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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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TABLE P. DISINFECTION STATISTICS. For eight years prior, and twenty-two years subsequent, to the passing of the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act; and for the year 1915.
| Yearly average for 8 years preceding the Notification Act, 1882-1889 (Parish). | Yearly average for 11 years succeeding the Notification Act, 1890-1900 (Parish). | Yearly average for 14 years succeeding the Notification Act, 1901-5 & 1906-14 (Borough) | 1915. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901-5. (5 years) | 1906-14. (9 years) | |||||
| No. of Cases in which Bedding, etc., has been disinfected | At Home | 142.8 | 240.8 | 16.6 | 1656.0* | 3622* |
| At Chamber | 452.8 | 2333.3 | 2337.0 | 3000.6 | 2631 | |
| No. of Cases in which Bedding, etc., has been destroyed | 45.7 | 121.6 | 74.2 | 98.8 | 57 | |
| No. of Articles of Bedding, etc., disinfected | 2253.2 | 15600.4 | 34632.4 | 24198.1 | 31648 | |
| No. of Articles of Bedding, etc., destroyed | 113.0 | 489.4 | 710.0 | 350.2 | 998 | |
| Premises disinfected and disinfectants supplied | 916.8 | 6191.7 | 11738.4 | 17364.2 | 15259 | |
This number is increased for 1906 onwards, on account of bedding no longer being removed to the Disinfecting
Station as a routine in connection with Measles, Whooping Cough and Chicken-pox.
N.B.—The Statistics for 1901-1915 refer to the present Borough ; those for all previous years to the late Parish.