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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 1905
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1905
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Dustbins— 1905 1904 1903 1902
| Defective | 23 | 21 | 33 | 34 |
| Lavatories— | ||||
| Defective or dirty | 12 | — | 2 | 8 |
| Miscellaneous defects (not included above)— | ||||
| Animals improperly kept | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Accumulations in yards | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| Sink wastes defective | — | — | — | 8 |
| Otherwise | — | — | 1 | — |
| Nuisance referred to M. O. H. for attention by Male Inspectors (defective drains, w.c.'s, etc.) | 48 | 59 | 86 | 68 |
The Female Public Conveniences are under constant supervision
by the Female Inspector, 577 visits having been paid
thereto during 1905.
Miss Gamble has again during 1905 been engaged in visiting
224 houses wherein deaths from infantile (summer) diarrhoea
have been reported as having occurred, with a view to helping to
further elucidate the predisposing causes of this disease; and in
inspecting schools (19), and the homes of the scholars, in
connection with outbreaks of disease (more especially measles).
It will be noted, in connection with the inspections and renspections
of workshops and workplaces (where women are
employed), that the principle defects found are dirty workrooms,
dirty sanitary appliances, defective flushing tanks to closets,
defective closets, and defective dustbins. Overcrowding was
only found in 14 cases—in each instance being slight.
Out-workers.
The work commenced by the Female Inspector in 1903, and
continued during 1904, connected with the visiting and inspecting
of out-workers' premises and homes (situated within the
Borough of Lambeth), has been further continued during 1905.