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London County Council 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Situation and total accommodation.	Dormitory and nature of sleeping accommodation.	No. of beds or bunks at time of visit.	Cubic space per bed or bunk.	Floor space per bed or bunk.	Lavatory accommodation.	Water-closet accommodation.	Whether separate day-room is provided or not.
The Salvation Army Shelters,&c- The Ark, Southwark-street, S.E.— 189 beds; men; fourpence ant sixpence a night			Cubic feet.	Super, feet.	Large lavatory in basement. Badly lighted 4 metal stands with 9 loose basins. 5 troughs for washing clothes. 4 bath-rooms.	6 water-closets in basement Situation not good. Ventilation provided by an air shaft extending up through building to roof One water closet (not in use) opens directly out of a dormitory A water closet on 2nd, on 3rd, and on 4th floors, is in each case in direct communication with sleeping room	Yes. (1) Common kitchen. (2) Reading-room, also used for mission services for lodgers.
	- Ground floor, dormitory, beds	8	378	36
	floor, single bed cubicles	24	445	39
	and one room with beds	8	445	39
	2nd floor, cubicles	38	437	41
	3rd floor, common dormitory	55	280	27
	4th floor, cubicles	46	321	35
The Harbour, Stanhope-street Strand—105 beds; men; four pence a night	Dormitory No. 3, beds	4	241	29	Lavatory accommodation, fair; 1 bath-room. Partly situated in common kitchen	5 water-closets	Yes. (1) Common kitchen. (2) Reading-room; also used for mission services for lodgers.
	„ No. 4, „	6	223	27
	„ No. 5, „ .	7	236	29
	„ No. 18, „	6	193	25
	„ No. 19, „	5	223	29
	„ No. 20, „	4	219	28
The Anchor, Green-street, Bethnal green—159 beds; men; fourpence a night	Ground floor, common dormitory, beds	24	330	30	Good lavatory. Inadequate number of basins, only 7 noticed. Troughs for clothes-washing. A bath-room, free	6 trough water-closets, and urinal accommodation situated in open yard. Internal water-closes, one on each floor. One on ground floor in bad situation, owing to proximity to food store-room	Yes. Badly situated in basement. (1) Common kitchen; light and ventilation bad. (2) Reading or mission-room, the means of light and ventilation are better than in kitchen.
	„ „ „ „ „	11	336	23
	„ „ „ „ „	12	246	28
	lst floor	18	357	36
	„ „ „ „ „	9	357	36
	„ „ „ „ „	7	395	41
	„ „ „ „ „	4	526	30
	„ landing, beds	2	504	51
	2nd floor, common dormitory with beds	13	354	40
	„ „ „	9	330	37
	„ „ „	9	283	32
	„ „ „	4	556	56
	„ landing, beds	5	538	60
	3rd floor, cubicles	32	431	63
The Metropole, Charles-street, Holborn, E.C. — About 328; men twopence and threepence a night	Ground floor, common dormitory, jubilee bunks, 2-tiers high	56	234	21	Lavatory in basement, approached from kitchen. It contains 3 metal stands, 7 loose basins and small baths, two bath-rooms	6 trough water-closets, automatically flushed. Situated in an open yard	Yes; in basement. Light and ventilation inadequately provided for.
	1st floor „ „	69	212	20
	2nd floor „ „	70	193	20
	3rd floor, common dormitory, floor bunks	64	209	22
The Lifeboat, Royal Mint-street, E. —135; men; twopence and four-pence a night	4th floor „ „	69	244	21
	1st floor, common dormitory, beds	22	412	42	Metal troughs with 6 loose basins. Lavatory approached direct from day room. Accommodation inadequate.	6 trough water-closets, automatically flushed. Situation objectionable owing to relation to day room and absence of a proper open air space separating water-closets from habitable part of shelter	Yes, on ground floor. Badly lighted This room has through ventilation by communication with a narrow ventilated space at rear in which the lavatory and the water-closets are situated.
