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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 1915
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1915
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Defective or dirty—
| Yards | 11 |
| Floors | 16 |
| Roofs | 26 |
| Windows | 2 |
| Ceilings | 21 |
| Rain Water Pipes | 1 |
| Sink Wastes | 4 |
| Water supply | 3 |
| Premises generally | 27 |
| Sanitary Appliances: Water Closets— | |
| Dirty | 4 |
| Ill-lighted | — |
| Unventilated | 3 |
| Choked | 6 |
| Defective | 8 |
| Defective Flushing Tanks and Water Supply | 9 |
| Sanitary Appliances: Drainage— | |
| Choked | 1 |
| Defective | 2 |
| Unventilated | — |
| Sanitary Appliances: Dustbins— | |
| Wanting | 4 |
| Defective | 23 |
| Sanitary Appliances: Lavatories— | |
| Dirty | 2 |
| Defective | — |
| * No separate suitable sufficient W.C. accommodation for the sexes | 2 |
| Miscellaneous defects, e. £., accumulations, personal uncleanliness, etc. | 2 |
FEMALE HEALTH VISITOR.†
Work of Female Health Visitor.
The Council's Health Visitor has been engaged during 1915 in
the systematic visiting of houses wherein births had been notified,
in looking after the milk depot children (at the depot and at their
own homes), in assisting in inspecting infants notified as suffering
* The Sanitary Accommodation Order 1903 does not apply to the Metropolis.
† There is one female health visitor, viz., Nurse T. McHugh.