casual ward

Noun

 * 1)  The section of a workhouse where tramps and itinerants could be accommodated for one night.
 * 2) * 1931, Eric Blair (the real name of George Orwell), "Hop-picking" in The New Statesman of 17th October 1931.
 * It is no wonder that itinerant agricultural workers travel on the toby and sleep in casual wards between jobs.