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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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2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 135 | 135 | ... | ... | |||
| Want of Ventilation | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | |||
| Overcrowding | 14 | 14 | ... | ... | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Other nuisances | 51 | 51 | ... | ... | |||
| Sanitary accommodations | insufficient | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| unsuitable or defective | 197 | 197 | ... | ... | |||
| not separate for sexes | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Failure as regard lists of outworkers (S. 107) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are | unwholesome (S. 108) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| infected (S. 110) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or smallpox (S. 109) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Other offences | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Total | 407 | 407 | ... | ... | |||
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.