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Lewisham 1909

Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1909

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The following is a summary of the work done:— Factory and Workshop Act.—

Miss Jones.Miss Stevens.Total.
To Factories192746
„ Workshops272367639
„ Workplaces96103199
„ Laundries137148285
„ Outworkers' homes138141279
Infectious Diseases.—
To Phthisis homes214100314
Re Phthisis deaths524799
„ Chicken-pox315283
„ Measles8081161
„ Puerperal fever31114
„ School Notifications328287615
Other Visits.—
On complaint from residents381553
To Selected homes from which births were registered480433913
Investigations re Infant mortality8298180
To Schools7582157
Re-visits and re-inspections343218561
Miscellaneous inquiries361955
Total242422294653
Nuisances, Defects, &c.—
Abstract not affixed in workshops263965
Overcrowding of Workshops4711
Other nuisances in workshops, &c.334578
Total number of nuisances found186146332
Notices, &c.—
Intimation notices served133122255
Statutory notices served412162
Verbal notices complied with171532
Referred to District Inspector9312