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Common Lodging-houses.
The total common lodging-house accommodation available during
the year was 2,255 beds for men, 62 for women. At the end of the
year the accommodation for men was reduced to 2,051 by the closure
of the Salvation Army Shelter, Kean Street, and the lodging-house at
45-47, Tufton Street.
Deaths.—90 deaths (85 males and 5 females) occurred in 1913 among
inmates of the common lodging-houses and shelters in the City. 35 of
the deaths were due to phthisis, 22 to respiratory diseases, 7 to nervous
diseases, 7 to diseases of the heart and blood vessels, 8 to cancer, and 3
to kidney disease. There were 43 deaths from St. John's Ward, 9 from
Covent Garden, and 36 from Strand. The following is a list of the
common lodging-houses in Westminster, the number for which they
were licensed,-and the number of deaths which occurred during the
last five years among persons alleged to have been inmates:—
Common Lodging Houses.
No. of
beds.
Deaths.
1909.
1910.
1911.
1912.
1913.
Men.
Bruce House, Kembie Street
(L.C.C.) 706 28 36 34 24 32
33, Great Peler Street 397 22 11 8 14 16
Ham Yard Hospice, Great
Windmill Street 20
11,12, and 13, Hanoyer Court 105 10 8 8 8 9
108, Regency Street 8
The Schools, Kean Street
(S.A. Shelter) 125 7 8 4 10 4
16, Strutton Ground. 222 10 3 8 7 12
45 and 47, Tufton Street 79 — 2 3 4 5
S.A. Shelter, Great Peter
Street 593 — 1 6 8 2
Women
40, Great Peter Street 62 1 4 4 1 5
In addition, 5 deaths were recorded of former inmates of common
lodging-houses the use of which has been discontinued.
Tuberculosis.—87 new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis (8 being
women) were notified from common lodging-houses or as being homeless.
Of the 87, 17 have died since notification in 1913, and the deaths
have been recorded of 26 notified in previous years, but probably a
number have died elsewhere.
The total number of deaths from all causes recorded in 1913 of
persons with common lodging-house addresses, or as homeless, was 221,
as compared with 160 in 1912.
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