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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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Table: Summary of work carried out by the Disinfecting Department in the Borough of Lambeth during 1916.

Summary of work carried out by the Disinfecting Department in the Borough of Lambeth during 1916.

Total No. of rooms disinfected by Council12280
Do. articles do.31275
Cases in which bedding was disinfected at home*5834
Do. do. do. at Chamber2227
Do. do. do. destroyed (385 articles)115
Premises disinfected and disinfectants supplied17845
No. of Cleansing Notices served in connection with infected houses1012
Certificates of Medical Practitioners received in lieu of disinfection by the Council43
Schools disinfectedf (88 rooms)10
Certificates of disinfection left with occupiers of disinfected premises7939
Library books disinfected898
Mattresses re-tabbed by Council455

Table: Articles of bedding, etc., disinfected.

Articles of bedding, etc., disinfected.

Beds1892
Bolsters1933
Pillows4788
Mattresses2446
Palliasses87
Quilts965
Chair Cushions391
Clothing (articles)3071
Sheets1698
Blankets6932
Rugs and Mats32
Carpets17
Extras (i.e., articles not included above)7023
Total31275

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* The number is increased, compared with previous years, owing to bedding
no longer being removed to the disinfecting station in the cases of Measles,
Chicken-pox and Whooping Cough.
† Measles 9 (78 rooms), Cerebro-Spinal Fever 1 (10 rooms).
‡ 377 Public Library and 521 Private Library Books.