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London County Council 1907

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

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Table: TABLEI.Homeless Poor Census.Classification of homeless poor according to districts.

TABLEI.

Homeless Poor Census.

Classification of homeless poor according to districts.

DistrictMen.Women.Children.
1. Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge, Kensington, Hammersmith, Edgware-road, Harrow-road, Paddington and Kilburn15460-
2. Grosvenor-road, Chelsea-embankment, Sloane-street, Brompton-road, Lillie-road to River1131
*3. City West, Embankment, Westminster, Soho, St. James's Park, Marble Arch1,25659-
4. Islington, Clerkenwell, Hoxton, Holloway, King's Cross, Gray 's Inn-road, Camden Town5889-
5. Bethnal-green-road, Kingsland-road, Hackney-road35-
†6. Spitalfields, Whitechapel-road, Bethnal-green-road, Cambridge-road, Bishopsgate24696-
7. City East, Shad well, Poplar, Limehouse148283
8. Borough, Southwark, Lambeth, Kennington, Clapham11861-
9. Bermondsey, Elephant, Old Kent-road, Camberwell, Peckham, Albert-embankment, Westminster-bridge-road, Vauxhall41-
Totals1,9984024

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*Including 862 men and 36 women on Embankment for free food and 156 men at the Church Army tents.
†Including 25 men and 2 women buying cheap food at Salvation Army shelter in Whitechapel-road.

Table: TABLEII.Common Lodging Houses.-

TABLEII.Common Lodging Houses.

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Sanitary district.No. of HousesAccommodation.Census on 8th—9th Feb., 1907.Number of vacant beds on 8th—9th Feb., 1907.Number of persons turned away unable to pay, etc.
Males.Females.Couples,• Males.Females.Couples.Males.Females.Couples.' Males.Females.Couples.
Battersea81577823122166356217
Bermondsey5885--651--234--37-
Bethnal-green15717--544--173--8-
Camberwell6537432--105--8
Chelsea933752-24741-9011-14-
City of London1452-452--33--
Deptford81,1944982633-36816-17--
Finsbury8543--452-91-92--
Fulham260--46-14---
Greenwich4157--102-55-8--
Hackney6401-291-110-3--
Hammersmith9466-433331331---
Hampstead----------
Holborn301,807162-1,518137-28925-8--
Islington421,17821718932140122467763031
Kensington24439272-315160-124112-—--
Lambeth7702--488--214--34--
Lewisham130--17--13-----
Paddington710540-13722-5818----
Poplar101,198--879--319--30--
St. Marylebone171,32184-1,18443-13741-23-
St. Pancras10767112-60755-16057-1--
Shoreditch11731--621--110--5--
Southwark433,171492-2,592290-579V202-7010-
Stepney675,6347541804,4965631721,138191820248
Stoke Newington137--35--2--1--
Wandsworth91765½2015951417½62—-
Westminster191,75975-1,490602691543-
Woolwich2454844-470337811101-
Totals40325,5992,436½24520,4381,5982075,161838½38658219

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½= 1 child.
Note—In addition to the figures given above there were in Rowton Houses on the same night, 4,263 men, and
in Bruce House, Kemble-street, Westminster, 642 men.