Endnotes

  1. London Receiving Home

    (259, Mare Street, Hackney).

    The women come for various reasons; a large number of them are either homeless or destitute, some have become estranged from their friends or relatives. Often quite young women and girls, who have become stranded in London, apply to the Home, or are brought by the Police. Those needing a longer period of help are transferred to other Salvation Army Homes. The Home is open day and night for women and girls who are in need of shelter and assistance.

    Accommodation⁠—Women, 47; Children, 6.

    Women passed out⁠—For one year, ended March 31st, 1925
    Sent to Situations 435
    Restored to Friends 427
    Otherwise Assisted 275
    Unsatisfactory 19
    Transferred to other Salvation Army Homes 142
    Total 1,298
    Children Assisted and passed out 212
    Children Transferred to other Salvation Army Homes 5
    Total 217

    (These are children who come with their mothers.) ↩

  2. I append a précis of the figures relating to sleeping accommodation in Public Lodging Houses, licensed by the L.C.C. throughout London. It will be seen that of the total accommodation the percentage available for women is only 9.42.

    Borough Total Number of
    persons
    accommodated    		 Comprising Women’s %
    of total
    accommodation    		 Remarks
    Men Women
    Stepney 3,613 3,306 307 8.50 +123 couples
    Southwark 2,758 2,315 443 16.06
    Westminster 1,538 1,481 57 3.70 +2 children
    Holborn 1,093 1,015 78 7.14
    Deptford 1,089 1,020 69 6.34
    Bermondsey 853 853 — —
    Islington 793 767 26 3.28
    St. Marylebone 763 654 109 14.29
    Poplar 499 499 — —
    Finsbury 470 470 — —
    Camberwell 438 438 — —
    Kensington 416 195 221 53.12
    Lambeth 415 340 75 18.07
    Woolwich 404 345 58 14.36 +5 children
    Bethnal Green 395 395 — —
    Hackney 313 313 — —
    Hammersmith 292 292 — —
    Shoreditch 281 281 — —
    Battersea 201 135 66 32.83
    Chelsea 172 172 — —
    Paddington 165 128 37 22.42
    Wandsworth 94 94 — —
    Greenwich 90 90 — —
    Fulham 87 36 51 58.62
    St. Pancras 78 45 33 42.31
    17,310 15,680 1,630 9.42

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