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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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COMMON DODGING 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 receipts and expenditure for the last ten years are as follows : —
| Receipts. | Expenditure. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 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 |
| 1935 | 1488 | 11 | 5 | 1420 | 14 | 9 |
| 1936 | 1446 | 0 | 2 | 1381 | 19 | 2 |
| 1937 | 1378 | 14 | 8 | 1348 | 7 | 2 |
2. Private Common Lodging Houses.
There are 9 common lodging houses on the register.
During 1937, 19 day and 9 night inspections were made.
Notices were served for the conditions and defects as set out
in the summary of defects found (paragraph 7).
T able IV.
The following Table gives the situation of and the accomm dation in the common lodging houses : —
| Premises. | No. of Rooms. | Accommodation. |
|---|---|---|
| 9, Prospect Place | 3 | 15 men |
| 19, 20, 21, 22, 28 & 24, Lahore Road | 30 | 60 men |
| 11 and 12, Princess Road | 10 | 38 men and women. |
| 9 | 43 | 113 men and women. |