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Lodging Houses - Common.
A licence was granted during the year to keep the
premises 86, Cable Street, as a Common Lodging House.
A person was convicted and fined during the year for
keeping premises as a common lodging house without a licence.
A further summons was issued later in the year on the same
person in respect of a similar offence on the same premises,
and after several adjournments the case was heard early in
1954, when the Magistrate dismissed the summons as it was not
established that the premises constituted a common lodging
house, A similar summons in respect of another premises was
also dismissed at the same time.
The experience gained in these cases demonstrates the
urgent need for a clear statutory definition of a Common
Lodging House.
There are five Common Lodging Houses in the Borough,
providing accommodation for 1,111 persons, as follows
86 Cable Street.
15 & 16 Calvin Street,
10-22 Johnson Street,
177 Whitechapel Road.
Hostel for Women, Hopetown St.
8 men.
41 married couples.
258 men.
535 men.
228 women.
62 inspections were made "during the year, including
14 inspections carried out at night.
Lodging Houses - Seamen's.
An application for trc-nsfcrof licence to keep the
premises 9, Ensign Street, as a Seamen's Lodging House, was
refused during the year.
There are how five- such premises in the Borough,
providing accommodation for 477 seamen, as followss-
The Sailors' Home & Red Ensign
Club, Ensign Street and
Dock Street, 235 seamen.
The Empire Memorial Hostel,
747 Commercial Road. 190 "
5 North East Passage. 11 "
220 Cable Street, 30 "
11 Ensign Street. 11 "
79 inspections were made during the year, including
23 inspections carried out at night.
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