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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 1909
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1909
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DISINFECTION STATISTICS—continued.
| 1890 to 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | Yearly average or 19 yrs. succeeding the Notification Act. | 1909 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of cases in which Bedding, etc., has been disinfected. -At Home | 1361 | 177 | 251 | 368 | 217 | 132 | 81 | 62 | 37 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 8816 | 1096 | 1120 | 306•8 | 1197 |
| At Chamber | 8543 | 2206 | 2472 | 2447 | 2126 | 2424 | 2998 | 2450 | 304 | 3702 | 3253 | 3107 | 3583 | 2484 | 4781 | 2690 | 2752•9 | 2042 |
| No. of cases in which Bedding, etc., has been des troyed. | 998 | 119 | 6 | 49 | 39 | 27 | 4 | 59 | 75 | 134 | 62 | 53 | 47 | 33 | 41 | 36 | 96•1 | 51 |
| No. of Articles of Bedding, etc., disinfected. | 31182 | 8022 | 13516 | 20349 | 21487 | 21597 | 27923 | 27528 | 27265 | 41029* | 26957 | 26359 | 51552 | 22850 | 24891 | 22646 | 21850•2 | 2392 |
| No. of Articles of Bedding, etc., destroyed. | 2079 | 544 | 186 | 178 | 162 | 126 | 326 | 1783 | 959 | 1006* | 587 | 479 | 519 | 419 | 202 | 231 | 514•9 | 219 |
| Premises disinfected and disinfectants supplied. | 12591 | 5742 | 7146 | 7210 | 8715 | 8441 | 9146 | 9124 | 9522 | 11607 | 10984 | 12367 | 13212 | 11735 | 11808 | 11575 | 8522•4 | 12666 |
| Infectious Diseases dealt with— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Notifiable† | 8771 | 2433 | 2685 | 2801 | 2663 | 2329 | 263 | 2209 | 2025 | 4273 | 1587 | 1938 | l853 | 2074 | 2140 | 2056 | 2343•7 | 1809 |
| Non-Notifiable† | — | — | — | 20 | 87 | 144 | 1339 | 1702 | 1376 | 1094 | 2269 | 2638 | 3927 | 2388 | 4047 | 3204 | 1864•2 | 1278 |
*Including 26145 and 355 Smallpox articles disinfected and destroyed respectively in 1902.
† The Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, came into force on January 1st, 1802, and previous to 1896
practically no attend on was paid to disinfection in connection with the non-notifiable infetious diseases.
§ This number is increased for 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909 on account of bedding no longer being: removed to the Disinfection
Station as a routine in connection with Measles, Whooping Cough and Chicken-pox.
N.B.—The Statistics for 1901-9 refer to Borough Council; those for all previous years to the late Vestry.