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City of Westminster 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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19
Common Lodging House Deaths.
Reference has been made in former reports to the shifting population
which inhabits the four common lodging houses which are licensed in
the City. Some of the residents are permanent, but a greater proportion
are birds of passage. Deaths among the latter class of people tend to
increase the death-rates of the Wards in which those lodging houses are
situated; 107 deaths of persons giving addresses in common lodging
houses occurred in 1926. They were mostly in institutions:—
Table XXI.
| Deaths. | |
|---|---|
| Bruce House (L.C.C.) (licensed for 715 men) | 42 |
| *33, Great Peter Street | 1 |
| 10, Great Peter Street (Salvation Army) (licensed for 565 men) | 27 |
| 16, Strutton Ground (licensed for 201 men) | 27 |
| 40, Great Peter Street (Church Army) (licensed for 57 women and 2 children) | 10 |
| 107 |
* Discontinued many years ago.