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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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Of the total 1100 Lambeth out-workers reported, 181 were new out-workers, i.e., out-workers not previously registered, as follow :—
| Mantles | 11 |
| Blouses and skirts | 30 |
| Ties, belts, and braces | 13 |
| Children's underclothing and costumes | 2 |
| Women's clothing | 20 |
| Tailors | 11 |
| Embroidery | 7 |
| Waistcoats | 1 |
| Shirts | 3 |
| Fancy Goods | 6 |
| Button-hole Making | 2 |
| Boots and shoes | 2 |
| Knitting | 1 |
| Furs | 1 |
| Millinery | 12 |
| Dresses | 5 |
| Nurses' Uniforms | 1 |
| Bag stringing | 20 |
| Boxes and boxmaking | 4 |
| Button Making | 4 |
| Brushes | 8 |
| Artificial flowers | 6 |
| Paper Bags | 4 |
| Sack Making | 3 |
| Printers | 1 |
| Corset Making | 3 |
| Total | 181 |
The Wards, in which the houses (wherein the 181 new outworkers were found to be working) are situated, are as follow :—
| Wards. | No. |
| Marsh | 11 |
| Bishop's | 10 |
| Prince's | 41 |
| Vauxhall | 14 |
| Stockwell | 22 |
| Brixton | 35 |
| Herne Hill | 21 |
| Tulse Hill | 16 |
| Norwood | 11 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 181 |
DISINFECTING DEPARTMENT, 1916.*
Details of work done in connection with the Disinfecting Department
are subjoined. A total of 7833 cases of infectious diseases,
notified compulsorily by medical men, was reported and dealt with,
including cases of cerebro-spinal fever (38), acute polio-myelitis (12),
ophthalmia neonatorum (83), measles (2548), German measles (1212),
whooping cough (1576), and tuberculosis —pulmonary (904) and nonpulmonary
(362), whilst the following diseases were, in addition,
notified by school teachers and others, viz. : measles (594), chickenpox
(492), cancer (74), whooping cough (445), verminous houses
(212), verminous rooms (897), verminous bedding (7340 articles), or
clothing (4983 articles), and others (742 †). 1324 patients were
removed to hospital.
* The Staff consists of 1 Superintendent (W. Lockyear), 4 Disinfectors,
4 Drivers, 1 Boiler Attendant, and 1 Yard and Stable Attendant.
† Scabies, ringworm, blood poisoning, etc.
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