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with respect to houses intended for the working classes, and let in lodgings or occupied by members
of more than one family.
The inspections and re-inspections of the registered lodging houses in the Borough numbered
7,340. Notices requiring the remedy of defects found were served in 781 instances, and 48 cases
of overcrowding were abated. The owners of six lodging houses were summoned for breaches of
the lodging house bye-laws, or failure to carry out sanitary works required by the inspectors.
Furnished Rooms. —Of the 2,065 lodging houses on the Council's Register, 187 were in
1912 let in furnished rooms, the rent charged being at the rate of Is. per room for one night, or
6s. for a complete week. A complete list of the furnished lodging houses in the Borough will be
found in the Appendix of the Annual Report for 1912 which on page 47 contains a summary
showing the streets in which such houses are situated, and the number of such houses in each street.
The following figures show the number of houses let in furnished rooms at Is. per night in the
different parts of the Borough:—
Norland Ward
143
St. Charles Ward
17
Pembridge Ward
24
Golborne Ward
2
Holland Ward
1
Other Wards
0
Total
187
Notting Dale Special Area in the Norland Ward 103
In 70 of the above 187 houses, unfurnished as well as furnished rooms were being let in 1912,
the remaining 117 houses being let furnished throughout.
The inspection of houses let in furnished lodgings during the year numbered 1,435.
Common Lodging Houses.—The Common Lodging Houses in the Borough number 22, and
contain accommodation for 673 persons. From the following Table it will be seen that 19 of these
houses are situated in the Norland Ward:—