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London County Council 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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 of 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 754 ; the large majority of these deaths
occurred in public institutions.
Deaths
among
inmates of
common
lodging
houses.
Table showing the number of deaths of males at five age periods from certain causes per 1,000 deaths from all causes in London (1910) and licensed common lodging-houses (1910 and 1911).
| Cause of death. | Age 25 to 35. | Age 35 to 45. | Age 45 to 55. | Age 55 to 65. | Age 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London, 1910. | C.L.H 1010. | C.L.H. 1911. | London, 1910. | C.L.H. 1910. | C.L.H. 1911. | London, 1910. | C.L.H. 1910. | C.L.H. 1911. | London 1910. | C.L.H. 1910. | C.L.H 1911. | London, 1910. | C.L H. 1910. | C.L.H. 1911 | |
| — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| — | — | ||||||||||||||
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Enquiry has been made with regard to 238 persons notified under the orders and giving addresses
at common lodging houses licensed by the Council, viz., 221 males and 17 females. The age distribution
of 237 of these cases was as follows :—
Phthisis in
Common
Lodging
Houses.
15— 20— 25— 35— 45— 55— 65—
4 5 33 65 81 44 5
As the result of enquiry, information was obtained in respect of 221 of the patients as to whether
their illness began before or after they had resorted to this mode of living.
Of the total (221) the onset of illness was stated in 89 cases to date from a time prior to that when
resort was made to common lodging-houses, while in 16 other cases it was practically coincident with
entry.
As regards cases developing after commencement of this mode of life in 31 cases the illness was
first manifested before the expiration of three years ; in 14 cases in from three to five years, in 35
cases in from five to ten years, in 24 cases between ten and twenty years and in 12 cases the illness
developed after more than twenty years of common lodging house life.
Seamen's Lodging-houses.
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Under the provisions of section 214 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, the Council made
by-laws for the regulation of houses accommodating seamen. These by-laws came into force on
the 1st October, 1901.
As the result of correspondence with the Board of Trade on the subject of the licensing of seamen's
lodging-houses, it was thought desirable that the by-laws should be amended in certain particulars.
This was accordingly done, the new by-laws were sealed by the Council on 16th December,
1909, and came into force on 1st January, 1910. An Order of His Majesty in Council making it an offence
to keep a seamen's lodging-house within the County of London unless such house is licensed by the
County Council, came into force on 19th February, 1910.
The number of seamen's lodging houses under supervision at the end of 1911 was 36
| Metropolitan borough. | Houses. | Lodgers. |
|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 11 | 323 |
| Stepney • | 25 | 850 |
| Total | 36 | 1,173 |
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