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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1916
Annual report for the year 1916 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow
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COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
Applications for licences were received in respect of common lodginghouses
in the County of London and considered by the Public Health
Committee, which sat as the licensing authority on behalf of the London
County Council, at a Special Meeting held at the County Hall, Spring
Gardens, S.W., on June 27th, 1916, at 11 o'clock a.m., as follows:—
65, Bow Lane, 41 men, John Moore.
193, 5, 7, Bow Road, Bow Chambers, 552 men, Geo. Benjamin
Oyler.
196, Bow Road, 56 men, George J. Betts.
217, Bow Road, 78 men, Thomas Levy.
144, High Street, 37 men, Thomas Alfred Felton.
207, High Street, 199 men, George Benjamin Oyler.
378, Old Ford Road, 31 men, Betha Nicholson.
| No. | Address of Premises. | Lodgers. | Keeper. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Garford Street | 10 | Bertha Peterson |
| 97 | Garford Street (Scandinavian Home) | 168 | Axel Welin |
| — | Jeremiah Street (Queen Vic. S. Rest) | 46 | David Roe (Rev.) |
| 3 | Pennyfields | 7 | Felix Twede |
| 48 | „ | 17 | Wong Toung |
| 49 | High Street, Poplar | 22 | Lai Quai |
| 70 | ,, „ | 22 | Choy Sing |
| 38 | Pennyfields | 43 | Charles King |
| 142 | High Street | 29 | Noogi Mayeda |
| 42 | Pennyfields | 32 | Chan Jupp |
| 235 | Westferry Road | 12 | Sydney Lamb |
On 1st November a list of seamen's lodging houses was received
from the London County Council in regard to which applications for
licences and renewal of licences would be considered by the Public Health
Committee of the London County Council on 30th November, 1916, at