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Croydon 1921
[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 nightly occupants during the year
amounted to 26,782 men and 2,387 women, making a total of
29,169. The average number of lodgers amounted to 73 men and
6 women per night.
The receipts and expenditure (exclusive of sinking fund and interest) for the past seven years were:-
| Receipts. | Expenditure. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | s. | d. | |||
| 1915 | 787 | 9 | 1 | 737 | 17 | 10 |
| 1916 | . 722 | 16 | 1 | 682 | 15 | 10 |
| 1917 | 678 | 15 | 4 | 698 | 4 | 1 |
| 1918 | 781 | 1 | 7 | 854 | 3 | 0 |
| 1919 | 834 | 0 | 5 | 916 | 15 | 3 |
| 1920 | 1083 | 10 | 7 | 1216 | 14 | 9 |
| 1921 | 1126 | 0 | 0 | 1404 | 0 | 0 |
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:-
| Premies. | No. of Room?. | Accommodation. |
|---|---|---|
| 11 & 12, Princess Road | 12 | 54 men and 8 married couples. |
| 9, Prosp ct Place | 7 | 18 men and 5 m irried couples. |
| 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24, Lahore Road | 30 | 50 men, 10 women, and 6 married couples. |
| 52, 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
of 200 adults, or, if we add the Municipal Common
Lodging House, a total of five houses with 263 single beds and 19
double beds.
During the year common lodging houses received 532 visits.
Minor infringements of bye-laws were detected on 50 occasions,
but in no case were they sufficiently serious for legal proceedings
to be taken.