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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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Table: The following is an extract from the L.C.C. Sanitary Officers Return (1904):—

The following is an extract from the L.C.C. Sanitary Officers Return (1904):—

No. of Inspectors.Population, Census 1901.No. of Inhabited houses, Census 1901.No. of persons to each inspector.No. of Inhabited houses to each Inspector.
Battersea1316890723462129931805
Bermondsey913076015817145291757
Bethnal Green101296801400512968140O
Camberwell1425933936671185242619
Chelsea4738428641184602160
Deptford811039815823137991978
Finsbury10101463928010146928
Fulham713728918534196132648
Greenwich69577014240159622373
Hackney172192723063412310724
Hammersmith911223915198124711688
Hampstead78194211294117061614
Holborn4594054703148511176
Islington2033499138645167491932
Kensington1317662822131135871702
LAMBETH1330189541511232233193
Lewisham1012749522750127492275
Paddington1214397617684119981474
Poplar816882222613211032827
St. Marylebone813330113536191631692
St. Pancras1623531723715147071482
Shoreditch611863712743197732124
Southwark1620618020878128861159
Stepney1829860031462165891748
Stoke Newington3512477717170822572
Wandsworth1623203437764145022360
Westminster City1218301118366152511533
Woolwich1011717818086117171808
*City of London192692338651417203
London3134536541571768144941827

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* Including 8 Meat Inspectors.

Table: To sum up, the Lambeth history, during the past ten years, as regards the Sanitary Inspectorial staff, may be tabulated as follows:—

To sum up, the Lambeth history, during the past ten years, as regards the Sanitary Inspectorial staff, may be tabulated as follows:—

Years.No. of Inspectors.No. of Persons per Inspector.No. of Inhabited houses per Inspector.
18958368794819
1896-712245863213
1898-190013226952950
190114210742754
1902-0413226952950

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Joseph Priestley.
September 18th, 1905.