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Number of nuisances referred to District Inspectors:
(a) Defective or obstructed drains 6
(b) Defective roofs, guttering, etc. 23
(c) Water supply in tenement house 2
(d) Miscellaneous 109
Remarks:
During the year the Inspector deputised for District Inspectors on
14 days, and was engaged on disinfestation work (HCN) for 28 days and
on the overcrowding survey for 56 days.
(b) Common Lodging Houses.
The following 5 Common Lodging Houses were licensed to 30th
June,1936.
(1) 65, Bow Lane—Sidney Moore (40 men).
(2) 196, Bow Road—Mrs. Elizabeth Betts (56 men).
(3) East London Hostel, Garford Street (Salvation Army)—
Evangeline Booth (294 men).
(4) 378. Old Ford Road—Mrs. Elizabeth Hooper (18 men).
(5) 38, Pennyfields—Thomas Alfred Felton (46 men).
88 inspections of Common Lodging Houses, including 10 night
inspections, were made in 1935.
Homeless Persons.
In connection with a census of homeless persons which it had been
the practice of the London County Council to take for a number of years,
the Council co-operated by furnishing information as to the number of
beds occupied and vacant at Common Lodging Houses in the Borough on
the night of 15th February. The total of licensed beds was 451 and beds
occupied 331. The number of men known to be in receipt of Public
Assistance was 28, and 18 beds were paid for by charitable organisations.