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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 1903
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1903
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TABLE L—continue.d Giving number of infected houses, with percentages of (1) General Defects, and (2) Defective Drains, throughout the Borough since 1903, and throughout the old Parish during ten years (1891-1900).
| 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | Average for ten years 1891-1900. | 1903 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Infected Houses | 2374 | 2094 | 2435 | 1992 | 2246.1 | 1336 |
| Number of Houses with defects found | 1210 = 50.9% | 1044 =49.9% | 1163 =47.5% | 886 = 44.5% | 1158.0 = 51.6% | 668 = 50% |
| Number of Houses with defective drains found | 390 = 16.4% | 351 = 16.9% | 384 = 15.8% | 285 =14.3% | 438.3 = 19.5% | 195 = 14.6% |
| Number of Houses with no defects found | 1164 =49.1% | 1050 = 50.1% | 1272 = 52.5% | 1106 = 55.5% | 1088.1 =48.4% | 668 = 50% |
N.B.—Only 14.6 per cent. of the houses in 1903 showed, with the test, defective drains, no results being obtained
in the other cases.