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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 1918
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1918
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| Workshops§: workshops therein measured | 274 |
| Workshops§ newly discovered and registered | 6 |
| *Premises visited, but not inspected, owing to the persons or patients concerned being out or, if employees, being no longer employed | 1317 |
| Female Conveniences visited and inspected— | |
| Public (visits paid) | 294 |
| Private | — |
| Schools visited— | |
| Public (visits paid) | 68 |
| Private | — |
| Special places visited and inspected— | |
| (a) Private Houses† | 2065 |
| (b) Outworkers | 215 |
| Outworkers and Private Houses‡ re-inspected | 507 |
| Written Intimation and Statutory Notices served | 80 |
| No. of Workshops, § etc., in which defects were found | 80 |
| No. of Workshops, § etc., in which no defects were found | 2320 |
| Nuisances referred to M.O.H., for attention by male inspectors | 4 |
| Workrooms— | |
| Overcrowded, Damp or Dirty | 29 |
| Defective or dirty— | |
| Yards, Floors, Roofs, Windows, Ceilings, Sink Wastes, or Premises generally | 46 |
| Sanitary Appliances: Water Closets— | |
| Dirty, unventilated, choked, defective or with defective tanks or water supplies | 31 |
| Sanitary Appliances: Drainage— | |
| Defective | 4 |
| Sanitary Appliances: Dustbins— | |
| Wanting or Defective | 15 |
| No separate suitable sufficient W.C. accommodation for the sexes | 1 |
| Miscellaneous defects, e.g., accumulations, personal un-cleanliness, etc. | 1 |
*Births (646), Workshops (10), Outworkers (253), Tuberculosis cases (302),
and Restaurants (106).
†Births (1328), Diarrhoea cases (4), Tuberculosis cases (648), Ante-natal cases
(6), Still births (7), Ophthalmia cases (38), and special complaints (34).
‡Births (200), Tuberculosis cases (151), Out-workers (21), Ophthalmia
cases (126), and special complaints (9).
§ Workshops include Workplaces.