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The inspections and re-inspections of the registered lodging houses in the Borough numbered
8,245. Notices requiring the remedy of defects found were served in 1,007 instances, and 77 cases
of overcrowding were abated. The owners of seven 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 2,071 lodging houses on the Council's Register, 187 were in
1912 let in furnished rooms, the rent charged being at the rate of 1s. 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 1s. 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 1,520.
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:—
Common Lodging Houses.
Ward.
Name of Keeper.
Address of Common
Lodging House.
No. of Lodgers, for which
licensed in 1914.
Male.
Female.
Total.
Golborne
Madden, James
194, Kensal Road
75
75
Norland
Rusha, Alfred
18, Bangor Street
...
24
24
„
Do.
20, do.
...
45
45
„
Reynolds, Charles
35. do.
22
...
22
„
Nagle, William
5, do.
44
...
44
„
Do.
7, do.
„
Hankins, George
10, Crescent Street
...
25
25
„
Do.
28, do.
54
...
54
„
Do.
30, do.
„
Do.
40, do.
...
25
25
„
Rusha, Alfred
25, do.
...
57
57
„
Do.
27, do.
„
Do.
31, do.
53
...
58
„
Do.
33, do.
„
Davis, Sagel
66, St. Ann's Road
66
66
„
Rusha, Alfred
34, Sirdar Road
...
53
53
„
Do.
36, do.
„
Do.
38, do.
48
...
48
„
Do.
40, do.
„
Code, George
12, Penzance Place
...
43
43
Holland
liedman, Emma
24, Peel Street
34
...
34
„
Do.
22, do.
Totals
401
272
673