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London County Council 1912

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

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Report of the County Medical Officer—General.
95

Table: TABLE II.Common Lodging Houses.

TABLE II.

Common Lodging Houses.

Sanitary District,No. of Houses.Accommodation.Census on 9th-10th February, 1912.No. of vacant beds on 9th-10th February, 1912.
Men.Women.Couples.Men.Women.Couples.Men.Women.Couples.
Battersea9157144231093844810619
Bermondsey51,297——1,179——118__
Bethnal Green13674——500——174__
Camber well5549——424——125__
Chelsea5212——140——72-_
City of London*1453——441——12__
Deptford81,15580—69213—46367-
Finsbury8535——426——109—.-
Fulham24351—4043—38_
Greenwich3121——94——27__
Hackney7495——356——139—-
Hammersmith9466—4337—2129—2
Hampstead——————————
Holborn251,512162—1,30592—20770—
Islington421,17127518820154835112110
Kensington22398272—294124ll Chldn.104148—
Lambeth7693——590——103__
Lewisham130——18——12_—
Paddington719540—13320—5220—
Poplar91,143——623——520—-
St. Marylebone141,189109—96091—22918—
St. Pancras761036—51023—10013_
Shoreditch12764——626——138——
Southwark423,173449—2,401253—772196
Stepney535,3676941804,213437171 13 Chldn1,1542579
Stoke Newington137——37------
Wandsworth10185-20159311262½9
Westminster, City of132,24862—1,86344-38518_
Woolwich2348076—41038—7038—
Totals36325,3522,455J24519,7101,373196 24 Chldn.5,6421,082449

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*For tho figures relating to the City of London, I am indebted to Dr. W. H. Collingridge, medical officer of
health of the city.
Note.—In addition to the figures given above, there were in Rowton Houses on the same night, 4,837 men
and 247 vacant beds, or 208 fewer vacant beds than in 1911.

Table: TABLE III.Number of permanently Free Beds in premises licensed as Common Lodging Houses on the night of 9th February, 1912. In other licensed Common Lodging Houses from 150 to 200 beds occupied on that night Were paid for by charitable institutions, chiefly by the Church Army, the City Temple Mission, and the Willow-street Mission.

TABLE III.

Number of permanently Free Beds in premises licensed as Common Lodging Houses on the night of 9th February, 1912. In other licensed Common Lodging Houses from 150 to 200 beds occupied on that night Were paid for by charitable institutions, chiefly by the Church Army, the City Temple Mission, and the Willow-street Mission.

Premises.Free beds.For labour.
Men.Women.Children.Men.
Bermondsey. Salvation Army, Spa-road_-_543
Bethnal Green. Church Army Labour Home, Warner-place——-58
Finsbury. Church Army Labour Home, Banner-street——-124
Kensington. Barnardo's Home, St. John's-place—911—
Stepney. Medland Hall 28, Betts-street Barnardo's Home, Commercial-street Salvation Army, Quaker-street3404 284213
Westminster. Ham-yard Hospice, Great Windmill-street20———
3604115938
Unoccupied on night of census377—40