	2nd floor, common dormitory, floor bunks	55	179	24
	3rd floor	58	154	23
The Net, Burne-street, N.W.—396; men; twopence a night	Basement, dormitory, floor bunks	96	272	25	5 metal stands for loose basins. No baths. Lavatory accommodation inadequate and badly situated	6 trough water - closets, without doors, 5 urinals. Badly situated in an unlighted and badly ventilated space	Yes. (1) In basement. Not good; room being in aerial communication with a sleeping room and also with two badly lighted and ventilated water-closets. (2) Part of the ground floor is used during day time as a cheap food depot. At night this is used by lodgers as a sitting room
The Net, Burne-street, N.W.—396; men; twopence a night	Top, dormitory, floor bunks	300	304	22
St. John's-square Shelter, Clerkenwell—129 or more; men; twopence a night	1st floor, common dormitory, floor bunks	57	300	26	Lavatory accommodation in basement. A wooden bench has been fitted up, on this 8 basins and 8 small baths were noticed. 'No bathroom. Inadequate accommodation	7 trough-closets; urinals. Situated in basement; unlighted and inadequately ventilated. A water-closet on top floor communicates directly with dormitory	Yes, on ground floor; badly lighted and ventilated. Also used as a sleeping room for late lodgers, if any; seldom more than 30.
	Top floor, common dormitory, floor bunks, and one jubilee bunk for six	72	258	24
	A few bunks put up in day room for late comers, if necessary (about 20-30)
Horseferry-road Shelter, Westminster— 218; men; twopence a night	Ground floor, common dormitory, floor bunks	76	247	23	A small lavatory, with troughs and about 11 basins, and wash tub. No bath-room. Inadequate	7 trough water - closets near lavatory ; light and ventilation good	Yes; badly lighted, and ventilation inadequately provided for by one window at end and several air shafts in roof.
	Top floor back, common dormitory, floor bunks	76	303	21
	Top floor front, common dormitory, floor bunks	66	276	16
272; Whitechapel-road—270; men; twopence a night	lst and 2nd floors (really one large room), floor bunks and jubilee bunks	270	216	22	A well-lighted and ventilated lavatory, with 6 metal trough stands for loose basins. 2 large baths	6 trough closets and a urinal in a covered-in space, provided with ventilation openings in roof. Position objectionable, owing to proximity to staircase leading to dormitorv	The eating room used during daytime as public food depot, serves as sitting room for lodgers during evenings.
Blackfriars-road Shelter—Sleeping accommodation, 396; one penny warm room, 350 to 400 ; or, a total of 746 or 796; men; one penny, twopence, or threepence a night	Late bunk room, floor bunks and jubilee bunks of 3-tiers each	67	240	20	(1.) A lavatory, communicating with the large hall (from which it is separated by a wooden part ition) with 4 metal troughs on stands, on which were 4 loose basins; also troughs for washing clothes. Here also a urinal and 6 trough closets, provided with external ventilation and automatic flush (2.) A lavatory, in direct communication with dormitory, divided into two parts—one contains 2 bath rooms and 4 trough stands for loose basins, also washing troughs; the other contains 11 trough-closete, and is provided with separate external ventilation. No doors to closets. Position objectionable, owing to communication with sleeping room (3.) A small lavatory and 4 trough-closets, reserved for use of men in 3d. portion of shelter		Yes. A large hall, well-lighted, and provided with artificial means of ventilation; also a glass-covered corridor. Both these are used throughout the night by those lodgers who only pay one penny for lodging.
	Ground floor, cubicles with bunks of 2-tiers each	49	276	23
	Ground floor, common dormitory, floor bunks	120	217	22
	1st floor, common dormitory, floor bunks, and 18 jubilee bunks of 3-tiers each	160	184	17
	Warm room and corridor, seats and benches	350 to 400	202 or 177	13 or 12