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London County Council 1914

Annual report of the Council, 1914 Vol. III public health...

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Report of the Countij Medical Officer—General.
Common Lodging-Houses.
The administration of the Common.Lodging Houses Acts devolved upon the Council in 1894.
By the passing of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902, the Council obtained powers
to license common lodging-houses annually. New by-laws for the regulation of common lodginghouses
came into force on the 1st October, 1903.

Table: In the lollowing table will be seen the number ot houses, the authorised number ot loagers, tne number of convictions, with the penalties inflicted, and other particulars during each year since 1894

In the lollowing table will be seen the number ot houses, the authorised number ot loagers, tne number of convictions, with the penalties inflicted, and other particulars during each year since 1894

Tear.No. of houses on register.Authorised number of lodgers.No. of day visits by inspectors.No. of night visits.No. of prosecutions.No. of convictions.Penalties and costs.No. of cases of infectious disease.
£s.d.
189562629,5741612376099
189659629,14028,331—313011216071
189758128,71826,121—31309211048
189856028,33227,658—29291673044
189954428,44828,2291,16225221839054
190052828,31128,428668161310215040
190151428,03735,2252,13316159630166 '
190249128,97040,5121,44922219840684
190347028,89333,4024,790662611053
190445128,89627,5012,9701514626066
190541327,57128.1581,5652116773014
190640228,06330,0282,34944111022
190739528,65133,6302,30733129027
190838728,37932,2972,4291122013
190938328,30229,3241,28633220019
191036827,91426,7331,5892274013?
191136428,00025,2432,0662258016
191235127,11025,3541,872557509"
191334626,56225,6341,85687231168
191430826,30824,2101,708551410011

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The number of cases of notifiable infectious disease reported in common lodging-houses was
as follows : Scarlet fever, 5 ; erysipelas, 4 ; diphtheria, 2 ; total 11.

Table: Ihe following table shows the total number ot common lodging houses, ana the authorised accommodation for the different classes of lodgers in the several districts other than the City of London on 31st December, 1914 :—

Ihe following table shows the total number ot common lodging houses, ana the authorised accommodation for the different classes of lodgers in the several districts other than the City of London on 31st December, 1914 :—

Metropolitan boroughs.Number of Houses.Authorised Accommodation.
Men.Women.Couples.Total.
Battersea39966165
Bermondsey51,261——1,261
Bethnal Green12599——599
Camberwell5466——466
Chelsea4236——236
Deptford81,18249—1,231
Finsbury644658—504
Fulham24351—94
Greenwich3121——121
Hackney7498——498
Hammersmith ..9466—. 4474
Hampstead—————
Holborn201,476144—1,620
Islington381,101186181,323
Kensington22401272—673
Lambeth6691——691
Lewisham130——30
Paddington718437—221
Poplar7994-994
St. Marylebone111,0281091,137
St. Pancras660036—636
Shoreditch10752——752
Southwark372,994449—3,443
Stepney445,2327201806,312
Stoke Newington137—37
Wandsworth8175516212
Westminster, City of ..82,00557—2,062
Woolwich1846551—516
London—excluding the City of London30823,5822,29021826,308