.
Number of persons in Shelters, etc., not licensed as Common Lodging Houses.
| Sanitary district. | Free beds. | For labour. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men. | Women. | Children. | Men. | |
| (1) | — | 4 | — | — |
| (1) | 33 | 24 | — | — |
| (2) | — | 19 | — | — |
| (1) | — | — | — | 86 |
| (1) | 21 | — | — | — |
| (2) | 139 | 109 | 11 | — |
| 193 | 156 | 11 | 86 | |
| There were on the same night in Church Army Labour Homes and the Homes for Women | 422 men and 194 women. | |||