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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 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Table: Summary of work carried out by the Disinfecting Department during 1933.

Summary of work carried out by the Disinfecting Department during 1933.

Cleansing Notices served1,623
Total No. of Rooms disinfected by the Council5,514
Do. articles do.16,698
Cases in which bedding was disinfected at home1,685
Do. do. do. at Chamber2,432
Premises disinfected and disinfectants supplied21,534
Certificates of Medical Practitioners received in lieu of disinfection by the Council0
Schools disinfected (37 rooms)6
Certificates of disinfection left with occupiers of disinfected premises1,646
Library books disinfected782
Mattresses re-tabbed by Council565
Tuberculosis Dispensaries—
Shelters loaned and erected0
Shelters dismantled and removed1
Bedsteads and mattresses delivered12
Bedsteads and mattresses collected14
Bacteriological Outfits (Swabs, etc.), delivered2,035
Smoke machines collected and delivered187

Table: Tuberculosis. The numbers of cases of tuberculosis on the Lambeth Register of Notifications on December 31st, 1933, were as follows:—

Tuberculosis. The numbers of cases of tuberculosis on the Lambeth Register of Notifications on December 31st, 1933, were as follows:—

MalesFemalesTotals
Pulmonary1,1499632,112
Non-pulmonary233173406
Totals1,3821,1362,518