Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1905
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1903. 1904. 1905. 1903-5
Collars | — | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Sacks | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Paper Bags | — | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Boxes | — | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Mattresses | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Lace | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Pinafores | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Sheets | — | 4 | — | |
Smocking | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Needlework | — | 1 | 1 | |
Carpets | — | 1 | 1 | |
Dyers and Cleaners | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Buttonhole Making | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Straw Hats | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Bottle Covering | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Fur-pulling | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 107 | 134 | 144 | 386 |
The Wards in which the houses (wherein these 386 out' workers were found to be working during 1903-5) are situated, are as follows:—
Bishop's | 10 | 16 | 29 | 55 |
Prince's | 38 | 13 | 18 | 69 |
Vauxhall | 12 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
Stockwell | 18 | 9 | 19 | 46 |
Brixton | 17 | 37 | 42 | 96 |
Herne Hill | — | 26 | 12 | 38 |
Tulse Hill | — | 10 | 8 | 18 |
Norwood | — | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Totals | 107 | 134 | 145 | 386 |