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London County Council 1913

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

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98
Annual Report of the London County Council 1913.

Table: TABLE II.Common Lodging Houses.

TABLE II.

Common Lodging Houses.

Sanitary Area.No. of Houses.Accommodation.Census on 24th October, 1913.No. of vacant beds on 24th October, 1913.
Men.Women.Couplos.Men.Women.Couples.Men.Women.Couples.
Battorsea39966-8444-1522-
Bermondsey51,287--1,039--248--
Bethnal Green12610--458--152--
Camberwell5549--360--189--
Chelsea6230--112--124--
City of London1453--449--4--
Deptford81,15580-7799-37671-
Finsbury7484--376--108--
Fulham24351-4044-37-
Greenwich3121—-103--18—-
Hacknoy7498--363-——135—-
Hammersmith9466-4329-2137—2
Hampstead-—------—-
Holborn251,476144-1,339130-13714-
Islington401,0931871880412114289664
Kensington22401272-2781073*123102—
Lambeth7693—-551-—142——
Lewisham130—-23--7-—
Paddington719537-15632-395—
Poplar81,001—-528--473*—
St. Marylobone121,028109-95275-7634—
St. Pancras761036-55923-5113—
Shoreditch12752—-648--104-—
Southwark413,021449-2,382295639154—
Stepney535,2307471803,772430180 14*1,458303-
Stoke Newington137--32--5-—
Wandsworth81755161454133013
Westminster, City of122,13062-1,87962—251—-
Woolwich2246551-39647-694-
Totals34624,3382,29621818,9361,483209 17*5,4027969

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Note.—In addition to the figures given above, there were in Rowton Houses on the same night, 5,061 men
and 18 vacant beds. In the Mary Curzon Hostel, a new home for women, there were 35 women and 1 child. 15
beds were vacant.

Table: TABLE III.Number of permanently Free Beds in premises licensed as Common Lodging Houses on the night of 24th October, 1913. In other licensed Common Lodging Houses 33 free beds were provided on that night.

TABLE III.

Number of permanently Free Beds in premises licensed as Common Lodging Houses on the night of 24th October, 1913. In other licensed Common Lodging Houses 33 free beds were provided on that night.

Premises.Free beds.For labour.
Men.Women.Children.Men.
Bermondsey. Salvation Army, Spa-road---522
Bethnal Green. Church Army Labour Home, Warner-place--_-35
Finsbury. Church Army Labour Home, Banner-street---105
Kensington. Barnardo's Home, Penzance-place-103-
Stepney.
Medland Hall150---
Barnardo's Home, Commercial street-1714-
Salvation Army, Quaker street---183
Westminster. Ham Yard Hospice, Great Windmill street18--—
1682717845
Unoccupied on night of census277-123