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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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II. NON-PROVIDED SCHOOLS.
| 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. | |||
| Cornwall Road (St. Patrick's) | Outside | w.c.s | Good | Bad | Cement | Yes (stop tap) | Bad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes; a broken manhole cover and defective mica valve inlet | Only one lavatory basin (which is broken) provided | II. |
| Roupell Street (St. Andrew's) | Outside (Upper Girls' trough closets inside) | w.c.s and troughs | Good | Good | Slate | Yes | Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | None | Earthenware basin (un-flushed) fixed over gully and used as urinal for infants' boys'. Inside trough closets (upper girls') are insufficiently lighted and ventilated; 3 lavatory basins not undertrapped and i improperly trapped;I dilapidated brick dustbin; gully without cover inside cloak room, first floor | III. |
| Stamford Street 61 (Benevolent Society of St. Patrick's) | Outside | troughs | Good | Good | Slate | None | Bad | Yes | Yes | Yes | None | Two obsolete brick dustbins in playgrounds; two draw off taps for drinking water in the playground are connected to storage cisterns fixed upon roofs of the closets; lavatories not undertrapped | II. |
| Waterloo Road (St. John's with All Saints') | Inside (basement) | w.c.s | Good | Good | Slate | Yes | Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes; un-stoppered plunging ''eye'' of interceptor | The Boys' w.c.s are badly lighted | I. |
| Outside | troughs | Good | Good (boys) Bad (girls) | Slate | Yes | Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, improperly sealed plunging eye cover in infants closets | Foul and defective enamelled iron plug basins (improperly trapped, i.e., discharged by means of a wooden lead-lined trough) in Girls' Department | ii. | |
| h igh Street (Archbishop Tenison, Girls') | Outside | troughs | Bad | Bad | (Girls attend School) | only this | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, schoolroom and in Head Mistress' private apartments (and cellar underneath) | No teachers' closets provided; lavatory basins (earthenware) not undertrapped; cracked sink in head mistress's scullery; front areas are drained by soak-aways; and the front rain-water pipes are apparently either soak-aways or connected direct with sewer in High Street | III. | |
| Lambeth Road St. Mary's, Boys') | Outside (1 w.c. inside) | w.c.s | Good | Good | Slate | Yes | Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | None | Cracked cement rendering of several man-holes | I. |