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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

Lambeth 1902

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1902

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Table: DISINFECTION STATISTICS— Continued.

DISINFECTION STATISTICS— Continued.

1890.1891.18921893.18941895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.Yearly average for l2yrs succeeding the Notifi-cation Act.1902.
No. of cases in which Bedding, etc., has been disinfected.
At Home179246593343177251368217132816237223.820
At Chamber1391157025403042220624722447212624242998245030402392.23702
No. of Cases in which Bedding, etc., has been destroyed.1852753142241196493927445975118.0134
No. of Articles of Bedding, etc., dis-infected. )3013674799091151380221351620349214872159727923275282726516572.441029*
No. of Articles of Bed-ding, etc., destroyed3334676056745441861781621263261783959528.61006*
Premises disinfected and disinfectants supplied.1722181631575896574271467210871584419146912495226469.812607
Infectious Diseases dealt with. Notifiable†...167630254070243326852801266323292693220920252600.94273
Non-Notifiable..................2087144133917021376778.01094

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* Including 26145 and 355 Smallpox articles disinfected and destroyed respectively.
† The Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, came into force on January 1st, 1891, and previous to 1896
practically no attention was paid to disinfection in connection with the non-notifiable infectious diseases.
N.B.— The Statistics for 1901.2 refer to the Borough Council; those for all previous years to the late Vestry.