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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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PROVIDED schools—continued.
| School and Ward. | SANITARY CONVENIENCES. | Drains. | Remarks ((if any). | Class | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Closet Accommodation. | Lavatories and Sinks. | Urinals. | |||||||||||
| Situation. | Nature. | Condition. | Condition. | Material. | Flushing Arrangements. | Condition. | Interception from Sewer. | Ventilation. | Means of access Manholes. | Result of Test. | |||
| Outside (2 w.c.s inside) | w.c.s | Good | Good | Asphalt | Yes | Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | None | Defective flushings of w.c.s due to the pulling chains being improperly encased in protective leaden tubes. | 1. | |
| Stockwell Road Brixton. | Outside (1 w.c. inside) | w.c.s | Good | Good | Cement | Yes | Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | None | ... | 1. |
| Cormont Road, Myatt's Fields | Outside (1 w.c. inside for teachers, and 1 w.c. in caretaker's house) | w.c.s | Good | Good | Enamelled Slate | Yes | Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | None | ... | 1 |
| Hackford Road | Outside (1 w.c. inside and 8 w.c.s on roof) | w.c.s and troughs | Bad | Good | Cement and Slate | None | Bad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes; defective ventilating pipe & drains of pupil teachers' centre | Troughs to be replaced by w.c.s; ranges of lavatories and slop sinks not under-trapped; defective w.c.s and tronghs (pupil teachers' and infants') | III. |
| Outside (1 w.c. inside) | w.c.s and troughs | Good | Good | Asphalt | Yes | Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | None | Troughs to be replaced by w.c.s | II. | |
| Jessop Road | Outside | w.c.s | Good | Good | Asphalt | Yes | Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | None | ... | I. |
| Sussex Road | Outside (1 w.c. inside for teachers of mentally defective children) | w.c.s and troughs | Good | Good | Asphalt | Yes (stop tap in Infants only) | Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | None | Troughs to be replaced by w.c.s | II. |
| Outside | w.c.s | Good | Good | Asphalt | Yes | Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | None | ... | I. | |
| Rosendale Road | Outside (1 w.c. inside) | w.c.s | Good | Good | Asphalt | Yes | Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | None | ... | I. |
| Outside | w.c.s and troughs | Good | Good | Asphalt | Yes | Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | None | Troughs to be replaced by w.c.s; closet buildings too near to new school buildings | II. | |
| Salter's Hill | Outside | w.c.s and troughs | Good | Good | Asphalt | Yes | Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | None | Closet buildings too near to new school building; troughs to be replaced by w.c.s | II. |
| Woodland Road | Outside | w.c.s | Good | Good | Asphalt | Yes | Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | None | ... | I. |