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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 1916
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1916
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II.-SANITARY WORK.
(Dealing with the sanitary circumstances and administration of the
Borough of Lambeth.)
Return shewing the Number of Notices served in the Borough
of Lambeth, from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1916.
Number of Notices served 15,015
(Public Health (London) Act.)
| No. of Notices served | 6567 |
| No. of Infected Houses | 5453 |
| Scarlet Fever | 414 |
| Typhoid | 17 |
| Diphtheria | 379 |
| Membranous Croup | 4 |
| Puerperal Fever | 20 |
| Erysipelas | 118 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 35 |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | 12 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 83 |
| Whooping Cough | 1149 |
| †Measles | 2202 |
| †German Measles | 1020 |
B. GENERAL NUISANCES AND DRAINAGE DEFECTS. (Public Health (London) Act, and Metropolis Local Management Acts.)
| No. of Notices served | 8448 |
| Works, Structural— | |
| Drainage Defective | 1284 |
| Intercepting Traps with Fresh Inlets required | 219 |
| Ventilating Pipes required | 272 |
| Indoor Sinks connected with Drain | 316 |
| Rain Water Stacks connected with Drain | 580 |
| Bath Waste connected with Drain | 217 |
| Traps Defective, or of Obsolete Pattern | 1002 |
| Closet Pan and Connections Defective | 1094 |
| Water Supply to Closet Defective | 2017 |
| Closet Dilapidated | 981 |
| Draw-off Main for Drinking Purposes required | 509 |
| Dust Bins Defective | 1092 |
| Premises Dilapidated | 1501 |
| Ventilation under Floors required | 316 |
| Roofs Dilapidated | 2001 |
| Soil Pipes Defective | 181 |
* Excluding tuberculosis,
†Compulsorily notifiable from January Ist, 1916,