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Croydon 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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MUNICIPAL COMMON LODGING HOUSE.
This Lodging House affords accommodation for 17 women and
84 men. The number of occupants during the year amounted to
25,668 men and 4,504 women. The average number of lodgers
amounted to 70 men and 12 women per night.
The receipts and expenditure (exclusive of sinking fund and interest) for the past five years were :—
| Receipts. | Expenditure, | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1906 | 804 | 5 | 8 | 665 | 6 | 10 |
| 1907 | 811 | 17 | 9 | 572 | 9 | 7 |
| 1908 | 753 | 0 | 9 | 624 | 7 | 5 |
| 1909 | 750 | 0 | 0 | 632 | 15 | 7 |
| 1910 | 956 | 3 | 6 | 765 | 13 | 2 |
OTHER COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
There are ten other houses on the register.
The following Table gives the situation of the ten registered houses and the accommodation provided therein :—
| Premises. | No. of Rooms. | Accommodation. |
|---|---|---|
| 11 & 12, Princess Road | 12 | 54 men and 8 married couples. |
| 9, Prosprct Place (late Bell Yard) | 6 | 14 men and 5 married couples. |
| 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24 Lahore Road | 30 | 50 men, 10 women, and 6 married couples. |
| “he Jolly Bleachers” Union Street | 13 | 30 men. |
Nos. 19 to 24, Lahore Road.—These houses are under one
management and worked as one establishment, as also are Nos. 11
and 12, Princess Road. Practically, therefore, only four common
lodging houses now remain in the Borough, with a total accommodation
for 196 adults, or if we add the Municipal Common
Lodging House, a total of five houses with 259 single beds and 19
double beds.
During the year common lodging houses received 579 visits,
while 10 houses received night visits.
Minor infringements of bye-laws were detected on 6 occasions,
but in no case were they sufficiently serious for legal proceedings to
be taken.