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These ten Blocks, containing 436 tenements, are inhabited by 1,348
persons = 3'08 persons to each tenement.
COMMON LODGING-HOUSE,
116, Middlesex Street.
The Salvation Army "Working Men's Hotel and Shelter," opened on the
7th February, 1906, at 116, Middlesex Street, is the only Common Lodging-House in
the City. Accommodation is provided for 455 persons (including a staff of 26), and
the charge for the hotel portion is 5d. per night, and for the Shelter 2d. per night,
These prices include what is termed by the fraternity "a bath and a bake" (a bath and
disinfection of clothing). Food can be purchased at the Hotel cheaply. The premises
are periodically inspected and always found to be well managed and kept in a cleanly
condition. During the year there has been no repetition of the nuisance formerly
complained of, caused by a number of men congregating outside waiting for admission
and spitting on the pavement. As men so waiting number on occasions over 100, this
nuisance was very real, and the cessation is doubtless due to the action of the Authorities,
who refuse admission to applicants if they have been waiting about in the immediate
vicinity of the premises before the doors open at 5 p.m.
DRAINAGE PLANS.
In the course of the year, 361 plans have been submitted with regard to proposed
reconstruction of water-closets or drains in the City.