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"The experience of the Council's officers in making the
inquiry, especially in the Stepney district, was somewhat
remarkable, inasmuch as staircases and gateways, usually
frequented by homeless persons, were, on the night in
question, found to be locked or otherwise fastened up. This
would not, I think, affect the total number of homeless poor
found, but would increase the number of persons found
aimlessly wandering the streets, who would, of course, be
included in the figures.
"I caused further inquiries to be made on a subsequent
night, when these staircases were found to be occupied as
usual. The result was as follows—
"Duval Street—7 men and 11 women.
"Little Paternoster Row—1 man and 33 women.
"Shepherd Street Buildings—2 men and 2 women.
"I submit a table showing the number of persons found
on the night of 17th February, 1905, in the several districts of
London, also the number of persons turned away for various
causes from common lodging-houses."
Local Authority. Men. Women.
Bermondsey 75 —
Camberwell 8 8
Chelsea 21 11
City of London 59 2
Finsbury 30 11
Hammersmith 11 3
Islington 12 —
Kensington 5 7
Lambeth 43 9
Paddington — 2
St. Marylebone 7 11
St. Pancras 1 —
Shoreditch 8 -
Southwark 74 81
Stepney 303 116
Westminster 1,212 51
1,869 312
"Table showing the number of persons turned away from common
lodging houses on the night of 17th February, 1905:—