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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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West Croydon Men's Hostel
This is situated at Pitlake and is available for use by
nightly lodgers. It has 104 cubicle beds, four of which are
reserved for staff. The charge is 2s.9d. per night or 18s.0d.
per week, and 2s.9d. per night or 9s.6d. per week for Old Age
Pensioners. Cooking facilities are provided. Hot baths may be
taken any time after 9 a.m. Clothes may be washed and dried in
the wash-house provided. The average number of nightly lettings
during the year was 96, and the total number of lettings 35,242.
The receipts during the year were £4,262 and the expenditure
£6,772.
There are no private common Lodging Houses.
Houses - Sanitary Certificates
House drains and sanitary fittings are tested and examined
on request, for a fee of one guinea. During the year 6 such requests
were made.
FACTORIES ACT, 1961
During the year the under¬mentioned inspections have been
made and defects were found as set out:-
Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors).
| Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | written notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||
| 169 | 22 | 3 | - | |
| 1,106 | 138 | 20 | - | |
| (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' premises) | 194 | 104 | 31 | - |
| 1,469 | 264 | 54 | - | |