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Croydon 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SHOP HOURS ACTS.
2,318 visits and patrols were made during the year, including
week-day and evening patrols and Sunday evening patrols.
Infringements of the Acts ascertained as the result of these
inspections are set out in the summary of infringements (paragraph
6).
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
1. Municipal Lodging House.
The Municipal Lodging House (built by the Corporation
owing to displacement of private common lodging houses due to
improvement scheme) is situate at Pitlake, and contains 101
cubicle beds for nightly letting to lodgers. In addition there are
three cubicles allotted to members of the Municipal Lodging
House Staff, making a total of 104 cubicles on the premises. The
charge per night to lodgers is 1s., the cost of a weekly ticket is
6s. for seven nights.
The number of men accommodated during the year was
31,898. The number of men lodgers exceeded 87 per night throughout the year.
The receipts and expenditure for the last
ten years are as follows : —
| Receipts. | Expenditure. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 1346 16 6 | 1485 0 1 | |
| 1926 | 1338 8 7 | 1639 2 8 | |
| 1927 | 1362 14 7 | 1591 17 0 | |
| 1928 | 1346 2 8 | 1516 7 11 | |
| 1929 | 1329 5 1 | 1483 1 5 | |
| 1930 | 1324 10 8 | 1477 13 6 | |
| 1931 | 1385 6 4 | 1711 19 6 | |
| 1932 | 1517 8 4 | 1547 5 5 | |
| 1933 | 1437 2 6 | 1544 7 10 | |
| 1934 | 1469 16 1 | 1695 8 9 | |
2 Private Common Lodging Houses.
There were 11 common lodging houses on the register at the
beginning of 1934, but two were discontinued during the year.
During 1934, 58 day and 35 night inspections were made.
Notices were served for the conditions and defects as set out
in the summary of defects found (paragraph 7).