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London County Council 1911

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

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Annual R&port of the London County Council, 1911.

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 prosecu tions.No. of convictions.Penalties and costs.No. of cases of infectious disease.
£s.d.
189562629,574——1612376099
189659629,14028,331—313011216071
189758128,71826,121—31309211048
189856028,33227,658—29291673044
189954428,44828,2291,16225221839054
190052828,31128,428668161310215040
190151428,03735,2252,13316159630166
190249128,97040,5121,44922219840684
190347028,89333,4024,790662611053
190445128,89627,5012,9701514626066
190541327,57128.1581,5652116773014
190640228,06330,0282,34944111022
190739528,65133,6302,30733129027
190838723,37932,2972,4291122013
190938328,30229,3241,28633220019
191036827,91426,7331,5892274013
191136428,00025,2432,0662258016

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Accommodation
in common
lodging
houses and
details of
inspection.
It will be observed that since 1894 the number of common lodging-houses has steadily diminished.
It should be noted, however, that previously to 1903 every house was separately counted, whereas
now adjoining houses in the same occupation are counted as one house and included under one
licence. It will be seen, moreover, that although the number of houses has been reduced the authorised
number of beds varies but little, thus showing that there is a tendency for the smaller houses to be
replaced by a smaller number of larger houses.
The number of cases of notifiable infectious disease reported in common lodging-houses was as
follows :—Erysipelas, 5 ; scarlet fever, 4 ; diphtheria, 2 ; enteric fever, 5—Total 16.

Table: The following table shows the total number of common lodging houses, and the authorised accommodation for the different classes of lodgers in the several sanitary areas of London, other than that of the City, on 31st December, 1911 : —

The following table shows the total number of common lodging houses, and the authorised accommodation for the different classes of lodgers in the several sanitary areas of London, other than that of the City, on 31st December, 1911 : —

Sanitary District.Number of Houses.Authorised Accommodation.
Men.Women.Couples.Total.
Battersea915714423347
Bermondsey51,297——1,297
Bethnal Green13674——674
Camberwell5549——549
Chelsea5212——212
Deptford81,15580—1,235
Finsbury8535——535
Fulham24351—94
Greenwich3121——121
Hackney7495——495
Hammersmith9466—4474
Hampstead—————
Holborn251,512162—1,674
Islington ..421,171275181,482
Kensington22398272—670
Lambeth7693—693
Lewisham130——30
Paddington719540—235
Poplar91,143——1,143
St. Marylebone151,249109—1,358
St. Pancras870636—742
Shoreditch12764—764
Southwark423,173449—3,622
Stepney535,3676941806,421
Stoke Newington137——37
Wandsworth1018520230½
Westminster, City of132,24862—2,310
Woolwich2348076—556
London—excluding the City of London36425,0552,455½245*28,000½

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Licensed
common
lodging
houses and
accommodation
provided.
* ½ = 1 child.