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Croydon 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Nos. 19 to 24, Lahore Road.—These houses are under one
management and worked as one establishment, as also are Nos. 11
and 12, Princess Road. Practically, therefore, only five common
lodging houses (including 4, Pitlake Bridge) were in use in the
Borough at the end of the year, with a total accommodation of 174
lodgers, or, if the Municipal Common Lodging House is included,
a total of six housest with a total accommodation of 275, although
strictly speaking there are eleven separate houses for the purposes
of registration.
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
There are 56 houses registered under the bye-laws. During
the year these houses received 186 visits.
On no occasions were offences discovered for which prosecutions
were necessary.

At the present moment the houses registered as houses let in

lodgings are situated as follows:—

Number.
Wilford Road22
Forster Road12
Holmesdale Road9
Ely Road10
Beulah Grove1
Queen's Road1
Princess Road1
56

FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
362 visits of inspection were made to factories during the year.
Particulars as to nuisances discovered in the inspection of factories,
workshops, and workplaces are set out in a previous paragraph.
The number of workshops on the register is 527.
The number of visits paid by the Inspector was 475.
The number of workplaces on the register was 78. 73 visits
were made by the Inspector, and 14 nuisances discovered and
abated. 93 notices served were duly complied with ; the remainder
of the matters requiring attention were satisfactorily dealt with by
verbal notice.
70 communications were sent to H.M. Inspector of Factories
in accordance with the various requirements of the Act.